f a i t h
by bucket

Comment:
A Fan Killed at a David Cassidy Concert

The mountain of your eyes,
impassably beautiful,
cannot distinguish me.

I cannot imagine
you could ever accept
my kisses.

In this way
you are like dying,
a crossing improvised

in desperation,
and only in darkness
can I meet your gaze.

Donald Zirilli
12/27/99

Shower view
by Melethia

Comment:
I want just a scooch more sense of what's behind the curtain.

A Fresh Start
by pixeldust

Comment:
an extra point for those crazy coffee drops!

Morning Orb
by elizadeb

Comment:
I like the almost-crescent shape of the white. Perhaps you could have gone even further with that.

Coffee, slippers, paper
by littlegett

Comment:
I'm all for experimentation, but this doesn't seem to quite come together. but I'll give you a 6 for courage.

Zoo Vet - The caring man behind the scenes
by Kelli

Comment:
I gave this a 7, and I probably would have commented on it except for the high number of really great shots in this challenge. I love the elephant's red eye and all the muted yellows. Now, this is Very Subjective, but what kept this from going higher was the fact that he seems to be talking to another vet, which means his attention is not really on the elephant, it's going right past the elephant.

Wait a minute! You want me to wake up early and go to school and miss SPONGEBOB?!?! You crazy?!?!
by sadiebird

Comment:
great face but the background doesn't add and that big pillar next to his head is distracting.

Morning Light
by emayner

Comment:
yes, that does indeed look like morning light! 6

orchids
by bucket

Comment:
reaction: holy crap. I've never seen anything like this before. You know, you've got skills. You know how to make reeeeeal pretty b/w pictures. Your style can be as instantly recognizable as you want it to be. Yet you'll still take a risk like this. You truly are artsy fartsy.

the stunt
by agenkin

Comment:
fantastic. the perfect subject for a photograph. one way to create an illusion of depth is to emphasize the notion of gravity, which only applies to 3 dimensional words. Here, you show a Rube Goldberg anti-gravity machine, which also has the advantage of presenting a problem and a solution all at once. This is one of many ways to show what extends to the past and the future of a moment. Another is to show the immediate effects of something. Another is to show something about to happen. Such extensions are very important to humble cartoonists like myself, and it is a bit of a revelation to see it so thoroughly accomplished in a photograph. Also interesting is how the assistant hides his face, as if volunteering to be simply part of the machine, and then there's the punchline: the man with the tool, who takes no notice of the complicated measures that allow him to do what must be done... and the ultimate lesson, that this is the only way things can ever get done.