things went terribly wrong on agent Quack's last mission...
by tome

Comment:
Biting commentary of the Hitchcock oeuvre in this rub a duckie....out scenario. Co-favorite.

the unfortunate truth
by LoVi

Comment:
Though I didn't comment on the pictures in this challenge, I did cast votes and this was my clear favorite. Although this image is steeped in pain, it's swaddled in beauty. It's like a finely controlled charcoal drawing that both plummets and soars in tonation. You have to make some effort to discern the face, which then easily transmogrifies into a skull. Then there's the dagger of a pipe. The background has a cubist feel. I don't know what white object in the upper right is, but I choose to think it's an ax.

Smile
by Judi

Comment:
Endearing.

in the forest of who i am
by posthumous

Comment:
Lovely photo and poem.

Majestic
by kawesttex

Comment:
I love how the mist dissipates from bottom to top.

Pride and Joy
by franktheyank

Comment:
Sweet.

The Dingy Dinghy
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Didn't have time to comment on this earlier. There's a grand, gloomy beauty to this image, a tenderness for the overlooked. Sparkle is way overrated. I can't believe that this contemplative gem hasn't garnered more appreciation.

Table View
by Kroburg

Comment:
Very handsome deep landscape.

Foggy Sunset
by the_rkp

Comment:
Didn't have time to comment on this earlier. Wonderful lighting, both in the fiery foreground and the hazy middle- and background. The background mountains are deliciously mysterious. The fade to pastel and the star-like sun further contribute to this triumphant image.

movement - PENSIVE
by smardaz

Comment:
Didn't have time to comment on this earlier. Sensitive, idiosyncratic portrait of the man in the foreground. His brother in the background, blurred fore and aft, moves this image even more out of the ordinary. This latter person suggests a doppelganger of the man in the foreground.