entrapment
by NiallOTuama

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Very intense. Despite all that light space, it has a heavy feel to it.

Journey
by coovt2001

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The eyes have it in this one. Excellent.

Oblivious
by vawendy

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That's pretty darn impressive!

'Merica
by RKT

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PS - I think you have a winner here. :-)

'Merica
by RKT

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An Instagram�ish photograph of the highest order. It�s more than just a simple Instagram though (and perhaps it isn�t an Instagram at all, but processed to be one) as it has a photographer�s keen eye and sense of composition as opposed to a phone shooter�s arm�s-length point-click sensibility (or lack thereof). Love the sun� the flare, the fractured sunspots, the rays, the way it lights the contrails. It sets the tone for the whole picture. The inclusion of the house is the best part. Back yard view of the air show, the sense of being somewhere in the Midwest. Doesn�t get any more �Merican than that. But then there�s the opposing directions of the fighters themselves. How very apropos.

Waiting for Spring
by insteps

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Sometimes with pictures like this I try to figure out what it really is. Not so much this time - I just love it for what it appears to be. Your sky is so rich and layered, and the winter rains just beginning to fall. (An aside, in LA, the air gets so dirty because we have rain so infrequently, that I imagine it really does rain "dirt".) Below, the last of the fall's harvest of hay bales wait in the field to be collected, the rest of the field fallow and waiting to be turned. I'm fond of found patterns and designs and this is totally delightful to me. I also like the "flatness" of it, because it is not at all flat, but richly patterned throughout.

No Time For "Goodbye"
by JakeKurdsjuk

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You can�t quite hear the �whoosh� of the wings, because they�re just out of frame. We�re left with just the quiet in that split second before the wings reverse and flap again. The timing here is exquisite � something I think is a touchstone of good photography. We can set up marvelous shots and get everything just so, but the little moments, like this, are what make a photograph stand apart, to me. The engineer in me loves the pattern in the wood, both the grain and the construction. The inept photographer in me likes that single green leaf. The detail on the feather is fascinating, mostly because of the lack of symmetry in the markings. But still I�m mostly fascinated by this wonderful, permanent suspension of the bird � it is in flight, but forever just right there. One of those neat tricks of a photograph.

Winter Blues
by Chiqui

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Art? It�s in the eye of the beholder, I�d say, and I think this is lovely. It may be snowy and blue (and wondrously blue at that) but it has such warmth! Even though our two main figures are small in the overall picture (and rightly so!) you can tell by their postures that there�s a great day in store. The cars are snowed in (those right side guys have it worse than the left side), the light is soft and welcoming, the trees forming their quiet cathedral, and the sled puller has probably been blessed with a �snow day� off from work. How can it not be a great day?

Wishes sometimes do come true
by Dennisheckman

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Normally, I wouldn't pick a landscape type photo as "art" - at least not to me, since I'm kinda fond of people shots in general. But there are two things about this which make it more than a "landscape" shot to me: that arm/finger of a cloud reaching across from right to left, providing some sort of golden protection to the tableau below, and that wee bit of blue ice, somehow forlorn and lost, drifting amongst all that gold. For artistic balance, you have the blue of the sky, but it pales compared to the almost electric blue of the ice. The whole thing speaks to me of loneliness and loss, of the melting of the glaciers and our ignorance of it all. And yet with your title, you see it as something far more hopeful! Isn�t it interesting how we can all see the same thing so differently?

dog day afternoon
by 2mccs

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So this one made me smile. Like totally out-loud smile. I LOVE that wash of sunshine and the way it bathes everything and outlines the sandal things. It doesn't just wash through the picture, it radiates and echoes, bounces off the walls. It almost momentarily frightens the dog who seems just a bit reluctant to come out. But I think he will � how can he resist that warmth? Then there's the parenthetical wintering plant on the left, which forms a wonderful frame keeping everything from sliding out of the side due to the slant. And I'd give you credit for the slant, because it is brilliant, but I'm going to guess it's a wonderful happenstance instead. Inside it is just another day. Out here, in the back yard, it�s paradise.

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