erasure
by posthumous

Comment:
Surprise finding an abstract with actual human element in this challenge.

Hesitation
by markwiley

Comment:
Another real abstract that should have done much better even as well as it did. Most of the leaders aren't abstract in the traditional meaning but I guess words change and I'm just slow.

Three girls shopping
by Melethia

Comment:
Really brilliant in every way and best of all, actually abstract. Nice finish but should have done much better if voters knew what abstract meant, since it doesn't any more.

For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky
by hihosilver

Comment:
Fooled me. Genius springs from simple ideas.

Beach Cottage
by Germaine

Comment:
Good comp and Impressionistic color.

april's adagio
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Never got to my second pass in April Free Study so you got stuck with a 6 when I should have bumped it up.

Yesterday's Sorrows
by insteps

Comment:
I've had to spend time with this one to hopefully put my reaction into words. What starts out to be another nostalgic cathedral shot becomes a sad, dissonent experience. The railing does it. It both frames the man on the bench and cuts him off from seeking comfort of the church or purging his misery into the trashcan. The way the black bar rudely chops through the church windows and then drops down and out is so viserally nihilistic - to me. It seems so relevant to our times.

Message edited by author 2012-05-11 13:15:57.

Canyon Curvature
by npasel

Comment:
I love this place. Thank you for this.
(Edited to add the PS)
P.S. Congratulations on the ribbon!

Message edited by author 2012-05-09 21:07:52.

Empty
by insteps

Comment:
The vignette seems natural with the sepia vintage look. But Its the compositiopn that ultimately makes it work for me, which would have been true regardless of special effects I think.

The Arrow Points the Way
by Allen1634

Comment:
Nice comp. Doesn't really matter how it's turned.