dawn's early light
by ubique

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 very nice blurry abstract - but what blur! I really like the helical pattern you have produced and the colours are perfect for this - the deep red and blue combination works really well. The whole thing makes me wonder what the underpinning subject is.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: A really super abstract.

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.