Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by bassbone:
Terry

I really like this one - very cool. The reasons I like it are that I can almost see the man being 'hugged' by the woman (maybe his mom or some other relative) in the painting. The starkness of the edit adds a lot of melancholy to the shot. The thick black border creates the illusion of it being a painting within a painting - a nice touch. I gave it a 7 during voting and probably should have gone higher.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by posthumous:
this shot is crazy! it got a 9 from me.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
I really liked this shot Terry. It has a great are museum feel to it, and the heavy processing works well with the subject matter. I'm surprised this didn't score higher, but for some reason a Free Study challenge never seems to reward shots like this.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by pcody:
I think you could have turned some of the 5s to 6s if there had been a perspective and barrel distortion adjustment done to the picture. The noise doesn't seem to have been to much of a distraction. The only part I don't like is the hardness of the noise under the frame and between his legs. It's different than the softer noise all around. Because it's different, my eyes are drawn to it. Hope you try the perspective adjustment.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by MikeO:
I liked this very much and gave it a high score, thought it would be much higher. Well done its an excellent photo

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by bmartuch:
Terry, I think you got robbed. This shot is fantastic. I love what you did with the processing. The shadows on the legs have a very interesting look.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by BAMartin:
I was pleased to see how high this actually placed. This is one of those kind of voyeuristic shots that I love so much. Well done!

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by Melethia:
This reminds me of a shot that Goodman did. I voted it significantly higher than the average and really rather enjoyed it! I'd offer why it scored under 6 but really it doesn't matter. I think the processing works just fine and I think it's a very good shot.

Foggy Crossing
by Hipychik

Comment by bmartuch:
I recognize that fog. It was like pea soup yesterday.

Foggy Crossing
by Hipychik

Comment by Wildcard:
Ooooo that's thick fog, so moody and beautiful.