Mirror / Past : Window / Future
by northebound

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 this - The metallic colour palette is really nice, particularly the side sections. The architecture, the geometry, the reflected scene all add interest - I think the selective desaturation works too - it serves to emphasise the most interesting (colour) sections of you image.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: A very successful image - I like that we can see ample evidence of photographic choices you made.

Alone, Together
by odriew

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: Nice find / set up. Great use of primary colours and a brave (but absolutely appropriate) crop.

Critical stuff: Not too much - the grass looks a little over-sharpened.

Overall: A charming image.

Succession
by aberration

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: Very nice work - the image conveys a sense of photographic control - a real sense of active framing here, like you have placed the horizon 'just so' in the frame. I like the coloration / toning too - just a hint of bronze.

Critical stuff: The overall interest in the scene is intrinsically low so I'm not sure you had too much to work with.

Overall: A nice minimalist landscape.

Down into the Abyss
by George

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 repeating geometric pattern and the angle of rotation of the lines relative to the frame.

Critical stuff: Too dark really and a little bit blurry too.

Overall: I like the vision but I'm not so keen on the result.

The Bridge of Sighs
by kaiser_chief

Comment:
St John's?

It is a nice image but it seems ever so slightly over-sharpened to me.

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

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: You'll be getting killed for the blur but I think it is masterful - the restriction of clarity makes us keep our distance and the paradoxically the image becomes more intimate, we feel like we are watching something authentic and uninfluenced by observation. The coloration matches the scene perfectly - I feel like I am watching a silent 8mm film, so with the (not) crashing waves - your title is perfect.

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: Excellent work.

Bleak
by Shadowi6

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 think fog can be quite hard to work with - I find capturing the quality of the light difficult, but you have done that here. I really like the coloration too - it hasn't escaped me that the bottom edge is black and the top is white and how we journey through green and yellow to get there. That subtle colour change guides the eye almost without us noticing.

Critical stuff: Because I like the white at the top, I'm not a fan of the vignetted corners.

Overall: Uber-subtle and effective.

The Goggles of Invincibility
by DrAchoo

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: Very well executed - perfect technicals, great title and a mood well conveyed. There is something about this image that is so un-snapshot; despite it having so many family snapshot elements.

Critical stuff: I do like it a lot - I think a monochrome conversion would work really well too.

Overall: A very nice image with just the right amount of edge - I hope it does well for you.

call me
by nixter

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: Easily the most powerful image I've seen so far in this FS. So many compelling elements - the figures, than hand, the ambiguity of the scene. And then there is the 'surface' I think this might be a reflection in metal but it is just as likely to be us looking through perspex. The way you have focussed on the scratches is of course the secret of the image - it keeps us remote from the scene, we feel hidden, nebulous and to an extent disassociated and uninformed.

Critical stuff: Nothing.

Overall: 10 and a fav. Top drawer stuff.

Perch
by freakin_hilarious

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: Wow - What a pristine and original image, wonderful composition and bold as you like.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all

Overall: Quite brilliant really.