The Places We've Been
by Cuttooth

Comment:
You're quite right to like this one Mark. I'd be proud of it too, were it mine. It's a very beautiful B&W, perfectly exposed & processed. Congratulations & thank you.

Partially Obscured
by markwiley

Comment:
This is such a preposterously good street photograph that I hardly know what to say. It's good enough to be anybody's, there'd be no street photographer no matter how celebrated who wouldn't love to lay claim to it.

I'm near certain it's British, and I'd have called it Ed Clarke's except he's long gone. It's got that Leica look to it though, and one thing I'm sure of, it was no accident ... this photograph reached out and chose you, rather than the other way around. By that I mean that you can't realistically go looking for a moment like this, but if you're good enough it will look for you, and give you no choice in the matter.

And you are quite obviously good enough, so thank you for that; have a 10, and this Order of the Thumb as a handy doorstop.


ETA: A little googlebird tells me you and René must be in Chicago and not Britain, so I can't think who you are. But the lady in the glasses simply has to be a British visitor to the Windy City. She's right out of Monty Python. Anyway, I'm glad I guessed the location wrong, because it gave me another session of appreciating your photograph. Still fabulous, thanks.

Ed
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
Quite beautiful. You demonstrate great respect and affection for the photograph as well as for the subject. 10. Thank you. You're also stuck with an Order of the Thumb, and no returns allowed I'm afraid.

guardian angel
by jagar

Comment:
Yes. Salut! ... from one lover of street photography to another (and there's no question about that) ... it's a wonderful street shot right from the modern classic school. Beautifully observed, and perfectly rendered (by which I mean you didn't f**k it up with too much damn photography). 10, thank you, and the dreaded Order of the Thumb as well.

Mama's Boy
by insteps

Comment:
Nearly falls apart, but then the disembodied hand somehow holds everything together.

I love street photography above all other kinds, and I have to say this is immensely ambitious because it's not quite as sharply observed as the classics of the genre (which tend to share a lot in common with good political or social commentary cartoons).

Your picture is more sophisticated and demanding, and probably no better off for that! But the fabulous hand rescues you from obscurity and confusion. Now I wish I could insert a hand in this comment somewhere, to perform the same rescue service for me. Maybe posthumous will give you one. I'm giving you a 7+ score and a thank you.

ag stealladh báistí
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
I had to look it up. I think it means pissing down? Sounds much more fun your way though, and it's a very interesting, lively, anti-boring picture as well. It's definitely a 7+ from me. Go raibh maith agat. (I had to look that up, as well)

my soul to take
by MadMan2k

Comment:
Seems like you have been photobombed by René Magritte. Thanks to you both for a very interesting, amusing photograph. Into my 7+ selections you go, and you can take that René fellow with you as well. If he behaves himself.

My mother
by lei_73

Comment:
More than one bite of the obscura biscuit here, and each bite delicious too. Into my 7+ score gallery. Thank you.

direct light
by cutout

Comment:
Simple but interesting. And it's a wee tribute to photography itself as well. So not boring, which makes it an automatic 7+ score from me. Thank you.

that joy you bring
by jmritz

Comment:
Oh no, not you again. Well, the title is apt not just for this picture but for your whole lot as one big fat slippery
joyful bundle. It's a 7+ from me, as ever. Thank you.