Quiet Contemplation
by Citadel

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impression: Very nice to see such creative processing in the portrait challenge.

Composition: Bang on the money for me. I think it works extremely well.

Technical: Well, I am not seeing anything untoward here. I think it's well exposed, well lit and as said earlier, well composed. I suppose the only thing I can think of to explain the mid-range score is that people didn't like the processing. It could be a love/hate thing. I know it's always quite risky to use one of those Nik filters. (I used an amended version of the Holga for my own pigeon entry and it tanked!).

Artistic: Not your run of the mill portrait, so in that respect maybe a bit "out of the box" for this challenge?

I'm not certain why it didn't score higher, it's a strong image but maybe the processing is just not to everybody's taste. I happen to like it and would likely have given a 6/7 had I voted.

Pilots
by Zigomar

Comment:
Adorable.

Flowery
by Zigomar

Comment:
Lots to like in this

oooO(
by Zigomar

Comment:
Missed this one earlier. Could have used this for Circles :)

Bad education
by Zigomar

Comment:
Interesting graffiti.

Happy Hour--through the I of the iPhone camera
by pixelpig

Comment:
Often wish I had a camera phone. Like this a lot.

lizard love
by rinac

Comment:
Rina the more I look at this the more I like it. It's a cracking shot. It looks like he's whispering something in the others ear. I expect to see this in one of the top spots.

80 Years After Ansel Adams...
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
This is absolutely gorgeous. One of my highest scoring images in this challenge. Love it.

Distanced
by Melethia

Comment:
Would love to be able to give this the score it so clearly deserves. Instead I'll just stick it in my faves.

After the Langdale storm
by pffree

Comment:
Not going to vote as I know this is yours Paul. (Saw it on Facebook) :) Seems to be a somewhat typical view up in the Lakes this summer! My parents have been there for 2 weeks and have hardly had a dry day.