The idea's a good one but the execution, not so much. I like the concept of different windows literally showcasing people's lives but the issue here is technical as much as anything else. Apart from the fact that we're looking upwards, we can't really see what we're looking at too clearly. Either we need a long focal length or to be able to shoot from a similar level. That said, good effort however.
The more I look at this, the more I like it. I presume that this is a reflection in a hazy mirror or damp window but even that uncertainty is pleasing. Photography is often said to be about evidence - but it can also be about emotion and mood. This image has those in spades. Its simplicity is key and reminds us that the medium itself is open to abstraction and endless debate. A clever, fleeting image that despite its momentary nature remains with the viewer.
This is very nicely thought out indeed. Just the very essence of the Royal Pavilion is captured between the framing of the carving - a sort of brief poem to the building. A little bit of detail creeps out bottom left - but we'll ignore that. This is a lovely and subtle image that demands attention but doesn't scream.
This has such a beautiful quality that I hesitate to make a criticism but, as I keep saying, it's fractions of moments that make a good image from a great one - and here I'm a little bit distracted by the woman leaving the frame on the right. That said, this a decent exposure of a very tricky situation and the quality of light is wondrous.. Well done.
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There's a great deal of potential here for something very special: an interesting vantage point on a cityscape. Although the photographer's seen this, there's a bit more work to do and some of that has to do with timing - getting the light right but also to do with framing. I like the chaos but a tighter and more careful framing (still encompassing the non-reflective scene) would have made more sense. Good to have 'seen' but needs more work.
This isn't a bad image by any stretch but it highlights a technical issue of shooting from inside a space to a very bright outside. Here, the interiors mood is captured but the (midday?) sun burns out a lot of the detail of the walker. We might either expose for daylight and hope that there's enough detail inside to bring out in the shadows or introduce additional lighting to balance the two exposures. Good effort however.
This looks like an abstract painting - and that's a welcome comparison. I really like the colour of the wall but I wonder whether the overall exposure might have been compensated to better capture the tonality of the grass and trees? The framing - the bisection of the left hand tree by the white of the window is ever so distracting - but this is engaging and I really like it.
A really intriguing image from one of the most photographed places on Earth. A moment that has been really well planned, seen and executed. I can see that it's on an iPhone (your best camera is the one you have on you) which I suppose accounts for the blurriness of some of the image (a filter?) but nevertheless this is a cracker.
This is either a wonderful accident or excellent timing. Either way, I think that not only is this a stunning image but right on brief. I get not simply the object of the image - the tower but also the mood created by the smiling eye of the woman on the right hand side. It's one of those images that evokes and tells. Well done.
This is very, very nearly an excellent image. It has all the elements - an interesting angle, multiple layers and human interactions... however if only one of the two faces of the single customers were better delineated, you'd have a brilliant image. As it is, the photo is a testament to an unlucky moment of timing. And successful images are often about milliseconds. This is however a wonderful attempt - keep going and well seen.
There is real potential here and I can see what the photographer is trying to do and, although the idea is good, its execution is lacking. Both the framing (!) is too loose and the timing is wrong. We have a perfectly nice scene bisected by the upright of the window and the photographers job is to time/arrange the figures in a way that the photograph can be read harmoniously. Good effort for seeing but more practice to clearly delineate figures and the scene.
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A classic piece of compositional fun, but one that needs to be done well - the framing of all or part of a scene within some other frame in the scene, be it natural or man-made. This might be a gap in some trees that frames the scene beyond; a view out of a window that frames the viewpoint of the occupant; or maybe you have lugged a gilt picture frame up a hill and created something contrived but effective.
Sometimes images can be reduced to an elemental 'shorthand' and this is a case in point. The framing of the elephant's eye within the bars of the cage fulfil the brief requirement but the 'message' of the eye and the steel bars aren't lost on the viewer. A very competent yet also a very sad image. Well done for seeing.
