Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by jmritz:
Nice one. 7. Composition and color are very nice.

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by jaysonmc:
I really like the mood of this frame. One of the things, is you can't be too sure of the emotion, are they observing the painting or having a breakdown. A bit to the imagination, but I think that is what makes it good!

Free Verse
by Hipychik

Comment by jameskindt:
This could be one of those motivational posters! Great job!

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by rider:
i gave this a 5 just cause it really didn't do it for me--what can i say?

Art Appreciation
by Hipychik

Comment by KarenNfld:
I gave this a 4. I do not like hdr and tone mapping, this is way over processed for my tastes. Also did not like the shadows behind his legs

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