I saw how the night came
by dahkota

Comment:

Originally posted by digifotojo: Very melodramatic. Kind of reminds me of a scene out of a movie. Excellent portrayal. 9

That's odd, because I gave it a 9 too, and the little red band says that mine was the only 9 vote.
Maybe there were a clutch of other 9s and 10s that somehow vanished? It would at least explain why this finished in a ridiculous 277th place!

I am NOT leaving an expensive bike outside!
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
I've looked at this several more times since I originally commented, and worried that my flippant comment (above) was unworthy of the image. And I'm pretty sure that it was. I am embarrassed to admit this, but I think that my reaction to the image might have been negatively affected by the title. I have just now tried to see it afresh as if it had no title at all, and I would definitely have liked it better that way. I never thought I'd be influenced by a 'poor' title, but I'm afraid that I was. I think the issue is that if I had been left to construct my own story to explain the picture, I'd have found more to enjoy about it. I'd have engaged with it better. As it was, your title did all the thinking for me, and I found I had nothing to add. So I made a quick comment and went on to the next picture. Pretty poor effort on my part, I think.

Nicole
by GIS_boy

Comment:
Hasn't lost a thing in three years, this pic. I must have been right ... It's a ripper.

It's Winter Time
by GiorgioBaruffi

Comment:
A beautiful photograph; simple and honest and lovely. Bravo.

Comfortable Zones
by WeJay

Comment:
An appealing, natural portrait that proves that genuine feeling is the most important ingredient for making a durable portrait. The fact that both the light and the focus are a little more emphatic on the child than on the mother is a sublime touch, and adds a level of meaning and emotional depth that wouldn't be possible with 'even' treatment. I hope that that choice was intentional, because it elevates this well above the standard 'professional studio' fare. 8.

Perfectly happy alone
by ajschel

Comment:
It does convey exactly what your title says. It's an uncomplicated, lovely picture.

Murawai Beach
by Nuzzer

Comment:
This is very good. The flag and the turn tracks must have been inviting, and you accepted their invitation beautifully.
Made me think of Sonny Fai too, who was lost not far beyond that horizon.

Mistery
by giba

Comment:
Someone (I think it was Eugène Atget) took a great photograph of Notre Dame through the branches of a tree. Yep, found it ... here. Yours is similar and has the same quality of lightness and even delicacy, which is quite an achievement when the buildings are in reality so monolithic. I suppose it's been done by someone else in between Atget & you, but yours is the first one I can recall seeing (I think) and the best one (I'm certain). 8.

P.S. Had you seen the Atget shot?

Smile For The Birdie
by Marc923

Comment:
This is a very nice portrait ... actually self-portrait, because I know who it is. So I should abstain I suppose but I have already pressed the number & I don't know how to un-vote. But if I didn't know who it is, I'd say it's a natural, understated and professional work, simple and all the more effective for that, and deserved at least the 7 that I gave it.

Untitled
by salmiakki

Comment:
This striking geometric coincidence is so unusual and even improbable, that it is somehow let down a little by the very bottom bit being so ordinary. But then again, maybe that's a good thing? Maybe the outrageous optimism of the top 95% needs the other 5% just to remind us that no matter how divine and celestial a thing appears to be, it's all just man's works in the end. 9.