Going Up
by DistantColours

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 really like your POV here and I like the stark lighting too; the way there is no hiding place, every detail made explicit. A macrocosm of the transparency of the ascension for the people on the glass staircase.

Critical stuff: The guy at the top looks distorted somehow, it makes the eye disbelieve the image a little.

Overall: An interesting and unusual shot.

Cruiserweight
by chromeydome

Comment:
Beautifully done.

Global Warming
by gsal

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 one hits you as soon as it comes up on the screen. Wonderful POVe, beautifully caught light, engaging subject and superb clarity. But most of all it's the balance... the way this is all portrait but how the environment, the background, the context isn't lost at all but actually 'presents' the subject, set her up, augments her. I'm not sure how you've achieved that - perhaps it is the synergy of colours.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: A flat-out great photo.

Now I will do nothing but listen
by sjul

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 beautifully made image. The light, smoke, near silhouette, the tall mic, the amazing stance of the figure, the suggestion of a band name in the background - all make for an image that is very involving indeed. The monochrome treatment works fantastically well too.

Critical stuff: There is a minor background artefact showing through the smoke between the mic stand and the wire - given how good this image is, it might have been worth a clone-out to avoid the eye being led here.

Overall: Really great work.

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
by LN13

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 works really well. The even illumination and superb clarity elevates this image above a shot of a street scene - you've created something that didn't necessarily come across in the real scene. You've have found and distilled the sign elements and have brought them all together, like a single image montage (oxymoronic though that may be). I like how you've kept above the people space - inviting us to 'look up' and see what you created above our heads.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Pretty inspired and bold to boot.

tiptoe
by sidpixel

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 was always going to be drawn to this one - great POV, wonderful lighting, lovely tones, excellent textures, eclectic composition, fabulous shadow. What more could we want?

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: I really like this.

collection
by tnun

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: As soon as this came up on my screen it communicated 'cleavage' - probably says more about me than your image. Once that image stuck though the small circular elements became some transparent gossamer... Certainly the shapes here hold interest and I commend your for in something so unconventional.

Critical stuff: This feels very minimal - in that it has minimal information with which we can build a picture. The near grey coloration does little to help out. I think perhaps a coloration other than grey may have worked a little better.

Overall: Interesting but not very accessible - like a private joke that we are not part of, I think the viewer is excluded a little here. I'm not sure that's ever a good thing.

Hesitant Onlooker
by jekershner7

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: Wonderful framing! Lovely portrait image with bags of background interest making for a very strong story. For my money, a perfect conversion too.

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: I'm surprised I haven't seen it on 1x.com - I'm confident it would get published there.

Seed Pod with Snail
by train

Comment:
Transcends the 'simple' macro - this is something beautiful to boot. Front page stuff.

Berenice
by rooum

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 took quite a lot of time just looking at this one. Super-bold; I like that. I'm intrigued by the surface.... a reflection in metal? I see a silhouette but I don't know its relationship to.... well, to the world really. Where does the light come from? Is that hair? Is that an arm? What is the source of the coloration? Did you intend for the marks and scratches to create the shape of rudimentary features? Endless fascinations.

Critical stuff: Nothing.

Overall: In a DPC Free Study there are Apples and there are Pears, this is definitely a Pomegranate (and a Pointy one at that.)