Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. -Sun Tzu
by skewsme

Comment:
It should move me, but it doesn't. Perhaps because I see too distinctly the flower ... perhaps because I did not get to that level of subtlety yet ....
(I voted early but had no time for comments)

Teardrop
by james_so

Comment:
Well done. Very old world. Bumped it up.

dark apple
by BrennanOB

Comment:
Just a touch too much background IMO. These kind of "vanitas" seem to be better when more condensed or with a very dark background. As I play with the position of the picture on my screen, I find it very effective if the entire top, from the top of the apple would be cropped (the skull would have to be repositioned somehow).
Of course that I am splitting hair now but I do it only with really good images. (I voted early but had no time for comments)

the little kafka
by tnun

Comment:
Yes, it has the look of a picture from a biography (not Kafka's though). A very nice shot. (I voted a while ago)

September, 1938
by glad2badad

Comment:
Persuasive and nostalgic.

writing memoirs
by ustiebitz

Comment:
Beautiful geometry here! Well balanced.

brutal vaqueisme
by cutout

Comment:
A very peaceful image here, in my view. I'm fighting with a title that wants to be more formidable than the image - are we talking "vacuism"? Could be my ignorance. I stay with my reading of this beautiful dreamy image of a painter's brushes at rest.

Aunt Minnie
by aprudhomme

Comment:
Beautiful, touching but a bit predictable.

can you hear me now
by jmritz

Comment:
Very effective. 8

the pier, #3
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Is this a candid shot?
Marvelous portrait. Great capture doubled by splendid tonality.