I knew this would not score well, but it really summarizes my year 2010 and represents my art so well, that I had to put it in the challenge.
What an honor and a joy to get all of these thoughtful comments and the favs. Thank you all for that! Really, I would rather have touched a few than appealed to the masses.
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Place: 375 out of 429 Avg (all users): 5.0265 Avg (commenters): 7.3750 Avg (participants): 5.0714 Avg (non-participants): 4.8286 Views since voting: 925 Views during voting: 368 Votes: 189 Comments: 25 Favorites: 6 (view)
What a fantastic set of comments you collected with this! You nailed this one. Who cares about the mass appeal vote when you can pull in that kind of appreciation? I need to star doing more weird stuff like this.
i love your quirkyness and it looks like i'm not the only one .. four favs .. trouble is there are a lot of ppl who cant see the wood for the trees .. or something .. anyhooooooo .. i think this is tremendous, so out'v the box, nearly haunting and of course eccentric (in a very good way) .. :)
I'm pretty sure this has gotten creamed and pureed by the popular vote, but personally, I have to give it high marks for the weird factor. I suspect this one will have a small but appreciative audience.
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: Alicia, I liked this image when I saw it before and I am still a fan. The back story to the image has stayed with me and I find your image resonates with its meaning and motive. The selective focus, the darkly burnt borders and the mauve-ish hues all work so well.
Critical stuff: Its slight off-centredness troubles me just a tad.
So wonderfully bizarre and beautifully executed too. It will probably be largely dismissed as a novelty entry, which will be a huge underestimation of it. But that's really the very point it's making, yes? The comfort of sameness and familiarity versus the discomfort of perceptual audacity? I love your photograph, and am thrilled to now see it hanging on my imaginary 2010 wall. It's looking pretty bloody singular even there, as well. Thank you.
Okay, so I am no pro but here goes
Pros: interesting subject, catches the eye
Cons: grainy, out of focus, vignette is over done, and maybe "to intersting" for mainstream.
Wow.... uhh... if this is your best work of the year... I'm thinking I don't want to see your worst. ;) (But, I don't want to see MY worst, either...LOL!)
This is not the kind of image I enjoy... but I can see that it's well done. I do like the processing. (not voting)
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