Gridlock
by KristjanUnnar

Comment:
I can hardly believe this is wholly unprocessed. Not even sharpened a little? Geez...this is so consummately beautiful that it's a testament to your skills and eye with your equipment. I prize that far more than processing, so this is going in my favorites right now.

Old cabin corner
by mariuca

Comment:
A gracious observation. A study only a fine art photographer would conceive. I've come to expect no less from your work, though. :-)

Noah
by jomari

Comment:
Simply lovely. A perfectly processed candid moment--neither over- nor understated.

My view
by PenelopeK

Comment:
I love the processing. It lends just the right amount of warmth to offset the austerity of the landscape. And the square crop gives it that nice cozy framing to glue it all together. Excellent choices. :-)

12031
by primabarbara

Comment:
This is exactly the sort of art piece it would just never occur to me to create--or visualize in the first place. It's an entirely different class of art, one that rewards creative curation and arrangement of found objects to make something greater than the sum of its parts. Any single image within this collage is well-realized and compelling on its own. But the balance and thematic unity of the whole is simply astounding and, I think, expertly observed.

M1010249 1
by MAK

Comment:
That's quite a portrait, friend. Congratulations on a wonderful capture!

Transactional Transition
by Bear_Music

Comment:
An intriguing title for a genuinely interesting abstract. What kind of transaction is taking place here?

Negotiated Services
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Personally, I'm a big fan of high-contrast color, too. I usually get punished by viewers any time I opt for it, though. I can't quite figure out why. My guess is that a lot of people respond to color differently because it creates a lot of visual information, and some people find it exhausting rather than inviting to have more rather than less visual information to consider. *shrugs* Obviously that's a very subjective thing.

With regards to this composition in particular, I would say the word "busy" is extremely apt. But I would also hasten to add that, for me, the word "busy" is not necessarily a critique. In this case, especially, it's complementary to other words I would use: "vibrant," "energetic," "sharp," and "noisy." And I would also add that the square crop distinctly works wonders on all of the above to make this feel like a distinctly kinetic candid moment of urban busyness and everyday commerce.

In short, I really respond to it positively. I can't quite articulate why. I would be genuinely interested to see how this would do in challenge voting, because I aspire to eventually be able to use color this way without it getting 3s and 4s. :-P

call me funny - or weird
by primabarbara

Comment:
This is a lot of fun to me. Authentic in the best way. And I'm really interested to know how you did this in a single exposure...hope you left some notes. :-)

11. S T A T I C
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Did you get a hold of my wife's phone too? That might explain why it suddenly won't charge anymore...