Little Man Can Jump
by goc

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: My word, that is high for one so small. Very nice image, full of life and energy. I like your composition too - the white line bottom right is a great inclusion as its orientation gives the brain a reference point for depth perception.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: A slightly quirky endearing image.

Lone Poplar
by 2mccs

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is flat out gorgeous, dreamy and abstract but with enough form and compositional structure to communicate effectively. The coloration is pretty too.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: The sort of image one hopes to find in a Free Study.

Mission
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is a highly dynamic image - I really enjoy the rightmost pigeon which acts as an anchor for the rest of the image.

Critical stuff: I think there are elements of your editing choices that might be seen as a little over-egged. I think I'd have preferred this as a grainy monochrome than a smoothed colour image.

Overall: I DO like it though.

Spot
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: A devoted study of bokeh. Very bold! Made more so by your choice to present this in monochrome. I think that choice works though, the overlapping multiple shades of grey is a little mesmerising.

Critical stuff: Such pieces only have so much interest to offer - I think you have made a good job of what's here but I'm sure that's enough to enthral a viewer.

Overall: Effective as far as it goes but I'm not sure it pushes enough of my buttons to be truly enjoyable.

Bridal Breather
by vlado

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: A great slice of life offered up here - this has a really gritty feel and juxtaposes perfectly with fantasy notions of romantic bridal perfection! The through-the -wire POV accentuates the mood you have created and also serves to ground the image so well within a real world context that we feel we are looking directly and not through the proxy of a photograph.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: Highly effective with bags of story.

Old Soul
by AllenP

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is a spectacular portrait - the light and the skin texture is superb. The subtle coloration supports the image beautifully, as does the highly effective vignette.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Top notch, one of the best portrait images I've seen for a while.

Storm
by Rino63

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is a very well structured image - your edit complements the scene perfectly. And what a scene it is... dynamic and slightly dangerous, the wild sea make the person look very fragile.

Critical stuff: Not much at all - perhaps a slightly different crop but that's just personal taste.

Overall: A very effective image.

where flowers go to die
by pointandshoot

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is lovely - the slight glowiness, the way the flowers are tucked away in the corner - the foreground negative space that forces us to keep our distance and creates a sense of furtiveness... all very effective. The toning is particularly nice too.

Critical stuff: Nothing.

Overall: I really like this. The empty bottom half of the image makes it for me.

The Extrovert
by Wildcard

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: What a great colour palette! Lovely hues and blurry goodness combine to offer up something pretty, mellow but still with a slight edge and the suggestion of a story.

Critical stuff: I sure your choices have contributed to the mellowness of the image but I think I might have been tempted to take up the black level just a tad.

Overall: Very wall-hangable; reminiscent of a CPN.

glissade
by skewsme

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is very well done indeed - just the right amount of motion, sharpness, contrast and brightness to convey a sense of crystalline ghostliness. Very often image that seek to reduce an image to basics can fail as the process removes rather than reduces, destroys rather than distils. You've avoided that and have managed to conserve and even augment the vital elements of this scene.

Critical stuff: Not much at all.

Overall: A very likeable image, well executed, well understood and well communicated.