Apocalypse This Week
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Where's the hand sanitizer?!

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment:
I like this. Although I think I would have gone total abstract and cropped it just before the shoreline and only shown the reflection.

Before the lockdown
by Janja

Comment:
Yay! I like this one. Hope you get the Blue! Nice choice of sepia tone.

Social Distancing is easy when the world around you is bleak and unforgiving
by RyanW

Comment:
Hi Ryan. Your title puts the viewer in an immediate state of mind of mournfulness and despair. The image reflects the title in that it does look cold, quiet, and somewhat lonely. I have to wonder a bit about the timing of the photo; sometimes with a cloud layer like that the sun will grace the viewer with a wonderful underside illumination. I'm assuming that moment either never appeared or was missed. I hope things look up for you soon and that the flowers spring forth and break thru that layer of snow.

How did I know this was yours? In the forum thread discussing the challenge you mentioned being the 4th entry in the challenge. Each photo has an image id ... this one is 1246986, which if I counted correctly, makes it the 4th entry. :-)

bona fide
by PennyStreet

Comment:
bona fide indeed! I had this as one of my top picks as I felt it met the challenge head on with a wonderful silhouette. Great contrast! Wonder how this would have done if the top of the image had been removed, down to just above the walk signal? Anyway ... nicely seen and captured.

Modern Day Native American
by Beaubeau

Comment:

Originally posted by Beaubeau: Originally posted by Neat: Great photo, I̢۪m wondering if the background is legal? Anyway time will tell. Thank you. The Background is just a texture but who knows- it was fun to do and i like the shot. The feathers actually looked like that - it's not the texture. I checked back on the original photo. Thanks for your comments.

Interesting. If the background is a "texture" then wouldn't it be applied to the entire image? I'm still unclear on how the whole texture stuff (rules) apply.

Skip
by jomari

Comment:
I find the thumbnail of this image to be quite interesting. It's so abstract at that size and really made wonder when I first saw it. When viewed up close the shadows lose their elusiveness / abstract addition to the photo. While not dismissing the image on a grand scale, I still find it "ok" in full view - just not an "ah-ha!" moment.

gifts from the sea
by Tiberius

Comment:
A nice take on the challenge in a environmental journalist way. Sad state of affairs isn't it that all this trash is out there (and this is but a molecule in the vast bucket of crud polluting global waters).

The Tourist
by Nordlys

Comment:
I thought this was a fun find! Tough to do in trying to isolate this figure a little more - that's the downside for me on this image, given the challenge - just a bit too much clutter / distraction in the background. Just one guys opinion.

Blueberry milk
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
Overall I liked this (gave it a 6).

The biggest distraction for me is it feels like I want to reach out and tilt everything back to the right to straighten it out. Contrast is a little light, but kind of adds to the overall feel of the image.

The subject matter was definitely blue and the berries are well focused, etc. - no complaints there. :-)