soto voce
by mpeters

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Very mysterious (that comment was typed by my 8 year old while I was making tea and I couldn't have put it better myself). Though I will add 'Wow!' look at the distant reflection - fantastic. The lighting here is sensational - as shot or augmented with something like Viveza or Sliver Efex Pro using control points? I'm a fan of the deep piano shadow too.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Artistically and technically, a very impressive image.

Message edited by author 2009-12-08 05:29:06.

Contemplation
by BarbB

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Very interesting image. The unusual POV really works and the wrap / fabric is fascinating. There are a few good example of off focus images in this challenge and this is right up there.

Critical stuff: Not a lot really - some of the positive stuff above means that we are a little confounded and because of that the image is a little difficult to interpret.

Overall: A very unusual image but one which I am pleased to have had the opportunity to view.

Bourbon Street
by aplomb76

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: What an interesting scene - full of seedy goodness! It makes me wonder what time of day you shot this. I really like your colour treatment here (looks a little like the 'duplex' filter in Nik's Color Efex Pro.

Critical stuff: The whole image looks like it needs rotating a fraction of a degree clockwise.

Overall: An interesting scene, well captured.

Path to a Dream
by senor_kasper

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: High in mystery, steeped in mist! It would have been really easy to take this down a monochrome route but it really is well served by the colour. The well saturated green conspires with the mist to actually make me feel damp just looking at it.

Critical stuff: I think I might have shot a bit further on and cleared the overhanging tree, though of course you would have then missed the excellent slanty one to the right and you might have got your camera wet too!

Overall: a compelling image - I like it.

Message edited by author 2009-12-08 05:34:37.

The paper factory
by Runeber

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Great smokey / misty feel and good handling of a high contrast scene. I like the 'starburst' lights too.

Critical stuff: The non-vertical chimney is driving me nuts!!

Overall: A bit un-engaging for me but pretty well executed.

Untitled
by ChikaZAWa

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: I really love the coloration here - I have a shot in my head that needs to be coloured this way; I hope you might share your colouring workflow. This is a fine and moody scene but your PP is so well matched that it elevates the scene to a whole new level. The composition is pretty fabulous too.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: A great image that is made special by the PP.

For a Song
by muur88

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: A very well composed street shot - there are a few elements I really like - his red hood (I really like the saturation on that), the blue 'A' frame and the overhanging frame' which means I like pretty much everything! You somehow get the impression that he is playing to just himself here and it makes me wonder why he favours this spot.

Critical stuff: It won't appeal to everybody - "there is no wow here, nothing to see, move along..." Whoever says that would be wrong, perhaps there isn't a lot of 'wow' but there is certainly plenty to see.

Overall: A good street photo with some interesting elements.

Looks like sunshine...
by Iraklis

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Not a sight yo see everyday and it certainly makes me wonder what is happening. There is a good range of colours and the red jackets and umbrellas are well balanced by the sky. I like the reflection of the sun in the windows too.

Critical stuff: Though this is an interesting scene the centre building is a little ugly and it does rather dominate.

Overall: I can see why you took a shot of this intriguing scene but whether it works as an offering in a free study - I'm not so sure. Having said all that, I am really interested in finding out what this was all about!

descent into madness
by bmartuch

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: The interplay of sun and mist is very compelling and this would, in less careful hands, lead to a problematically low contrast image, but your inclusion of the bridge remedies this. The coloration suits the image too.

Critical stuff: Although your bridge offers perspective, the POV means that this doesn't translate to much of a sense of depth.

Overall: I think this is a nice enough image but I think the scene has a fairly low level of intrinsic interest.

The world is round ...
by eyeslander

Comment:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: I think this is an example of a good match between scene and technique / equipment. The end result is something that self-frames; that is interesting in itself. I also like the red and yellow coloration at the base of the image.

Critical stuff: I do find the light to be a little flat and I think the clouds could have been PP'ed to be more dramatic; though I do commend the unedited (pure) feel you have offered here.

Overall: A interesting image that I am pleased to have been able to meet in this FS.