Learning to Ride a Bicycle with Attendant Vulture
by posthumous

Comment:
Geeze, this was my only 10. I'd hoped it'd do a lot better, it's a very haunting image.

silence
by mitalapo

Comment:
Feels like a crop out of a Victorian image, the face is sort of timeless. Wonderful work. Already gave 8, commenting now.

fish pond
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
This is just an absolute killer image. Murky, modern film noir... the more I look, the better I like it. Bumping from 9 to 10 and predicting a ribbon :-)

The Duel
by gyaban

Comment:
Wonderful image, in nearly all respects one of your very best IMO. Only one thing "bugs" me (jejeje); it's the way the moon's too sharp on the bright edge and it appears almost as if the clouds were behind instead of in front, an oddly disconcerting effect. Regardless, congrats on an incredibly effective take on the topic.

smoke and grain
by jim29028

Comment:
Oh yeah. There we go :-)

Memories
by sarampo

Comment:
I'm gonna love hearing the back story on this space. I'm fond of the image, it has a matter-of-factedness to it that appeals, but it really doesn't speak very much to the "effective use of grain" in my eyes Balancing those, it's a 6.

Ponte Pietra
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Has all the earmarks of a Netherwood image :-) I'd like to see a little more attention paid to eliminating the haloing along the skyline, but a lovely shot.

The Big Wheel (Seattle)
by DanaS

Comment:
VERY nicely framed and processed!

The Village Giant
by Warby

Comment:
ROFL! Are you getting hammered for possible expert editing? Is this Bourton-on-the-Water? Love it :-)

The Settlement -- 1607
by vawendy

Comment:
I wish we had eyes :-( If we could see his eyes it would be worth an extra point to me. Still a 7, fascinating detail.