cieux déchirés
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, this is going to be difficult for me to critique under the circumstances, but as you have put it up for comments, I will give it a go. I personally like it very much, but I think you already knew that.

I was browsing through the highest LB scores section and noted that there are quite a few rather high scoring images with the LB. Perhaps people are starting to appreciate the blurry effects now.

As far as your score goes, I do think it was pretty respectable for a lensbaby image. I think possibly the burnt out highlights in the sky may have made the difference between 5.8 and 6, sorry I didn't think to mention it before! I'm not sure if that's a product of the lensbaby itself, or if it's come about by the b&w processing, but it did possibly impact the score.

Overall the moodiness created by the heavy sky really makes this image. I'm certain there are still a few people put off by the blur, but still a good performance from where I am sitting. Well done!

Deaths Grin
by Stephie3041

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Have to confess my first reaction to this was - ooh, gross. But that's only because of the decay and nothing to do with the photograph, so you got a strong reaction which is something. Interestingly you do not have any 1s.

It was an interesting interpretation of the challenge topic and perhaps a few voters didn't think it actually met the challenge.

I do think the composition probably hurts this quite a bit. I think it is framed too tightly and should probably have been taken at a wider angle to give some context.

The image itself is not really 100% in focus either. I think for this to work you would need to have shot it so the whole of the skull was in focus. The way it is now it looks like a mistake not intentional.

Just some things to consider for the next challenge.

The Sentinel
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
You did a fabulous job with the tone mapping. I expected this to score a bit higher. :)

Reflection
by trevytrev

Comment:
I really love this image. In fact, it was one of my highest scores.

After the Langdale storm
by pffree

Comment:
Paul congrats on a great score. I can feel the dampness. Must have been extremely soggy!

cieux déchirés
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
It is hard to imagine that this is summer. I still like it and think it's a pretty cool LB image.

Walking Down
by smyk

Comment:
Love this one. In fact it was one of my top picks. I expected it to score a lot higher

The lady with the dog
by LevT

Comment:
Didn't get round to commenting during the challenge, but this was one of my highest scoring images. Love it.

in peace...
by edmeng

Comment:
This did not score anything like as high as I thought it would. Love it.

Distanced
by Melethia

Comment:
Deb, check out the commenter scores. Now I didn't vote, so it could have even gone up. I know it's not been appreciated as well as it might, but to me it is still a fabulous image and should have scored much higher.