"Lady" Bug
by mBastin

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: Kind of a brave rendition of a Ladybug - lose the colour, make it look a little ugly, show another side.

Critical stuff: I'm not a fan of your conversion - I can see some residual blue lines; I'm not sure why are there but I am sure that (IMHO) they don't work.

Overall: I like your vision but I think the execution leaves a lot to be desired.

relentless
by tate

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 this I really do, it seems to be perfectly composed and has a crafted feel as a consequence. I love the way the eye is led to the city in the distance and the way I wonder where you were standing when you shot it. The coloration works really well too.

Critical stuff: The horizon seems to tip up to the left.

Overall: Great image - is just as likely to be well received by the mainstream audience as those who enjoy the more unusual perspectives.

Widow of Paseo
by hotpasta

Comment:
Pretty stunning portrait - the sort of thing that would do well here and on 1x.

Moo no More
by Ristyz

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: Great shadows and some nice textures. It conveys a 'we all turn to dust feel'.

Critical stuff: The image doesn't have much soul - it feels a little flat in terms of impact. I think the composition is a bit vanilla too. The top of the skull at the 1/3s point makes this feel a bit too by-the-numbers.

Overall: To me a bit mundane; perhaps that was your intention - the matter-of-factness of death. If so, I can see your point - I just don't think it makes for something that will hold a viewer's interest for too long.

"EYE" see you!
by mbrutus2009

Comment:
Common subject but uncommonly well done.

The Holy Lake
by bnilesh

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 way you haven't taken a conventional landscape route here - the line of colour is (of course) fantastic and (of course) makes the image. The brilliance is how the image plays with a sense of scale, compressing and expanding our horizons at the same time. I think your colour levels and luminosity is bang on too.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all. I really like it.

Overall: I'm surprised at how much the introduction of a little bit of the unexpected can enhance an otherwise fairly dull image. With it, it has become something else entirely. Excellent.

Flow
by NodWag

Comment:
Aahh.. Dubai. It is a nice waterfall but when I've tried to photograph it, I've never found I could make it look interesting on screen.

I'm not sure you've convinced me it is possible.

Wither
by banmorn

Comment:
Very well executed.

step right up...
by klkitchens

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: Great atmosphere you have captured here - none of the fun of the fair but I like it. The coloration works really well and I get a real sense of being there.

Critical stuff: It looks just the tiniest bit dark to me, I think I would have raised the luminosity of the mid-tones just a tad.

Overall: A very nice image. Crafted and effective.

underexposed
by bvy

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:Well, there is certainly plenty of documentary merit in this image and the way it is shot communicates a covert feel.

Critical stuff: It looks like the man is offering a cigarette to this child - if that's the case and I had my way, I happily see someone shoot him in the face. That's how strongly I feel about it. However, back to your photo - it is difficult to be too critical, I interpret it as a shot from the hip with a camera phone - perhaps you couldn't quite believe what you were seeing either.

Overall: Good photograph? - No Powerful image? Yes.