Chilling 'til Springtime
by glad2badad

Comment by mattlistener:
Overly staged for a semi-natural category.

Sunlight Surprise - "Spirals"
by glad2badad

Comment by Paul:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: There is a minimalism that I like in this image, the way you have had faith to trust in simple light and shade. The toning is great and the juxtaposition of the sharpness and blur, accentuated by the orthogonal relationship between the shadow and cage.

Critical stuff: I think the physical limits you have placed on your composition effectively place a ceiling on the amount of interest you can glean from the scene. I think that the image is a little noisy in place and taking down the red channel a little may have helped to minimise the appearance of this (as would have localised use of a specialised noise reduction tool).

Overall: This is an effective image which I suspect off the viewer exactly what you had intended (at least that's the impression I get); there's a lot of merit in that - it offers a created feel that I enjoy in the images I view.

Chilling 'til Springtime
by glad2badad

Comment by HarveyG:
Unique. Unusual.

Basketball Spin Platforms
by glad2badad

Comment by David Ey:
now that musta been hard to do

Basketball Spin Platforms
by glad2badad

Comment by Luci11e:
fine job

Basketball Spin Platforms
by glad2badad

Comment by sns:
awesome

Basketball Spin Platforms
by glad2badad

Comment by macwilyum:
some skills right there!

Chilling 'til Springtime
by glad2badad

Comment by Denise:
looks like an advertisement 8

Earl (aka 'Woody') stepped out of line one time too many.
by glad2badad

Comment by cgino:
LOL, verry funny!

Chilling 'til Springtime
by glad2badad

Comment by prashant_168:
hey there is another shot in the challenge which is almost same as yours...not voting