Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by levyj413:
To me, this has two discrete distances: near and far. But not much visually connecting them.

Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by Claya:
Looks overprocessed/sharpened or something. Too pixelated/noisy.

Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by Bosborne:
way too sharpened. Nice concept tho.

Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
Whoah!
What's with all the noise?
Was this taken with a camera phone?

Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by ltlmschrisss:
I like the concept. The picture looks very grainy though.

Waved perspective
by Simpa

Comment by fencekicker:
Nice curves. Probably should have cropped out the mirror, trashcan and crooked flagpole. There is something weird going on with your compression or file or something because the entire image looks rough/distorted. Maybe its over sharpened?

Motionless street artist
by Simpa

Comment by whitewolf:
interesting shot

Motionless street artist
by Simpa

Comment by BeckyT:
Nice shot

nooooooo!!!
by Simpa

Comment by Pixelstate:
Greetings from the Critique Club..

Hi Pierre-André

I actually quite like this picture, it meets the challenge and unlike a number of entries does not require an explanation in the title. Nice work.

There have been some useful (and some not so!) comments from voters. The main rub being that the photo seems to be OOF (out of focus) I think it is actually motion blur (looking at the 1/8 second exposure) and reading that this was taken in the light from headlights.

If there is one thing (other than not meeting a challenge) that will kill a score it is OOF. Voters do not spend enough time on each picture to pick up subtle differences between focus and motion. Although Yontally picked up on this and has a good point... either much more movement or non at all.

The foot is quite central and does not meet the usual rule of thirds composition rules but it doesn't need to. The foot and crack are central to the theme and central in the composition. Perfect (IMO)

I guess that this doesn't quite have the WOW factor to differentiate it although Kudos for shooting 'on location and improvising light. You have done very well considering the challenges involved!

Keep up the good work, your creativity and ideas are excellent and I confidently predict some high scores in your future. I looked at your portfolio and really liked your 'Hands' entry which unfortunately got a DQ.

Regards

Chris

last autograph
by Simpa

Comment by Pixelstate:
It is an Excellent picture, one of your best. Too bad you received a DQ. I like the vignetting effect that you have used.