Aloft
by barrett_bear

Comment by barrett_bear:

Originally posted by NikonJeb: Well..... People squawk if you leave a low vote without an explanation. I am putting in the caveat that this is a combination of my opinion and impression(s). I'm giving you a 3. From a straight up presentation with conventional editing, it's not super sharp. I'd like to have a feel for what I am supposed to see here. I don't know what the intended focal point is. Assuming that it's the nest, it's dead center which is a tough composition to fly. I mentioned the sharpness, and the branches in the top right corner are beyond distracting, in my perspective. There's another single, errant branch in the lower right corner. Also in that lower right corner there's another peculiar element that is odd. I honestly cannot conjure up anything from this offering that says "Portrait" to me. Anyhow for me

Thankyou!! After it opened for voting I realised I had completely missed the 'Portrait' part to the competition! Oh well.... lesson learned!

Aloft
by barrett_bear

Comment by NikonJeb:
Well..... People squawk if you leave a low vote without an explanation.

I am putting in the caveat that this is a combination of my opinion and impression(s).

I'm giving you a 3.

From a straight up presentation with conventional editing, it's not super sharp. I'd like to have a feel for what I am supposed to see here. I don't know what the intended focal point is. Assuming that it's the nest, it's dead center which is a tough composition to fly.

I mentioned the sharpness, and the branches in the top right corner are beyond distracting, in my perspective. There's another single, errant branch in the lower right corner. Also in that lower right corner there's another peculiar element that is odd.

I honestly cannot conjure up anything from this offering that says "Portrait" to me.

Anyhow for me

Aloft
by barrett_bear

Comment by bjoern:
Waldo seems too well hidden for me.

Neon Zinnia
by barrett_bear

Comment by Zoomdak:
Lovely, but doesn't seem abstract.

Neon Zinnia
by barrett_bear

Comment by pearlseyes:
I'm sorry but this doesn't seem abstract enough to meet te challenge.

Untitled
by barrett_bear

Comment by Neat:
Loved the leading lines, I felt this was worthy of a higher score. Great first entry, keep it up.