lance
by boysetsfire

Comment:
that's blonde hair, right? and after that it becomes complete colorful abstraction. but it starts with a face observing, or rather ignoring, it all atop her red shoulders. And we only get to see through a tiny rip in the bag.

I've seen a similar technique from you before, but this is taken to an extreme, and just barely holding together as a photograph. That's what separates the mensetfire from the boyssetfire, you Chuck Yeager, you.

29
by mia67

Comment:
just a stunning image. I often like portraits of people's backs. It leaves us with a sense of mystery, and a sense of wanting more. I also know as an artist how hard it is to get the light and shadows right on a back to show the forms of bone and muscle there. This is perfect in that respect.

a word on composition. I like this composition, and it's highly subjective, but I will try to explain. I think the off-center composition without a background is *very* problematic and totally overused at DPC. The only time it works is when the subject interacts with the space. In this case, she is looking down into it, twisting her whole body toward it, though coyly enough she still hasn't managed to get there. It's also not a simplistic thirds composition. She is pushed to the extreme left. Almost but not quite out of bounds, like an excellent gymnast on the floor exercise.

the dance of the headless bourgeoisie
by boysetsfire

Comment:
I'm going to skip voting on this but damn this is brilliant.

The Power of Prayer
by jerowe

Comment:
How'd you get that white background? That's some powerful praying! 8

La Vie en Rage
by messerschmitt

Comment:
lotsa personality and mood. 7

Stamina
by love

Comment:
extra point for the title

Almost Twilight
by krgl

Comment:
Nice lines. 6 and a half.

the fourth dimension
by nixter

Comment:
Not only is the floor the ceiling, but people turned away from me now seem to be facing me. I feel a sense of constant, unpredictable menace. Now, that's what I call involving the viewer!

I'm more judicious with favorites now. I don't give favorites to photos that are brilliant and wonderful. I favorite photos that I need to remember, because they do something I've never seen before.

Colin, can you hear me? OMG!!! Colin? Colin!!!!!!!!!!!!
by jonfrommk

Comment:
great concept, but you need a context to make the joke complete. put them somewhere you'd imagine gummy people to be. a candy dish? a gummy forest?

Elements in Harmony
by Nuzzer

Comment:

Originally posted by routerguy666: Horrific tone-mapping, but apparently I have no taste as you won a ribbon. So what can I say but, grats!

hey, we agree on something!