"It's colder than it looks outside"
by MadMan2k

Comment:
Lovely portrait that surely captures the tone of the title. Modestly situated so that she's harmoniously balanced with the trees to her left. Her scarf is a wonderful chime of color.

It feels like the world changes...just a little bit
by 2mccs

Comment:
Just mesmerizing. The transitions depicted in the puddle as it overspreads the manhole cover are delicate and eloquent. A wonderful eye at work. And so suitable to the song title.

Joy
by Neat

Comment:
Perfect title. These adorable children seem to bubble with life right out of the frame. The way they're lying on their bellies and the way the photographer meets them at their level helps make the picture. Though it's in black and white it seems to be in color -- such is the life force.

Wish You Were Here
by the_rkp

Comment:
So interesting and provokes a complicated pleasure. I really like how the camera focus is lovingly on the foreground swing, the emotional focus is on the out of focus assertively posed woman and the background is a further out of focus kind of institutional setting. Holds the attention and draws the viewer in.

For You , Sharon Van Etten
by jmritz

Comment:
An artist can find and devise beauty out of the commonplace that most people walk by, letting the wondrous moments stream into banality. Such is this photographer. And I'm hard put to explain why I feel so moved by this image. Perhaps it has to do with the discontinuities. Perhaps with the essentially triangular composition, adroitly secured by the smudges of snow at bottom center. Perhaps by admiration of his vision.
A third co-favorite.

A Calm That Washes Over Me
by sjhuls

Comment:
Yes, wonderfully calm. The hypnotic blues, subtly rhythmic, the gold necklace of human habitation stretching along the shoreline and the snow-capped mountains combine simply and effectively. The moon and its reflection, as well as the nicely placed foreground rocks, are fine touches. Beautiful. One of two personal favorites.

This Leaden Pall
by rooum

Comment:
Formidably illustrates the title. But, in a pleasing and charming way. The pieces of the composition come together like a jigsaw puzzle. There's a sense of mystery in the walls and vanishing dogleg street. The green of vegetation is a relief. And there are chances of escape -- the bright white door, the street drains, the streets which must continue somewhere and the bird in the distance. One of two personal favorites.

~ s o a r i n g ~
by Ja-9

Comment:
Voted but didn't comment. This was way my favorite.

5.2
by crik

Comment:
5 Nice detail, but in general it needs a more interesting setting and more tail.

The Barnabas Collection
I Predict 4.2
by Zeus

Comment:
4 No comment.