Maria
by steinar

Comment:
Fun portrait - though the light seems a touch harsh - for the model too, whi seems to be squinting a little. Perhaps a small reflector (needn't be any more complicated than a piece of white paper) to fill the shadows on the right side of her? Decent work.

Please come back!
by TonyT

Comment:
Clever - and nicely done to boot.

Transient
by messerschmitt

Comment:
Beautiful photo; I love the repeated branching - both of the tree and of the kerb-stones. The sense that the shadow is of a person, only refuted by the inclusion of the very edge of the tree makes that parallel just enough of a compositional surprise. Marvellous.

On Ed's advice
by jjbeguin

Comment:
How does one write that noise one makes when half laughing and half dismissing one's influence. When I have more time I must decide whether I'm right or not ;-)

Perhaps a Buick?
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Reminiscent of Steiglitz, I feel; although more interesting.

Mostly bits
by jjbeguin

Comment:
This kind of vague bottom left to top right (in this case, against the movement of time in your image) composition is almost a signature of yours, to my mind - as is the crafty balance of the human (in either the simple sense of depiction, or more complicatedly as a geometric element) with the graphic. The tiling leads to an expectation of pure form - an expectation of rigid composition, but by the time the eye gets to the decayed wall behind your 'subject', all expectations are out of the window, and one knows one is in the presence of a very special personal vision.

It seems to be a summer disease at dpc, that the interesting photographs get even less acknowledgement than usual, and that what comments such stuff as this does command have a feeling of thoughtless dismissal. Be assured that some of us, at least, are still looking, and still wondering, and still learning.

e301 Woulda made this cool
by Pedro

Comment:
Ha! I think you might have saved posting this until a day when I actually needed more flattery ;-)

Walk the line
by Marella

Comment:
Wonderful eye: I would agree that taking the black point so far alos takes the shot a touch too far from the real world, of which it is so plainly part. And perhaps a human element is missing (I know that would make it a different shot, but ...). I can imagine it with perhaps just the end of someone's leg entering or leaving frame, against the white of the big stripes perhaps. Very disappointing rating from the site.

Le Louvre
by pawdrix

Comment:
I'm very glad this is yours Steve. Perhaps the least commercial shot in the bunch ;-)

Le Louvre
by pawdrix

Comment:
Nice eye, and nice shooting. The pigeon ... well, I'm unsure about it's presence helping or hindering - it's perhaps not quite spot-on dead centre enough to really make the composition, especially given that the two pairs of sandals are already making a nice break in the balance of the image. It might have more impact in black-and-white, which would help emphasise the graphic nature of the shot, and allow you to push the overall feel of brightness in the image, which currently feels a touch dark to me. But despite that, this is the most interesting shot i've seen in this challenge so far.