Happy Endings (Tribute to my grandma Verna Parrott - Oct. 4, 1914 to Oct. 11, 2006 )
by swamlove

Comment:
a very touching and vulnerable portrait.

Continuity Break!
by kbhatia1967

Comment:
I like the iconic, centered composition and you really do convey the paradox of your title.

Controlled Chaos
by essie

Comment:
Beautiful composition. The figures on the lower right are just as calligraphic as the pictogram on upper left.

Dynamic Monotone
by elizadeb

Comment:
Interesting, dynamic composition served well by your monotonous processing. :)

Act Naturally
by MeGoobie

Comment:
great model, nice retro processing, and you convey the title well. We know he is posing but he also seems natural.

Sweet Sorrow
by messerschmitt

Comment:
very clever. you've gone beyond the oxymoron here and created a complete paradox: something that is sweet and sorrowful at exactly the same time and place.

Uninvited Guest
by gdob27

Comment:
Wonderful, exciting photo. 8

Seriously Funny
by Blue Moon

Comment:
Model and lighting convey seriousness very well. He is holding up that goofy sign os very, very seriously. The best photos in this competition, and there are precious few, convey an oxymoron visually, as you do here.

Light Rock, Lead Balloon
by scalvert

Comment:
Very well composed, fun shot. The off centeredness emphasizes the failure and disappointment of the lead balloon, which makes us laugh. 9

Domestic Cat
by aznym

Comment:
This is such a photograph. Largely a photo of a clean, manmade locale, it is somehow wild and dangerous, not least of all because of the cat, and how its dark shape seems to be another part of that fencing which has come to life and leaps away. and notice that he moves toward the viewer, making him all the more threatening. Unfortunatlely, the scores here only go up to 10.