Piano Man
by Abra

Comment by Marty:
Nice picture. I think it could have been cropped tighter to concentrate on the man and piano.

Piano Man
by Abra

Comment by Neat:
This has a nice feel to it.

Piano Man
by Abra

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: A most lovely portrait benefitting from highly effective lighting. The crisp focus on the hands and the paintingish softness of the rest of the image conspires with the coloration and lighting to produce something quite special.

Critical stuff: I have mixed feelings about the surface at the bottom of the image and the wall moulding on the right - they seem to intrude and detract a little but if I mask them out with my hands the image seems diminished. On balance I think their presence gives context and life to the image.

Overall: An image that gets better and better the more you look at it. So much so that by the time I've got to the end of my looking and writing I feel a need to fav it.

The Tree of Light
by Abra

Comment by zencow:
awesome textures, color, blur. fave. 8

The Tree of Light
by Abra

Comment by De Sousa:
The idea behind the Posthumous Ribbon is to encourage you to break the rules, to find new and different ways to express yourself. To free your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come, to laugh at world and at life, not doing what others are expecting you to do, but just following and listening to what's in your heart. DPC it̢۪s a wonderful learning place where everyone should be supported on their way to be a photographer. A special attention should be aimed to those working hard with different views and approaches to photography, those not aligned with the mainstream taste and receiving no recognition. It̢۪s our responsibility to support these photographers creating diversity and expressing different visions. Being active at the Posthumous thread it̢۪s the best way to do it. Being active at the Posthumous thread it̢۪s the best way to protect your and the other̢۪s freedom of being different. Thanks for taking the time to enter this challenge. Stay wild.

The Tree of Light
by Abra

Comment by bohemka:
Cool idea. I tried something similar and completely bombed. Great colors, not overdone. Really nice composition. Nice job.

The Tree of Light
by Abra

Comment by bspurgeon:
fabulous explosion of light and texture. I can imagine this is how Carlos Castaneda would experience a tree. My kind of image; energetic, full of life, makes me want to get up and go.

Carnivorous bug getting its vitamin Bee
by Abra

Comment by dbrodows:
Primal, i love it.

Piano Man
by Abra

Comment by Lydia:
Lovely mood! I like the dark and then the subject in the light. I wish that had carried through by either cropping the sparkly stuff on the right out... or burning/darkening it. (not voting)

The Tree of Light
by Abra

Comment by herfotoman:
I like it because you got the flow from far right into the left centre right. It draws one in nicely.