rush
by Tiberius

Comment:
one of the features/topics that come up in discussions of art and its value is "originality." "Original" was the first word that came to mind when I saw this image, because it is like no other I've seen. But what can I point to that is "original"? "Never been done!" Big bold silhouettes have been done. contre jour has been done. Maybe individual is a better word. There's something very individual and personal about this capture. foreground, middle ground and background conveyed so boldly with so little visual information, like three worlds being presented. But also, as your title suggests, a sense of time is here, not simply by conveying "speed" but by contrasting it with what is not moving, and with what is slowly setting. The railings are the prisons of each world, easily transcended by an artist such as yourself. I'm only 3 images in and I already know this is one of my favorites.

Blue

The fog of sleep
by mariuca

Comment:
i like the mysteriousness of this image. I like how I keep changing my mind about how much of this is real and how much painted. something weird about what is focused and what is blurred. I resisted at first what seems like a vignette, but a vignette isn't so normal when it's putting the focus on scritchy nothingness. And normal is to be avoided at all costs.

The Crested Sentinel
by roz

Comment:
very pleasing to look at. has a kind of old movie feeling to it, but more detailed. I particularly like the chunky blur of the background. I also like flat but textured feathers. I say "flat" mostly because the torso is flat and the head does not "pop out." it creates a kind of desultory mood. the wings and tail are more separate from the body than the head is. I also like the dark detail of the beak. It's a nice gloomy atmospheric image.

Disconnected
by markwiley

Comment:
the trope is very tropey but the composition really sells it. they are overwhelmed by the severe heft of their environment. love that weird triangular thing top left.

Punaluu Black Sand Beach -- Hawaii
by vawendy

Comment:
too much vignette. the turtle looks great but I want a photograph, not a turtle.

west into Manhattan
by tvsometime

Comment:
i like the backlighting on everything.

The Sea Remembers Their Names
by Martus

Comment:
a bit too dodged and burned

Into The Wild Winter
by tryggvimar

Comment:
love the chunky detail on those ski tracks. nice study of tones.

busy
by mitalapo

Comment:
Vermeer has a nightmare. All his colors and sunlight are gone. The brilliant texture of the wall blurs into a disturbing tundra. His subject slides deep, deep into the corner.

Feats
by mitalapo

Comment:
ok i get the "posthumous" elements, like the awkward crop and the missing eyes, but ew I don't want to look at his feet! maybe too posthumous for posthumous! Nice contrasty black and white, though. and good composition.