Reflecting on days past
by LevT

Comment:
Knew this would blue. Congrats! Now you've expertly ruined it for anyone who might have thought to do this for photo-within-a-photo this week... :-P

Seriously. This is awesome work.

Phantom of the Studio
by bob350

Comment:
One of my top two picks. This has such a well-composed, "found moment" feel. It instantly feels like the headshot a technical theater professor would use for their university profile. :-)

Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment:
I definitely responded to this one. Congrats on a well-earned ribbon!

hey good lookin!
by PennyStreet

Comment:
It's ironic that the camera gave you away even before your analog-adjacent processing choices. :-) I love the way this self-portrait feels EXACTLY like the sort of thing you might have had developed with a point-and-shoot film camera a couple decades ago. It captures that spirit of wonder and discovery and (intentionally or not?) feels like a meta-commentary on the state of the consumer-level photography generally.

call me funny - or weird
by primabarbara

Comment:
Thanks for the notes! I think I (mostly) follow what you're describing. I'm still really new to panoramic style shooting--and it never occurred to me how you could use it to force perspective like this. :-D

Measured Solitude
by markwiley

Comment:
I thought I recognized this place! I haven't been to the Chicago Botantical Garden since...geez...my earliest hobby photo days back in 2004-05. But I remember going there after a fresh snow once and everything seeming so magically picturesque--and surreal in exactly the way your image depicts.

Holiday Rush
by Barroness

Comment:
This one definitely had me in the holiday spirit. And it has a more "magical realist" vibe than so many urban Christmas shots.

L'iPhone Fauve
by posthumous

Comment:
This was one of my favorites in the challenge. The title is brilliant, and it's a wonderful representation of the blurring of lines (in this case literally) between digital photography and digital art.

2am
by jmsetzler

Comment:
The high-contrast B/W processing is striking on this. I appreciate your notes and was genuinely curious about the story behind the choices you made. Great title, too. I like big swings like this.

*needs a title*
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Gorgeous. I don't know if you intended this or not, but the placement of the crane reads to me like a bit of forced perspective--it almost looks like a bird perched on the rail of the bridge. Intentional or not, though, this composition has really nice balance and just a touch of modern "interruption" to offset the painterly "cliche" it might otherwise represent--which feels extremely true to your voice.