At the Window
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by mycelium: The light is gorgeous. How do you find these models? I'm envious of both the excellent results and the time you get to spend with pretty girls who follow your directions.

Oh, I'm never bold enough to direct them! They help create much better images if I just ask them to do their thing.

DSC_5481
by SEG

Comment:
I kinda don't dig this crusty stuff - but this one wins me over a little. I really like the coloration.

Phone Home
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Top, top quality this one. Great shot.

one
by JeniY

Comment:
Very special Jeni. Just super work.

Take me, Lord
by Alicia

Comment:
Thats the stuff! I really like this; nice to see an overlay. I never knew how to blend / combine layers until the Mystic Creature challenge. Perhaps I'll put a few into this side challenge. Thanks for the push.

Lady Hawk
by Kelli

Comment:
What a huge eye - great profile too. I don't know if you have access to such a filter but a tonal contrast filter dialled really low would give just a tiny bit of crispness to the feathers. I sometimes used tonal contrast instead of sharpening.

I agree with others - very regal.

Busy Bee
by stargazer05766

Comment:
Lovely deep flower colours here and the pollenated bee is charming.

Do we really have FREEDOM?
by ScooterMcNutty

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: The colours here are quite nice; particularly the pinkish cluster, I'm also a fan of the near black sky too - that slight residual daylight blue is compelling.

Critical stuff: Although I'm a fan of the use of blur, I just don't think this image hangs together. I like the idea, but it just doesn't feel crafted. I think a squarer crop may have appealed more - the top 1/4 of the image doesn't contribute much.

Overall: I like the idea behind the shot but it lacks some magic for me.

Morning News
by cpanaioti

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'm a sucker for unusual POVs and this one qualifies! There are quite a lot of leading lines in this image which draw our eye along up past the paper to the dual door handles - I like how that happens. The whole environment is quite intriguing, the reflected light looks like it comes from a window making this an internal corridor. The handles themselves are interesting - a hotel? An apartment block? I'm not sure.

Critical stuff: Not too much - inherent interest is low but the scene is the scene.

Overall: Quite an interesting shot but I think scenes with quite low inherent interest need a bit more story to them than this offers up.

Judgmental
by odriew

Comment:
Very funny! And some people think muslims have a monopoly in fanatical fundamentalism.

Nice documentary shot.