P1289537
by Tiberius

Comment:
Like a huge canvas. And 3 out of 5 people want to be somewhere else, it appears. Interesting picture, thanks!

Freya
by Jon_H

Comment:
This guy is thinking about coming out. Or maybe he's just looking at the reflected alloy wheel. Or ... he's just pretending to look at the wheel! And the young guy is looking wistfully at him. Oh, everybody's got a secret agenda here! And all the while the "Aren't I just gorgeous" girl in the poster couldn't give a ... flying freya. I love all the swirling undercurrents in this picture.

by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by jagar: Such great looking people, I always feel big and clumsy looking while I'm in Asia.

Me too. Of course, I AM big and clumsy.

Nice picture Lev. Made me remember the Mekong.

Happy Everything
by shutterpuppy

Comment:
Yes, the tones on this whole set are lovely. Very nice stuff!

Pelican Point #4
by bspurgeon

Comment:
There's a strange illusion of scale, as if the figures are two different perspectives in the one plane. Like Picasso. Well, a bit.

heads on shoulders
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Those hats. Chess pieces. And the King is dead.

Icarus
by odriew

Comment:
A literally magical photograph; it's enchanting. 10 & thank you, and this thing ....

4
by RKT

Comment:
It's a silly-serious portrait, which is one of my favourite things. But it's a healthy cut above other silly-serious portraits for a few reasons.

First is the deadpan expression ... not a simulated deadpan, a real one. First-and-a-half is the distortion to the features caused by the goggles, and the fact that he is apparently oblivious or indifferent to it. Second is the orientation in landscape, which complements his splendidly landscaped ears. Third is the beautiful craftsmanship evident in the technical quality of the photograph. And last but best of all is the fact that it is a joyful photograph, but without any explicit joy being visible. You have here the implicit joy of two things: Photography, and Family (I am assuming the family part, but it's really gotta be I reckon).

This is what photographs and photography are really about. 10, and a heartfelt Order of the Thumb. Thank you.

Skiing the Treeline
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Oh! I rarely look at challenges I haven't entered/voted. So when something good happens I often miss it. This is something good! It's a very fine picture indeed. I'd have given you a big score and a gushing comment, Robert. It's such an unusual, clever photograph, and quite beautiful. Other-worldly, in a quiet way. A great thing to remember this special moment by. Thank you.

tvsometime
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Absurd. You know I like that! Thank thee.