Locomotion
by andrewthomas

Comment:
I cannot resist ghost trains. 10

THEATRE BLUES
by jblaylockrayner

Comment:
be careful, that chaplin painting is so good it competes with your photograph. still, your composition and juxtaposition are just right, as are the b/w tones. you are clearly a master. 10

Dog Walk
by jaysonmc

Comment:
For the first two seconds I look at this picture, I think "so what." Then the cherry blossoms create an avalanche knocking me down into woman and dog. the tremendous step of the dog outside of the boundary of the walkway then sends me right out of the picture into a devastating mystery. This is what is meant by composition. This is what is meant by "the composition IS the subject." 10

sguardo fisso
by bragur

Comment:
This shows a bravery, an uncensored vision, that is missing from the kitschy ribbon winners of DPC that use similar lighting effects. You are not afraid of the dark. And you are not afraid of making us afraid of it. This is not a face I will soon forget. And unlike advertising and pornography (the two most imitated genres at DPC), she is looking at me more than I am looking at her. 10

Koi Chaos
by tamatama

Comment:
beautiful. stunning. 10

Oak
by smcc

Comment:
wonderful textures. wow. I've never seen anything quite like this. 10

solemates
by grigrigirl

Comment:
bizarre wonderful photo 10. That tree trunk is a great composition element emphasizing the "joke" and the fronds of the trees are visually delicious. The embrace, even though relegated to second string, is authentic and loving, so that we believe in the notion of "soulmates" this plays off of, and the title transcends punning to achieve metaphor (and I notice a visual similarity between the couple and the feet to match the verbal pun).

A Long Walk Home
by ludde

Comment:
very cool. 10. a simple, perfect composition. The diagonal of the shadow counters the diagonal of the sunlight, mirrored across a dark, thick dividing line. The divine S curve of the tracks is complemented by the curve of the person and the curve of the footsteps. Above the horizon we have a soft, subtle crosshatch. It is visually beautiful. Thematically, we ponder over how we approach darkness, how we face darkness, simply because we have to, simply because it is between us and home.

8 Seconds
by J_Ehrat

Comment:
This is a great, great capture. It looks like a Picasso painting of a rodeo. Notice how the background is all texture. The horse looks like he's praying. As he kneels into a prone position, the man is forced into a supine position, each being submissive in his own way. The fringe on the cowboy is excessive, but that becomes its own statement (perhaps on the feminine becoming masculine or the masculine becoming feminine or the sublime becoming ridiculous or the ridiculous becoming sublime... as we imagine the frilly cowboy when he is not in the middle of an intense act and mentally compare it to this one who is). I can imagine Picasso indulging himself by painting such an elaborate fringe. Notice how it is chaotically ornamental while the "fringe" of the horse's mane and tale are in perfect synchronization with the overall action. You have captured here what rodeo (and civilization is all about) man trying to evoke the nature he feels separated from and then attempting to dominate it. I think this would be improved by cropping off some of the right, but even so I can't in good conscience give this anything less than a 10.

Desolate Flower
by Shaurya

Comment:
Nobody puts baby in the corner! -Patrick Swayze