Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by Bran-O-Rama: Crop is a bit tight. Seems like the spool is your focal point but I'd think you'd at least want the entire crank in the frame. The background and harsh shadow cast upon it does nothing for this photo.

You win the prize for correctly identifying the largest number of weaknesses : )

I have reasons/excuses for all of them which I won't bore you with.

Originally posted by zarniwoop: Please don't. Visual puns make me want to kill people.

First a new camera, then a bigger hard drive ... maybe all of you who actually liked the "out of the box" thinking can chip in to buy me a Kevlar vest ...

Sun Down
by moodville

Comment:
"Just another (beautiful) sunset" photo. Especially interesting how the clouds at two elevations are striated almost at right angles -- there must be some wacky wind currents up there! Fine job.

Piñata!
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by strags: A good take on the challenge, but a little "snapshot"-ish.

Not a little, but a lot -- still a "photojournalistic snapshot" of something in the process of being broken.

I should have tried it in B&W to deal with the color-cast issues; I'm not good at color adjustment anyway, and it was shot in very dim light from a variety of industrial and decorative sources. I'm surprised I got it as in-focus as it is.

Chess
by Bullpup

Comment:
I was wondering if anyone would try this one -- I thought about it and passed. A fine job.

Un-Armed Children
by Gringo

Comment:

Originally posted by La-Luna: this is a great image Gringo! I don't know what is this doing here... maybe because the political issue, some ppl don't like...

"It takes a certain amount of courage to get up ... and come out in favor of the things that everybody else in the audience is against, like peace and justice and brotherhood and so on."
--Tom Lehrer, The Folk Song Army, (1965)

Broken Record
by mickwest

Comment:
Too bad ... not enough of those left.

Brokedown Palace
by cpurser

Comment:
One of my "favorite songs" too ... excellent repeating patterns.

Red Anger
by plumber711

Comment:
I thought John McEnroe and Jimmy Conners had retired ...

mmm...may be it is broken!!!!
by simba

Comment:
"It" certainly will be after that thing runs over it : )

Screwed Up
by hopper

Comment:
Most people just use some tape : )