Close of Day
by PenelopeK

Comment:
Perhaps a loose interpretation of St. Augustine "all I've written is a bunch of straws".

Liar! Liar!
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Ha, ha! Well, make a copy and give it to your ophthalmologist. And he will say: no, it's perfectly true for a person suffering from distortion of view! Don't we all have it in the big cities? ( penny?)

The Shy Sister
by njsabs

Comment:
Irresistible. And the leopard like print of her hood adds to the story.

Z E N
by sekarmalathy

Comment:
Didn't we vote on this already? ( sekarmalathy?)

Narcissus
by posthumous

Comment:
The "not voting" was a typo since I DID vote on this challenge and I was one of the three 10s. Just for the records.
And I stand by my comment with increased firmness after the rollover. In a very naive way, I thought that in photography, by virtue of its medium, there is less discrepancy between perceptions than in painting for instance.

Dancing into the May
by hermannb

Comment:
May's alphabet! I wished for a bit more definition. Interesting shot

Aging Gracefully
by grahamgator

Comment:
Flowers ... but the picture has this ineffable quality that separates it from the "just nice" shots

The Man From Isca And The Silver Circus
by rooum

Comment:
Spectacular! Am wondering what Delacroix would have said of this. You concocted a magnificent image, a heroic story and gave it the perfect title! Top!

The Sand and The Foam
by bassbone

Comment:
the sand, the foam and the everlasting power and tranquility that coexists, unknown to us

Morning Red
by tome

Comment:
The title must be ignored here because it takes away the stillness, the silence, the magic, the delicate balance of this modest shot that surpasses its subject.