Underground
by ingib

Comment:
Ah, down under Westminster Bridge. A nice b/w photograph at a great time of day. The detail and exposure produce for me a fascinating overall effect.

Behind the wall
by ingib

Comment:
The silhouette is nicely cartoony in detail, yet pleasantly broken up by the fountain. It makes for a nice graphic image, all in all.

Reflections
by DeniseBernadette

Comment:
It's amazing how the human mind jumps to symbols and conclusions therefrom. A drop of water, a reflection, reminiscences, romantic pathos, focus... a lot of allegories therein. Simple but fine.

London Eye
by ingib

Comment:
That's an eye-stretching wide angle of a place I know very well. The detail, at this size of image, is plentiful and visually exciting.

The Cellist
by posthumous

Comment:
Commenting on the commenter-extraordinaire's photograph is surely somewhat like eating steak sandwiches at a picnic in a safari park. Here goes. I think what makes this photo stand out for me is the obviously very colourful bokeh which is turned into b/w and therefore into a rather unusual abrstract background. The figure and event taking place in the foreground is barely as important as the background. Music is not what comes to mind - more like a tentative pole climber surveying her potential passage upwards or a caber tosser in training. The hands are what really make the foreground a little unusual. If only there was a way to completely limit the rest of the figure and place these hands disembodied in the rustic setting. That would be art.

orchids
by bucket

Comment:
It's an apocalypse of beauty.

two
by bucket

Comment:
Lovely shot. You can breath out now... ;-)

Office from the left
by B74A

Comment:
It's like the pleochroic effect minerals display under a geologist's poalarized microscope. As you say, unavoidable. You can sometimes see it displayed on cheap aquariums too - as caused by the glass bending slightly. BTW, interesting portrait.

Message edited by author 2006-10-17 10:47:37.

Foggy Fields
by goc

Comment:
One of my favourites of this challenge. Exceptionally simple yet very rich in implied location and tone. 9.

Mass Ascension 7:25 A.M.
by Balko

Comment:
What an exciting composition and event you have captured. The early morning light really shows the time of day by its angle. I find the colours a tiny wee bit on the dull side. I wonder if that's because I get exposed to too many bright images which are unaturally bright and colourful? 8.