101 MONTGOMERY
by jdannels

Comment:
"I can only assume these two were secret agents and the man behind the curtain was a spy"

Or maybe the Wizard of Oz. :-)

Interesting geometry -- the reflection is not quite a "mirror-image" ...

Congratulations! I'm sure if I'd shot this it would have finished about 50 places lower ... ;-)

He Was My Brother
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Oooooh ... I'm a little surprised anyone else even know of this song. I put the lyrics in my notes too, because I figured most people wouldn't know what it was about.

I didn't know it was specifically about Goodman (thanks for the info), though I know of another song (by Tom Paxton) called "Goodman and Schwerner and Cheney" about the same event.

Hmmm ... I wonder if it really is about Goodman, because the info I have is that the song is from 1963 -- if he was killed in 1964 that doesn't make much sense, unless Paul Simon is a prophet as well as a tunesmith ... or else some date info is wrong somewhere.

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by sfalice

Comment:
I think keeping part of the original relatively intact turns these from straight abstracts into surrealistic visions -- this came out great.

No. 28
by krnodil

Comment:
Very nice soft gradients -- reminds me of a bowlful of polished glass "jewels."

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by jomari

Comment:
Really like the spiraling effect -- can you post the steps you used to achieve that?

Getting to the wedding on time!
by Judi

Comment:
This doesn't look like the same version of The Saddle Club we get in the US!

Fine action shot -- congratulations.

Electrified Moon
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff: All the blocky artifacts are killing this, I'm afraid, but lot of zoom, high ISO and a tight crop were certainly needed to get this shot.

Yes, I didn't notice until the voting had started that I could have retouched out some of those artifacts. :-(

Mulch
by raish

Comment:
I keep forgetting that adding an intrusive border will provide the necessary ballast to sink to the bottom ... ;-)

Not that I actually TRY for last-place finishes, more that I accept them as a frequent inevitability. Nice alternative take on the challenge -- I thought of fallen leaves, but I had already entered early and was too lazy to reconsider/reshoot.

Dog in the Road
by Blackbox

Comment:
Reminds me of the Jim Hightower book title "There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road Except Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos."

and I am on the outside looking in
by raish

Comment:
Interesting candid -- those spots in the middle remind me of the Geico "googly eyes" so ubiquitous in recent commercials. :-)