"Who said pollen was meant to be yellow?"
by bcenu

Comment:
Wow - I've tried this many times and never got close to this level of quality. Well made indeed!

D e s t i n y
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: I like the POV and the contrast of the road in this image. The fog bank / cloud adds a lot of interest too. I really like how quickly convergent the lines are, gives the image great perspective.

Critical stuff: I think I may have been tempted to manipulate the curve a little to tak the fog close to white.

Overall: I like this short - lots of atmosphere.

office cubicles
by oldbimmercoupe

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: Lovely geometry and colours - I'm a particular fan of the central red and green section. I also like the way the image confounds our sense of scale until we spot the bricks (which give us a good clue).

Critical stuff: I'm torn about the way the image is very flat - I'm sure that was your intention, but I'm not so sure it works.

Urban Garden
by bob350

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: Interesting image, interesting title. The purple area looks like it is something that has been embedded with a block of green glass. I like how it looks transparent.

Critical stuff: One of those where the image interest tops out pretty quickly.

Overall: I quite like this image but I suspect many others aren't not convinced.

cold comfort for change
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: I like the idea behind this shot - the semi-silhouettes, the overt grain and vignette, and the stark light. I wonder what their story is too.

Critical stuff: Your editing choices may be seen by some to be a little odd.

Overall: An image that benefits from the understanding that less is sometimes / often more.

[Not sure why my comment got truncated - finished it off now]

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Stroll
by mBastin

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: Great sense of scale here and your blue monochrome treatment works really well. The figure adds load of interest, without him the image would (I think) fail.

Critical stuff: I think a less tight crop on the bottom would've been better.

Overall: More than the sum of its parts. I like that.

Statuesque
by JuliBoc

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: Great story here - I particularly like the suggestion of a second figure to the left of the door. I'm pretty convinced this would work nearly so well in colour - I think you've made a great choice going with monochrome.

Critical stuff: nothing much.

Overall: An interesting image benefit from just enough ambiguity.

deliquesce
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: I can see there is some appeal in the form and structure of this subject. I think the subtle sharpness top left cascading to blurry smoothness elsewhere in the image works pretty well.

Critical stuff: the grey tones and the overall lack of form leave the brain hungry for interest. I just don't think there is enough here to engage a viewer.

Overall: Just a bit too 'reduced-to-essence' for me.

Harvest Time
by Jean

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 lovely study of these bikes, your chosen tones work so well too. I like the broken ground textures a lot too. Your overall composition, with the bikes slightly high in the frame, works really well.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: Nicely made.

Tribute to M.C. Escher.: Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror
by gadion

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: Quirky, self-indulgent and quite wonderful! The tones are excellent the distorted fisheye appearance is really effective. you and your background context are full of interest - lots to explore.

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: A highly interesting unconventional self-portrait.