Soccer Referee
by glad2badad

Comment:

Originally posted by Luciemac: For me, this doesn't meet the "portrait" part of the challenge.....we shouldn't be looking at two backs.

:-) The referee is the subject - the one that is being shown as the 'Environmental Portrait'. The other people in this are elements of his 'environment'.

Evening Ride
by Melethia

Comment:
See?! Told you it was 'Excellent'. :-D Congrats on the HM.

don't ask don't tell
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I like this. I like the composition, I like the B&W treatment, etc... The one thing, honestly, that eludes me is the connection to the challenge theme. At first I thought it was another 'light leak' type hook, but the title doesn't fit with that. Is the title a clue as to the 'Leaks' connection?

Evening Ride
by Melethia

Comment:
Excellent!

whisp
by flaherma

Comment:
Thank you for a more unique approach. I like it overall, however I think I'd have lost some of the bottom on this for more top end impact. Good luck.

Almost to Fairyland
by nam

Comment:
Yep, yep. Good catch! If I had any nits with this I think I'd have cropped a little from the left to eliminate the bare branches. Also, some fringing in the tree tops could have been adjusted. Overall, a nice capture. Good luck.

Flow
by ursula

Comment:
I'm SO happy to see a good entry that didn't fall back to using hard diagonal lines! Thank you. It's a lovely photo also BTW. :-)

Stairs illusion
by clickodak

Comment:
Hmmm ... I think we've seen this place before? :-) Upside down is fun. Good luck.

Dismal
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
I thought this was an outtake from the Surreal Still Life challenge. :-)

Break Time
by glad2badad

Comment:
Way cool! Always fun seeing your image on the front page. Thanks! :-)

As for Lydia's comment - not posed at all. We were really playing a game of cards and the camera was nearby. Just grabbed a few shots here and there. Honest! :-D

The processing - hadn't planned on going there at all, but I was appalled at the nails on the hands of my son! Had to "dirty" up the photo to hide them. :-P Needless to say we had a conversation about hygiene shortly after.