Walking to Nowhere
by Ubersteiny

Comment by DrAchoo:
The technicals: I think your PP lets this shot down. Why the gaussian blur? If it was an attempt at noise reduction, I think you went overboard. If it was an attempt at an "effect", I think it hurt the shot. As far as other aspects, your GF's coat gets lost somewhat in the street.

The feel: Street photography should do one of a few things: 1) capture the human condition either through an interesting scene or through the facial expressions captured in an everyday occurance. 2) capture nostalgia 3) capture an interesting geometric pattern (meaning the photo has abstract qualitites) which rises above the photo as a whole. I'm not sure your shot does any of these too well. I did not see this one in voting, but I would have sensed "set up" immediately. That's not good for this challenge. The subject's face is also too small for us to get a feel about.

The game: B&W was a good choice for this challenge. Setting up the shot wasn't.

Morning Rain
by Ubersteiny

Comment by noraneko:
Although this looks more like a raspberry cane than a tree, this is a lovely photo, beautiful exposure control and composition with drop.

Defined
by Ubersteiny

Comment by FairyWings:
At first it was hard to tell what this was...maybe if you included a little more profile or hair. But I like it!

Falling In Love
by Ubersteiny

Comment by trpote:
plunk!

Falling In Love
by Ubersteiny

Comment by CapeSail:
Very creative

Falling In Love
by Ubersteiny

Comment by itsthelight:
No, nonono.....

Walking to Nowhere
by Ubersteiny

Comment by muur88:
wow that processing makes the city seem almost sterile...or else reyhjavik is just spotless ;) very cool photo. i wouldn't call it street photography as suggested in the challenge description, but i'm guessing that doesn't matter if know how to appeal to voters in a street photography challenge.

Walking to Nowhere
by Ubersteiny

Comment by noraneko:
Although the subject is very dark, the tone suits her.

Morning Rain
by Ubersteiny

Comment by emayner:
this looks more a plant than a tree

Morning Rain
by Ubersteiny

Comment by JimyThing:
Tree, little baby?