Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by ChrisW123:
That's really cool.. but again... the picture is tilted to the right. With such a cool shot didn't you notice this while you were editing it? Still give you a 7 however because it's great.

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by rjcolby:
I like it.

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by StevePax:
The fuzzy person is destracting.

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by jmsetzler:
excellent shot... the lighting here in very nice and I love the blurred pedestrian... excellent work :) = 10 - setzler

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by marco:
Waaa! Such a nice image, but such a pity the quality had to suffer (from sharpening?). Still: 7

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by e301:
I'd be intrigues to know how you've got this quality into this shot - it almost looks painted! great work - for me, perhaps a little more contrast overall would have aded mystery even more. Is it a very dark shot that's been lightened hugely?

Silent Strider
by stephan

Comment by tcherring:
Really fascinating lighting! Very cool.

Sony Center Cupola
by stephan

Comment by migidi:
Great pic....

Implosion
by stephan

Comment by Kavey:
Critique Club


Initial thoughts
High impact with obvious emotional message.

Composition/ Content
I like the composition of this image � the balance of the �implosion� with the leaning man and the grassy earth is strong.
The stance of the man is highly emotive � he looks drained, tired, sad, despairing.
The �white� highlights in what is otherwise a silhouette are also interesting as are the �white� plants.

Background
If one takes the �implosion� as the background � I like it � great shape and the texture is kind of like paint brush strokes.

Camera Work - Technical
Hard to tell.

Digital Processing - Technical
I am really no expert on this style of post-processing so I don�t know how to comment. Given that the image is high impact and emotive I�d hazard that the processing has achieved what you intended.

Fits The Challenge
Yes.

My Opinion On The Photo
I like it and find it interesting but wouldn�t personally want it on my wall/ in my house.

Implosion
by stephan

Comment by stephan:
I was very surprised to see how the score had risen during the week. Never expected such a high score for this kind of photo. So I'm very happy, especially because many said that even they normally don't like this kind of digitally manipulated images, they think it works well for this theme. But beware, this only encourages me to refine my skills in digital work ;)

See the "Photographer's Comments" for a description how I did the effect. It was not done with an infrared filter as some suspected, I don't own one (yet!). The "trick" is the colour inversion.

Thanks to all for your feedback. Very appreciated!