cock-eyed
by liberty

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 caged bird is a brave subject to offer up but I like the honesty of this one; the prominence of the cage gives the capture an authenticity that serves the image well. The tone-mapping works perfectly too.

Critical stuff: Nothing.

Overall: Very well measured image.

Memory of a Lake
by Spark_in_Dark

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: Excellent use of the reflection - coupled with the grain, it very much has a painting feel about it. The amplitude of the waves is perfect - it adds interest without obliterating the tree line.

Critical stuff: The brownish area bottom left of the image is a little distracting - a crop or clone here may have been in order.

Overall: Very nice image.

Yarmouth Light
by Denise

Comment:
I've refused to be impressed by landscape images this month but how can I resist this one? The difference here is that I get the feeling of photographic involvement, not just the capturing of a scene. Your POV is so important in conveying a crafted feel - move your camera 1 foot in any direction and your image would be less effective. Your processing (is it HDR? if so, it certainly isn't over-done) is really excellent.

Optimised in a way many images aren't. Impressive work.

(By way of excusing my opening comment - I do appreciate that landscape work is hard - mine are useless; but nonetheless - few evoke a sense of the photographer as this one does).)

Secrets
by bcrants

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: Such a bold composition - I love it. A perfect image for the 'Film Noir' challenge we have never had - the aspect ratio suits the image perfectly. Superb use of negative space and the toning is marvellous too. A real story being told here.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: great image - simple, but so effective.

Becca's Day
by vogue

Comment:
Super-fabulous lighting, great model, wonderful room, well processed too.

I would never have been brave enough to use the background so prominently but it works so well.

I know what great work this is but for me the slightly off-verticals bug the hell out of me and I wish it was just very slightly brighter.

Great, great image though - much better than any of my model work.

By Dawn's Early Light...
by ambaker

Comment:
This is beautifully done - difficult to get this level of crispness but to avoid ugly crunchy foliage.

Variations
by jdannels

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: There are lots of elements I like about this image - but most of all I like the POV. The curvature of the glass tricks the eye into think there is some distortion of reality here. The reflected sky binds the image together very effectively.

Critical stuff: Not much - the lower part of the street light could've shown a little bit of texture.

Overall: A very nice architectural shot.

Alone
by abuscemi

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 unusual portraits and this falls squarely into that camp. The hemi-face coupled with the deep perspective offered by the industrial background works really well. I think your choice of aperture offers a DOF that works really well. The aspect ratio / crop is just perfect for this

Critical stuff: There are some minor things that bother me. The blue fringing in the background, the blown highlights top right, the slightly jaundiced appearance of the skin tone - but all of these are only slightly sub-optimal.

Overall. Very nice work

Krisant
by tinkie2010

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 feel ambushed by this image - but in a good way! Spectacular processing elevates this image above mainstream floral work; the coloration, the texture and particularly the gradation of tones distinguish this image.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: tremendous stuff - I'd love to know your processing steps.

Play Misty For Me
by kvickrey

Comment:
This is a very pretty image - has an njsabs feel about it.