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by primabarbara

Comment:
Stunning. A wonderful POV and composition with the clouds.

Bend it like Beckham
by jomari

Comment:
I like the contrasting motion of "up" on the left and "down" on the right, although the very bright patch in the lower left corner does draw my eye a tad too much. The photographs of your glass collection over the years have been a delight. This is the first red piece that I recall seeing!

"Did you check the reviews first?"
by kanaj

Comment:
There is a lovely sense of stillness and intimacy here that feels wonderfully appropriate for what the scene represents.

Melanie
by MAK

Comment:
Stunning. Such a wonderful capture of composure and concentration, and there is something about her hand placement that enhances both of those.

busy busy
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Such a beautifully pristine looking barrier. I'm used to seeing these "safely barriers" if that is what this is, in a much more bedraggled shape. I feel a bit like a small kid who is just able to look over the top of the barrier, staring off into the blurry world "beyond"

Duck Race
by jomari

Comment:
I agree with all the previous comments, and my apologies that rather than come up with a new comment I took a delightful side-trip looking up information about Mt Rowan, in part out of general interest in Australian geography and also because I visited Ballarat when my sister lived near there years ago.

From Wikipedia I got:

"Mount Rowan is a small extinct volcano on the edge of the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was also known as Waldies Hill.[1] It is 518 metres above sea level.[2] The lava flows from the volcano are thought to be from 2.1 million to 2.9 million years ago. It is one of the 123 volcanoes in the Ballarat and Daylesford area.[3] These are part of the Western Victorian Volcanic Plains.I .

That's a lot of volcanoes!

Message edited by author 2025-12-09 13:44:31.

Get Busy
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
What an interesting contrast between the one linear item, the plaque, with the arc of the pave area, the implied arc of the shoes, the rounded outline of the leaves and the irregular crazy paving.

Great message.

Youths
by mariuca

Comment:
Great capture. I love the bows on the girls' outfit. It's really sad to see how the one person not looking at a mobile phone looks excluded.

Coming and Going
by jomari

Comment:
I love how the birds break up the monotony of the lines in this image, although I'm also a big fan of lines only in many instances!

After the Deluge
by PenelopeK

Comment:

Originally posted by jomari: That is a lot of rain! The flowers look beautiful in their drenched and bowed state. Did they recover their posture afterwards?

Yes, bowed but not broken. We enjoyed their lovely color for several more months, and even after that we kept them, waiting for a frost or snow event of the kind that Robert Bear_music captured and showed above.

Message edited by author 2025-12-08 07:03:35.