Innocence
by Brin

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

It is always an adventure to open a new image to Critique, and this is certainly a good example of that.

It's an original, exciting picture; one that is deceptively simple, yet needs a good deal of study to comprehend. As an aside, I'm glad you Icelanders are getting enough sunlight and blue sky to manage a good image this time of year ;>)

I"m of two thoughts about the child and the cloud. The child has 'cold' tones; the cloud 'warm' tones. Obviously difficult to obtain in one photograph, but in two - there they are. Even though it is an anomaly, I like the juxtaposition. That bit of tension takes this image from a 'photo' to 'art'.

Even though you were not rewarded highly for this Challenge entry, I hope you are pleased with it. It is a good one.

Alice

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by persimon:
Beautiful reflection. Very creative.

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by LVE:
Wonderful! 10

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by yanko:
That's pretty cool. I take it that's a shiny conference table or something? Whatever it is great effect. Oh and that background is stunning (as is this photo). This gets one of my very few 10s.

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by graphicfunk:
A most interesting with floating like pastor. Nice effect. 8

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by KarenNfld:
Wonderful photo, love the reflection.

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by Angelis:
good idea with the reflection, very different

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by basicentry:
The top half of the photo is "heavier" than the bottom half which for me is slightly distracting. A "true" mirror effect would have given this photo even more power than it already has. Great shot.

HOME SWEET HOME
by Brin

Comment by loseme:
*Critique Club*

"HOME SWEET HOME" is obviously prefect for the Country Life Challenge. Congratulations on your yellow ribbon, a nice addition to your collection. Many voters loved this shot, obviously by the votes and number of comments.

I think the most striking aspect of this image is the reflection in the water, it looks virtually prefect. The composition is very strong and feels prefect. The overall balance of the image is just right. The balance between the top and bottom as well as left in right feels like all elements line up just perfectly. The colors are very appropriate, this shot could have looked extremely cold with that large body of water and yet it does not. This is just an amazing shot. Again congratulations.

Pastor
by Brin

Comment by love:
wow - amazing image 8