Into a bottles bank!
by Alexys

Comment:
How on gods earth did you get this wonderful shot? i can't begin to imagine a) where you got all those bottles and b) how you lit them so brilliantly. this is brilliant - it's, erm, chi is disrupted a little bit by the black disc in the centre (you could have tired cloning that out - i think it wouldn't be a breaking of the rules) but that aside, sheer brilliance. and it's damned unusual in my book. well done - 10

Puzzled Daisy's
by Wildpurple

Comment:
i'd be interested in how you did this! although, i must say it's a little less unusual viewpoint, and more original presentation. i like the image - the (i would hazard) intentionally blurry effect is really nice - and gives it a distinctive appearance compared to the other flower shots. i'm not mad on the split screen effect though. 5.

Curious Cows
by e301

Comment:
the angle / position of the shot does seem a bit of a standard in terms of cow photography (if ever there was a specialist field)... however, it is decidedly appealing. i like the brightness of the colours (the biege cow, grass and sky, particularly), the lack of clutter away from the cows. and cow noses always get the thumbs up from me. i'm not quite as keen on the position of the sun - the shadow of the cows left ear makes it look a smidgeon unbalanced to me. also, the cow on the right is a bit too silhouettey - can't see the buggers eyes. in all though - it's great! 8.

Distractions
by frumoaznicul

Comment:
I like this muchly. not entriely sure re: the unusual viewpoint factor - but everything else is lovely... i like the way you've captured your models face, her being somehow interestingly thoughtful and seemingly nice... the background, including the light through the blurry trees, is really cool. tones are amongst the best on a monochrome image i've seen for quite a while... and the graininess (intentional or not) works REALLY well. defintely record sleeve quality. but is it unusual enough. dunno. i was going to go for a 7, but the more i get drawn to it... 8.

Sky High
by L1

Comment:
This is great - i love the shiny blue, the sky is bright and interesting... it certainly meets the challenge, so no problems there. i do think the green plastic stuff does detract a wee bit... did you consider rotating yourself round a bit to avoid it? still, it's a well crafted image - 8.

Birds eye view
by mattrix

Comment:
I'm not how "unusual" a viewpoint this is, but whoo! what a great picture. and it's different, i guess - how yu've focused on the eyes is a triumph! the detail is fantastic - it's a remarkable picture, beautiful and unimprovable. i like the off-centre setting, the green contrasting background, and mr peacock himself. i am having does not meet the challenge issues, and if i didn't, it would be a 10. as it is, because of my indecisiveness, i'll plump for a 9. well done though - truly an inspiring and encouraging picture.

tilt
by sfalice

Comment:
it's hard to find an unusual viewpoint on a spherical object - surely it looks the same no matter what angle you take the picture from... i don't think a golf ball is the best choice of material - although if you got in closer and cropped it so you couldn't tell it was ball-shaped, it would be a bit more unusual. technically, the shot has really decent focus, but methinks is a bit on the noisy side?

Fenced...
by scwortman

Comment:
you've done something to the original image, but am not sure what. too much brightness, not enough contrast? dunno. do you have photoshop? if so, try using curves - by manipulating the top and bottom ends of the curves, you can make the darker areas darker and the brighter areas brighter. brightness is really the achilles heel here...

Central Park Bench
by daisy77

Comment:
I don't know what it is about this one. i keep coming back to it - it might not be the best picture this week, but it is certainly my no.1 favourite. it's completely met the challenge, has originality in spades, and i'm definitely attracted to it. after voting, you should put the colour one on your portfolio, for i would be interested to view it. this would have been great for the centre challenge. i might have been tempted to snip off the leaves in the immediate foreground - but then it's an interesting feature, so i'm glad you didn't. this is great, get's a 10 from me and hopefully it will make the top 10.

View from a Hammock
by desertdoc

Comment:
to be honest, the view here doesn't seem all that unusual - particularly for hammock dwellers... and the darkness of the foreground (i.e. you!) is a bit too much of a contrast with the outside - if the outside / inside ration was lessened (by zooming more on the background and feet) the darkness to me might not seem so oppressive.