Deranged Pink Cat
by Galimages

Comment:
Fits an indie label to the max. Hilarious. Don't know about the eyes though. Looks too artificial.

Dead Poet's Club
by BrennanOB

Comment:
I love the symbolisms your elements portray ... lighting is great, sepia-ish color suggests mystery ... the title is not that original though :-(.

Physical and Abstract Balance
by graphicfunk

Comment:
I admire your tenacity to get this right and photographically interesting. The idea is very clever, the execution excellent, result seamless. Congratulations!

A Daring Escape
by scalvert

Comment:
It's about time! Congratulations. This is very clever.

Don't Spoil It
by Tallbloke

Comment:
Funny.

Only.
by Gordon

Comment:
Great! I love the composition, the negative space, the seemingly confusing signs and the colors. I don't know what else to say, it's very intriguing. 10.

Freedom.......The Wind Through my Hair
by ldallek

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Born to be wild ... I love it! 10.

La Vie En Rose
by PhilipDyer

Comment:
Clever. I like the luminosity ... I am learning how to do this myself.

Hard Licker
by Bassie

Comment:
As a person of color, I find this a very offensive caricature.

The Dream
by flip89

Comment:

Originally posted by photom: Hi Ken and Greetings from the Critique Club Before digging in to this image, I went to review your portfolio - I'm very impressed with your skills; you do a great job on the "Chicago" theme. I especially liked "The Race" - it's perfect. And I predicted "Bowls" would ribbon - glad it did because it's a superb image. The Dream is a real departure from your usual style - but is very effective. It obviously took a lot of post procesing - which for the most part was well done. There are still remnants of color in the sky area, a building and cars - as some have already mentioned. You may want to search the forums as there are a couple good threads on different methods of desat. For example - you could select the channels other than red - and convert to grayscale - leaving just the red. The soft focus along with the hectic traffic make the picture appear dreamy or surreal. And, your title is simple, effective and drives home the point. The lady in red is a perfect anchor point and adds loads of interest. You wonder, "Will she make it?" or "What if the lights turn green?" She may be better if her suit were a bit brighter. Finally, I'm impressed with the traffic light system. It really is a dream that all the lights were red at the same time. Perhaps they have a way of doing that for emergency vehicles, or you just have perfect timing! Red from here to infinity. I note that the image size is under half of that allowed. I don't see any obvious compressin problems though - so I assume it didn't need much space with mostly greyscale pixels.

Thanks. This is really helpful. I need to come back to this picture and try the desat technique that you suggested and also will try to increase the brightness of her suit. I will post the results in DPCPrints. Thanks again.

I take this route everyday; the synchronized lights amaze me all the time and I always wanted to take a photo of it, but I am always in a car or bus. I thought this was perfect for the challenge especially that this is how I dream if I remember my dream - desat with only one color, usually red, hence the title - so I took two afternoons early to specifically take pictures. There is especially a point on the avenue where there is a rise so you can see all the lights. I stood on one of the median planters and waited for opportunities. I probably looked like a fool standing there. I had another one with another lady in red but she was just standing on the curb and another one with a wedding party on the next planter (!). But this was the most appropriate.

Again, thanks.