One-Eight Combination, Corner Pocket
by GeneralE

Comment:
I was keyboard voting and it recorded my provisional 2 - I think the POV makes it worth more than that as does the focus on the potted ball.

The motion blur works but the lack of clarity of the cloth doesn't serve you well, the red on the potted ball is quite noisy too.

I think most people would count more than three elements too.

Bumping from a 2 to a 4 - I can't really see more merit than that score in it I'm afraid.

Darkness and Light
by JimiRose

Comment:
Fabulous stuff Jimi.

call me
by nixter

Comment:
Such a strong image - 161st doesn't match my assessment of this image at all. I'd like to offer you this month's WALL?:

“There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.” - Tennessee Williams
by drew_makeanimpact

Comment:
I didn't vote in this challenge - but this image is a real treat.

fram
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: Interesting juxta / superimposition of elements - it does hold the eye for quite a while.

Critical stuff: The image does feel incoherent to me, each element seems to avoid any support for any other to the extent that the image doesn't feel at all 'crafted'. I'm not a fan of your conversion either - the toning seems a little flat.

Overall: I do like images that make use of reflections but this one isn't working for me.

Road Trip
by rinac

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, I love, love, love this! Love the whoosh; love the colours; love the clouds; love the subtle vignette; love the fence ; love the cows!

Critical stuff: Ummm....

Overall: Great image - had instant appeal to me (no need for me to dwell very long at all!!)

longing
by ytshuva

Comment:
This is a lovely evocative portrait.

Sasaki III
by zeuszen

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 the ground glass look of this image; I really like the light too. It reminds me a little of some of AJHopp's work - so you must be hitting some of my buttons. I really like the angle of the edge of the surface with respect to the viewer.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Very nice, well executed and very well balanced composition.

The Ladder...
by NikonJeb

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 nice grungy scene with interesting lighting that you have managed to capture very well.

Critical stuff: I think I would've tried to get the verticals as vertical as possible. The overall interest level in the scene is quite low and I'm not sure that even the perfect photograph of this scene would do very well.

Overall: Nice enough, but a bit limited in terms of interest level.

Bridgeing the Gap
by Keith_W

Comment:
I know how hard it is to get such clarity with the DOFs associated with high macro. Very accomplished work.