Alle
I'm afraid this isn't really capturing the spirit of the theme for me - I don't really see how that's anything other than a light trail. The stray light on the left and at the top it also a bit distracting.
A nice idea but it feels a little messy. A little more definition maybe using a single light trail may have helped.
I cant really connect it to the theme, there is some stray light top left that could have been easily edited out.
ChroniC
I find this quite an awkward image to look at due to the difference in brightness of the sky and the foreground scene. As a Photoshop exercise it's quite polished, but it's lacking the second moon reflection.
It's fairly obviously heavily manipulated, but I really like the effect. The range of colour is great and the combination of subjects works really well.
It is a very well processed photo montage that fits the theme.
DJ Switch
I thought we might get one of these, as it was one of the things that occurred to me fairly quickly. However, I think you could have captured more impact with a longer exposure.
This idea has loads of potential within the theme. However, this interpretation is good, but not great. The top right of the image is just too distracting for there to be significant impact.
It is a good subject choice for the theme, but I believe it lends itself to a more exciting exploration.
Famas
Clever idea and I think the image works well. I'm not sure there's a huge amount more to say - I do quite enjoy looking at it.
A great idea very well executed. I'm not sure if it fits great with the theme though, but everything else about this is well done.
Another excellent shot with clear technical ability but it just doesn’t relate to the theme well.
Gaffer
I'm really not sold on the inclusion of the tree in this shot. I think it spoils the impact you're managed to get out of the sky.
A respite from other heavily manipulated images, this feels more natural and still really works. The crop is a little tight for me, it feels like the subject has more to give outside of the frame.
A landscape shot with the processed sky as the main subject would have worked better than the tree silhouette stealing the limelight.
Helium_Junkie
Another that I think has missed the mark on the theme. As a shot it's fine, although it lacks interest and, as before, relevance to the theme.
I really like IR images that are well done, and the composition to this is really nice. It's tied to the theme in a slightly surreal way but the technical elements are spot on here.
Again I cant connect this to the theme! It is a well executed IR even though a mundane subject.
jr1104
It has the potential to be quite a nice photo but the light is a bit overexposed, which spoils it, I think. As a scene it could also perhaps benefit from a touch more interest.
The middle of this is a touch overexposed for me. I feel a little more could be gotten by taking down the exposure a few stops and maybe revealing a bit more star detail. Great effort though.
The over exposed centre has taken away any detail that may have been captured in the sky unfortunately taking any impact with it.
Kei
It's an interesting image, but I think it's a little too far removed from reality to be scoring particularly highly in my books.
Great colouring makes this abstract nice and punchy. I like how it feels a little like an solar oil painting. The ridges on the left are a little distracting, but aside from that, it's all good.
Another well manipulated image which is striking and technically very well done but its lacking in its connection to the theme.
Lucklessloser
I have to say that the fact that the image is out of focus ruins it for me. I can't score this particularly highly in any of the categories because of this, really.
Annoyingly, this is rather out of focus. A tripod may help.
Out of focus
Mark A
Very nice image. I like the idea and I think you've executed it very well.
There's only two things that would improve this image for me: The DOF could be a little wider and the levels could be a little lighter.
A very clever take on the theme and well executed.
Martinturner
A stunning image, but it perhaps lacks a little in the theme department.
A great macro image this, the colouring really adds to the other-worldly effect. Not much to say about improvement.
A really wonderful macro shot but another struggler on theme.
MobyDick
I'm afraid I can't say this image really grabs me. It's another that's a little too far detached from reality to be truly effective.
This is a little bland for me. The colours are interesting, but there's no real subject and just feels gimmicky.
The colours of the bubble are nice to look at, but there is no other interest in the shot after that and no hint of cosmic.
pabloB
I'm afraid I really don't understand the relevance to the theme here. The image lacks a particular focal point and a clear meaning.
I'm not sure what to make of this - it's a reasonably full-moon cloud idea, which a person then seems to be in the middle of for no apparent reason. I just feel a bit confused.
The moon is the obvious connection to the theme even though there is little detail there, but I cannot understand why the portrait has been montaged onto this?
peterattheboro
I'm not sure this works for me at all. I can appreciate the effect you were after, but I don't think you've quite got it just yet.
