The cyclist
by puzzled

Comment:
I must disagree with The King; I think the slightly uncertain separation between sea and sky is a great counterpoint to the severe geometry of the middle ground .. another bold horizontal division would be just one too many. And the easy, undemanding swoosh of the foreground road is a lovely magic carpet to carry the viewer into the story. Terrific!

Storm coming
by puzzled

Comment:
Well, I wonder if the double rainbow would have acted as a bit of a brake on this? It's so complete as it is, that I really can't see how you could fit a double rainbow in without removing something else. Demolishing the barn, say? Nah ... this is just fine like this.

Dumplin'
by Jutilda

Comment:
I always love it when moms take their shirts off. Oh ... OK, I see. Well, even so, it's still a sizzlin' good photograph. Another fine example of your recent and continuing compositional tour de force. What you choose to leave out is really just as important to the success of these images as that which you include. And that's impressive.

in mind
by messerschmitt

Comment:
Yep.

Howdy
by Jutilda

Comment:
Don't everyone in TX dress like this all the time?
Awesome tones! (The photo, not the cowboy, I hasten to add.)

cell
by bucket

Comment:
I agree with the African chick ... there's a whole sociological study of cellphone/human relationships just screaming out to be done. Cellphone etiquette, herd versus solitary cellphone behaviours, the effects of passive cellphone calls, cellphone abuse and dependency; all that and more, and we are the ideal scientists to study it ... it's really all about images! How 'bout we get Lesley involved & do a three-continent collaboration on the subject? Get JPR or Pawdrix if you can't do all of North America alone. Even add e301 & go for world domination.

This photo could be cover material for our eventual coffee table book. At least back cover, but maybe front.

As well as the splendid wall, the spare hand gesture for emphasis (which you have cleverly isolated with judicious motion blur) is a master touch. And the cargo pants and the shades subtly reinforce the suggestion of this guy as intrepid urban adventurer. I tell you, Rob, it's all there!

Crockett
by Jutilda

Comment:
He's a very fine Aussie. And I'd know, of course.
Looks like he'd get along fine with Gus the Magnificent (who also dislikes cameras):

IMG_8641
by whiteroom

Comment:
My pick, too. Bit more dramatic than those wildflowers. And wombats.
There's an anthropomorphic feel to this. A mad suggestion that these elephants are just about to surprise you by making an unexpected remark. Something like, "Well Delores, is photography really art, or is it just BS?"

caged
by dragonlady

Comment:
This was surprisingly under-appreciated, and there's no clue in the comments as to why. I saw it only after the challenge, but I'd have placed in in the top ten (and certainly higher than any of the top three). But even leaving my erratic tastes aside, it had many qualities that should have been embraced by the leaden masses at DPC as well. It has beautiful colours and textures, and the composition is classically appealing. There is also a certain amount of very charming whimsy; leaves and fruit, separated by the wire mesh ... surely there's some irresistible allegorical (or at least figurative) dimension to that? Maybe you should have just hammered a fistful of nails into the apples.

Message edited by author 2006-05-24 19:38:21.

Limbo
by aznym

Comment:

Originally posted by ubique: Brilliant. 9.

I agree (this guy knows what he's talkin' about).