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Comment by Paul:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Pleased to pick this one up - as you know I didn't vote on this one and my comment in voting was pranksterish.

I think what I like most about this is its distinctiveness - it looks like one yours. Also, the whole image feels more than a little dangerous to me - the animal seems exotic; a panther perhaps.... I'm immediately reminded of images of the Beast of Bodmin. The leash looks lethal, like the trail of some special effects bullet - indeed the end appears to stop prior to the beast like a bullet frozen in mid air.

The tones are just fine and contribute to the feeling of the image, conspiring to reveal and obscure with simultaneous effect.

Compelling and distinctive.

Paul

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Comment by Paul:

Originally posted by bvy: The careful viewer is rewarded with the z-axis. This image is very three dimensional.

Moral to self: Take more care!

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Comment by bvy:
The careful viewer is rewarded with the z-axis. This image is very three dimensional.

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Comment by Paul:
Greeting for the Critique Club:

Typical! First few goes at this Critique Club thing and I get one of yours! Baptism of fire (fitting then, that the wood appears charred!)

OK - time to 'fess up, I gave this a 3 in voting (I've said it now): hopefully the things I didn't like about it are the things that appeal to you.

I'll start off with what I did like - the deep blacks, they have an unusual richness about them, almost luxurious and indulgent, I quite like the white flecks of the wood too and how they suggest a constellation.

So, why the low score... It is of course a very two dimensional piece, completely minimalist in the Z axis, I feel the image acts like a bit of a wall, keeping the viewer out rather than inviting us in to explore. I wonder if the dark, dark tones compound this effect - this image feels like a no go area (no viewers allowed - move on). In voting, that's what I did - I hit you with a bit of a drive-by vote. No such copping out here though.... Being 'forced' to write a long comment is allowing me sufficient time to engage with it and I do declare, its a bit of a grower. If I think back to the challenge brief - all that stuff about light and shade and texture and form - well you've nailed all that.

One thing I do note as I look at it is that I think I would prefer it rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Years ago I had a previous life in geology and with the rotation your image offer nostalgic suggestions of rock strata - the juxtaposition of materials, tree, wood and (suggestion of) rock appeals to me.

Paul

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Comment by Alex_Petrini:
The first thing you can see here it's a warm color.

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Comment by cutout:
smuggling alcohol again? 8

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Comment by EL-ROI:
Neat'o Blur. Lensbaby? Is that an Anacoda, A Gator, or s log??? I think the water creates an interesting pattern and the color is good.

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Comment by posthumous:

Originally posted by tnun: I was going to say you simply cannot deal with raccoons just by pointing a laser. Didn't realize it was beaver. or I'd have given you more than a 7.

it's hard to tell because the photo's blurry, but she's actually a weasel monkey.

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Comment by tnun:
I was going to say you simply cannot deal with raccoons just by pointing a laser. Didn't realize it was beaver. or I'd have given you more than a 7.

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Comment by jmritz:
I think your leash is getting stuck in the bushes.