Just Hanging Around
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Bright and fresh, it's also appealingly comical. Additionally, the clouds where the shoulders and face would be are suggestive of the real things. Which certainly adds a pleasing twist.

Exit, Stage Left
by MaryO

Comment:
This emphatically says, "I'm gone." Nice ghosting. The other boot could be sharper.

He backed out ...
by primabarbara

Comment:
Here we are with the traces of automotive choreography, a wintry ballet. Car and driver are gone, but the memory lingers on, to paraphrase some song out there. The snow reveals the surprising elegance of simple maneuvers, and it's kind of poignant. I'm glad you pointed it out.

You're Not There
by posthumous

Comment:
I like how straightforward this is. Looking up into a mirror, and now the ceiling is happily disposed in half and in quarters, a pleasing composition, with honest textures and a spray of vegetation. There are so many ways this wouldn't work -- this isn't one of them.

Last Man Standing
by tnun

Comment:
I feel two ways about this image. The capture of the still life is beautiful, the tones nuanced and creamy. The scene itself, in my opinion, is less compelling. Perhaps I'm being over-rational, but the peppers seem arbitrary. Maybe I just don't understand the genre. Aside from that I like it.

5th Ave
by hsteg

Comment:
If the challenge was merely "Lines" this would be a winning entry. Just add someone entering the subway and the image does just as well for this current challenge. The nicely chosen perspective adds drama to the scene, and the angled, gleaming leading lines provide a compelling inner structure. What seems ordinary to the average New Yorker is given a gloss of adventure.

The Wait
by grahamgator

Comment:
Perfect. Exactly expresses the challenge. The person the dog is waiting for (assuming it's not the UPS truck or a cute poodle) is somewhere out there, wending his or her way home, hopefully soon. Lovely light, a harmonious and serene color palette and the reflected view into the house's interior complete this gentle, pleasing image.

not all there
by PennyStreet

Comment:
At first I didn't know what to make of this, but the longer I looked at it the more I appreciated its fleeting delicacy. The people seem to not be wholly there, as the title expresses, drifting out of reality into reflections and brightness. The oncoming pedestrians are like bokeh. All in all a tantalizing and artistic image.
Second favorite of the challenge.

as high as you can
by jagar

Comment:
A wonderful snippet, the man rapidly passing through the corner. There's a jaw jutted out in determination, almost a sense of not wanting to be there. The composition is fine, the angled man before the tracery of winter trees, the background clouds filling the image out, and then the marvelous upper bird. This small but perfectly silhouetted bird yanks the image into balance. In doing so, it's as if they've formed a momentary esthetic alliance, unbeknownst to them as it is. On first glance I'd say the mood is somber, but it needn't be so at all. Very engaging and evocative.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

street vendor
by HUETH

Comment:
Perhaps what's missing here is beef in the chili dogs.