the fine
by Tiberius

Comment:
I like this. It's hard to explain, which is always a good sign. And it's interesting, which is ditto. Thank you.

Tool study..
by thrumyiis

Comment:
Totally absorbing. Your photograph is well judged to showcase these gorgeous hand tools. The combination of weathering (of the photograph) and precision (of your arrangement of the tools) is perfect. It demonstrates your photographic craft and your insight in equal measure. So I gladly give you 8 for each, making a total score of 16. Thank you.

Baseball Portrait
by tjbel05

Comment:
That is a beautiful portrait. Everything about it is perfect for the purpose, It could equally be from 1917 or 2017, and with a timeless, mystical pursuit like baseball as the spiritual inspiration, what more could we wish of a photograph? Not a thing. Thank you.

The circus
by Sisto

Comment:
Best circus pic I've seen, ever. Thank you.

11
by RKT

Comment:
Can this be Anil? How can it not be! 11?! I'll stop now, before I run out of punctuational hyperbole. As ever: thank you.

reeds
by tnun

Comment:
This is rather lovely. It hovers calmly between the realistic and the surrealistic; one paddle blade in either camp. I like it very much. Thank you.

Fly
by posthumous

Comment:
See the in-challenge comments. Two rejoice in your Fly, while two can think of nothing to say but to tut-tut the lack of sharpness (helpfully pointing it out in case you were perhaps unaware of it).

Which vision is the most wonderful? The rejoicing vision, or the denouncing vision? With which vision would you wish to be blessed? With which cursed?

Moving on, what about Timothy's WS Merwin poem? It could also be said to be slightly out-of-focus in relation to your picture, and yet that unexpected soft shift in point of view is also a kind of rejoicing, isn't it? It was for me, thanks, T.

And what of streetpigeon's "Cheshire smile'? That's rejoice-able rejoicing! Perfect.

Thank you.

the company you keep
by mariuca

Comment:
Was my No 1 pick & highest vote by 2 points but I failed to comment, sorry. In spite of the wonderfully bizarro foreground couple, it's the faces in the train that thrill me the most. And the tones. And the light. Composition. Oh, everything really. Thank you.

this time
by jmritz

Comment:
Always. Every time. Thank you.

crazy times
by cutout

Comment:
You know how I feel about this result. Jan Rocks, that's how.