emerge
by nixter

Comment:
If he was still here I'd give this to [user]boysetsfire[/user], but as he ain't, you must be either Ed or Nixter. It's a very 'Trent Parke' image, but of course he's not here either. Unless he's slumming, of course. 9.

California Street, San Francisco
by jdannels

Comment:
Very nice. Suffers a bit from the lack of a more prominent person at the fore (I mean physically prominent ... larger ... I don't know what the guy's financial and social status is). But it's still very good. 8.

Family Man
by alanfreed

Comment:
A brilliant portrait. It harks back to those wonderful Farm Security Administration images from the 1930s and 40s but it has an altogether more optimistic character. No evidence of despair or disorientation here. The guy is a brilliant photographic subject, and the balance you have given him between his modest house and his loving boys makes a very fine observation about the essence of contentment. 9.

Lost Doll
by KincaHUN

Comment:
This is exceptional for the inspired composition. A lesser photographer might have tried to include all of the doll, and thus would have lost all of the story. You're not a lesser photographer. 9.

Men of Letters
by e301

Comment:
Very good. Title's almost too cute, but it must have been irresistible. It has a wonderful graphic impact just for the familiar/unfamiliar shapes of the reversed letters, and then another quieter dimension as the scene beyond introduces itself. 9.

calme
by tnun

Comment:
I've see thousands of gull shots, and taken a few dozen myself. They're sometimes amusing, occasionally funny, but only very rarely interesting beyond that. This one breaks the chain ... it's terrific. My new all-time favorite in the genre. It's just such a startling point-of-view which I have probably seen many times myself without ever having actually seen it at all. 9.

Reflections
by Jutilda

Comment:
Superb. It's hard to do a pet portrait that isn't overly sentimental. This isn't. It's more of a character study. A very good one. 8.

On the Night Bus
by raish

Comment:
This is very fine. We have unspoken connections, even unrecognized connections, with our fellow travelers in life. It's nice to celebrate them for that instant they exist. It's a decisive moment that neither of them were aware of. 8.

The Observer
by Blue Moon

Comment:
Wonderful composition! Just excellent in every way. Oh how I wish the dreary bloody literalists would spend some time thinking about inspired compositions such as this, and might then hopefully stop bleating about bits being 'cropped' out! Pictures are not only about what's inside the frame. This one connects two worlds brilliantly by avoiding the isolating effect of convention. Bravo! 9.

Napping House
by simplesilent

Comment:
Odd but compelling. It seems beyond easy explanation; that's always a good thing! 8.