a man
by mariuca

Comment:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff: Is this a recent shot? It would do well for the sadness challenge. Conveys a sense of resignation, that he's given up. I hope that's not really the case, but his body language says that to me.

Shot in March. This type of sadness is found anytime here but it breaks my heart to the point of not wanting to take photos, especially if the person is aware of it. There are times when they would invite me to photograph them, mostly women, for the pleasure of being noticed, and it's even more painful because they want to smile at you.

For the Sadness challenge I went a different direction and it started with 7 to drop today at 4 and change. Sad.

Cold Storm
by Structor

Comment:
Top 10 by me

Reflections in the Flood
by davidw

Comment:
Almost a Rorschach test. Nice

A Pretty Cool Collection
by PetRock

Comment:
It sure is!

under
by posthumous

Comment:
This is so delicate and dreamy! Brings the whole sweetness of memories. Top 5

The Blue Hour
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Sunrise at the blue hour! As I move the image around to see it better, I almost cut the entire sky and got more mesmerized still. And the stone looks like a thoroughly polished skull. Top 5

Twilight Tones
by sekarmalathy

Comment:
It's better not tilted but much superior in B&W

Eye of the Dome
by drydoc

Comment:
Printemps - much cooler in reality though and no violet ring

Snow Flower
by mfanwy

Comment:
Has the quality of a palimpsest!

Rookery with a View
by vtruan

Comment:
I'd be curious to know the location. It's too violaceous to be Greece, but it surely reminds me of Delphi.