I think I can see what the idea is behind this (UFOs?) but it's really not doing it for me as a photo. It just doesn't feel that exciting to look at.
I like the idea behind this one reminds me of a scene from the x files where they would use out of focus lights in the sky to give idea of UFO’s but without literally showing a space ship and clever trick of the mind to implant an idea.
peteruk
This is a very interesting image and the more I look at it, the more I can appreciate it. However, I perhaps would have liked you to have made slightly more of the centre.
A really nice contrast in this image between the frame and subject. The framing itself does a great job of highlighting the central subject.
A nice picture cleverly taken to draw the viewer into the image well done.
Pug
Moon shots are difficult to make stand out. I have to say that I've seen a lot, even on these forums alone, and that this ones doesn't grab me as particularly special.
This is a little soft for me. The idea's also a little dull - there's been many moon images shot and most of them show far more detail.
This shot is a little soft, unfortunately as a moon shot it is lacking that crispness and detail that would make it stand out.
Punt
Fun idea and quite an effective image. As with many of the images that are thought up in this way, though, they lack some of the impact factor that the others put over.
It took me a while to figure out what this was. When I saw it, I loved it. Really nice shot, slightly sideways to the theme, but a great image.
A very fun a clever take on the theme but it is missing that wow factor, those robots would never fit in that space ship!
robertgilbert86
Fantastic sky! A lovely image, but my eye is consistently drawn to the orange lights in the bottom right, which is a shame.
A simple but effective idea. It feels a little soft and noisy, but there's great contrast and colour.
A really nice and affective scene the sky is very impacting but I am disappointed that the light to the bottom right wasn’t processed out it distracts the eye.
ScarySquirrel
I like the slightly different take on the standard star trails photo. I think it works well, but I might have preferred something to relate it to - i.e. some foreground or something.
The colour on this is amazing. The straight line contrasts really well with the stars as well, although it'd be great if it was a tiny bit more prominent.
A nice set of star trails with strong impacting colours really like it.
Sid
I love the idea of the Martian landscape that's put across. I think the contrast and exposure of the photo are spot on in this respect, and it makes a very effective image.
I'm not sure this works. It feels a little bland and the overexposure doesn't really work
I think the exposure of this one works really well for the subject but it really doesn’t suit the theme of cosmic.
Steeps
Nice image, but one of the more predictable ones for the theme. As such, it doesn't really shine.
It's a simple and good idea, but I think to really pull off star shots, the stars need to have reasonably long trails or be point lights. Here, they just feel blurry. Nice composition and colour though.
Light trails are a good choice for the theme but these haven’t quite worked out, the trails are too short and they are not in focus making them crisp lines instead they are very soft blurs.
SteveOBHave
And 3, 2, 1 ... JUMP! Yeah, it's a very good image, but along a tried and tested line for you.
Another masterpiece from the school of Steve. Lovely image, and an unusual take on the theme. Like others, I'm sure the correlation is fully there though.
An amazing imagination behind this image and superbly execute.
TheAlex
It's a little too far detached from the original image to score particularly highly in my book. I have to draw the line somewhere, and I'm afraid this falls on the wrong side of it.
An unusual idea. It's easy to get false colouring wrong but this really works in creating an alien effect.
In my eyes the colours produce more of an artists abstract landscape rather than another worldly atmosphere.
Wedge
Nice idea, but I can't say I find Danbo particularly cosmic. Overall, I'd just say that it looks like it's lacking some inspiration.
This feels a bit of a gimmick shot - I like the idea of star-shaped bokeh and the colours, but other than that, it feels a little empty.
An obvious connection to the theme with the stars but as a subject it doesn’t hole my attention.
Willis
I really can't say I understand the image as either an exercise in photography (the vignette spoils a normal model shot) or as an entry for this competition. Sorry.
I'm a little unsure about this one. The foreground seems very clean and detailed and works well, but the background is a little distracting. The sky seems a little false. The composition is great, but also I'm not sure this is as on-theme as I'd like.
A nice fashion shot, but it is very far from the theme. Also the vignette is to strong it has covered the model! Who is surely the focal point of this shot.
