Butterfly In-Waiting
by 777STAN

Comment:
It's a very beautiful photograph, and yet if it were already the butterfly I probably wouldn't give it a second glance. I suppose it's because it seems so harmonious this way; the caterpillar and the tree bark seem more comfortable with each other, while the adult butterfly would dominate the scene. 7.

Water Spout
by goinskiing

Comment:
Much better than all the waterfalls; it makes me think outside the frame. Where's the water coming from? Why is there a spout and not a spillway? All that stuff. I like it.

B A S S
by rinac

Comment:
Yes, the movement is translated into low frequency vibrations. So it's apt and very enjoyable. 7.

Steamy Sugar Factory
by MsAmbrosia

Comment:
I thought it was a fire at first. I suppose everyone did. It's interestingly weird, or weirdly interesting. I like it.

M I D D A Y : R U S H
by hotpasta

Comment:
That's odd ... a selective desat that I don't mind at all. It's interesting to ponder the question of whether my reaction to it would be similar if the people were desaturated instead of the environment. Would it still seem to be about the people then? Or would it be about the city? I don't know for sure. That's why I like it. 7.

Moment's Reflection
by WeJay

Comment:
I like this at any shutter speed; dude looks like a nice guy. Holds still pretty good, too. Nice photo. 7.

PINK DUSK
by rodfulk

Comment:
A very good crappy photograph, which is one of my favorite things. Sometimes when a photograph seems to be about nothing much at all, and is certainly not about 'photography' for its own sake, it attains a kind of vernacular distinction and even dignity. This is one of those. I like it. 7.

Midday Train
by bvy

Comment:
That's moving! Even a bit of Doppler red shift appearing. So I think it's relatively good (sorry ... awful pun). 7.

Opposing Turn 4
by Blackbox

Comment:
Brutally good. Turn radius seems too tight to be true, but just right for a photograph.

Cornucopia (B&W)
by zeuszen

Comment:
It's odd that Deb says that, because I am affected in the same way. It has an unexpectedly melancholic undertone. The cornucopia reference is optimistic enough, but there's something a little sad as well. Maybe it's the track leading into the forest? As if something or someone has passed that way and won't be seen again. I'm reading too much into it, I know.

I like it both less and more than the J-JB grain photograph. Less because it's not so graphically striking as his. More because it ultimately invites a deeper level of reflection. Maybe too deep, in my case! (I get out of my depth so easily)