The Guardian
by Kelli

Comment:
Again, another score I don't understand. I think the face is incredible! I gave it a 7!

Winter Reflections
by patio127

Comment:
I loved this shot and gave it a 7. I'm surprised that it ended where it did. I thought it deserved to be much higher! Loved the lines!

Street Photography
by Melethia

Comment:
I loved this one! There were so many different stories to see -- you can just keep looking and find more and more in the photo.

small
by roz

Comment:
Isn't it weird going from an 8 to a 6.5? A bluebird shot from a series that received my highest-7.4 ended up at 6.6. I was happy with the 6.6, but it also made me very curious: was it because the voting was harsher? Was it because a lot of people don't care as much for the nature photography? It raised interesting questions.

Still love the shot, and this one's just as wonderful!

Message edited by author 2010-01-29 07:11:36.

Pelican Brief
by SJCarter

Comment:
oh my! People are crazy! Absolutely wonderful shot -- I was sure this was one of the bird pictures that would beat mine!

Navajo Spirit Rising
by Ja-9

Comment:
oh my!! Look at you with an honorable mention in best of 2009!!! You must be so excited!!! (if not, you can give it to me...?)

Congrats, what a wonderful shot! (oh, and thanks for the fav)

- salto del laja -
by robe

Comment:
absolutely spectacular! Beautifully done! I hope you show the original on this one. I would love to know what was done in camera vs processing. What ever the path taken, you achieved spectacular results! -10-

Pelican Brief
by SJCarter

Comment:
I think this is truly spectacular! So far my favorite in the bunch. I hope you do remarkably well, and I can hardly wait to see who did this. -10- and I wish I could give it an 11!

IMG_0110.jpg
by Ter

Comment:
interesting shot. What's the blob in the upper left hand corner that looks like a finger? (though it's not...) I would have cropped that out. Also, I would have cropped part of the foreground - way to fuzzy and doesn't add much. Have you tried cropping in tighter? The scenery is interesting, but not fascinating, so I'm not sure it adds that much.

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment:
Good day! You're the recipient of a "critique club" critique! So feel free to take this with a grain of salt :D

First Impression: I wonder how many of your lower votes were from people who just don't like fish-eye shots. There does seem to be strong reactions to them. Personally, I don't care much for fish-eyes, however, I find this one intriguing. The face seemed difficult to find, at first.

Composition: I like the composition. Two small things, however: the image seems a tad tilted to the right. Have you tried rotating it slightly to the left? (small point, but might be a little better.) Second, I find the tables in the lower left hand corner draw my eye. I don't think there's much you could do about it, but I'd be curious if you stepped back a bit and didn't cut through them whether it would lessen their importance. Again, very small point, but you chose a good POV!

Subject: Not sure about the quality of the face. It was a little hard to see, and pretty small in the picture (the one I found, that is). I think this hurt you with some people. Once found, however, it is interesting. The curving portion seems like arms wrapping around, and thus it was a very good choice of title!

Technical: The technicals look good to me. The only change that I'd consider is perhaps bringing out the blues in the sky. Otherwise, I think it's quite nice.

Final thoughts: Nice idea, interesting shot. I think you might have been hit by the speed voters that didn't want to take time to find the face.