Cloud Shadows
by Alain

Comment:

Originally posted by e301: One of very few photos that stands almost entirely on the strength of what it depicts and little else...

Ed said it well.

Tentative
by Elvis_L

Comment:
light, I can't see
where it is born/but
there it is, on the steps,

oscillating,
illuminating the worn clay, one
sqare at a time. the

boy, as if seized
like a little discus thrower
in some Olympian half-light- bent

for glory, Gloria or
a glimpse of the afterworld.
I can't see

the girl's head, but I know
where it points, where
everyone else

is a wheel or
a sundial Gitzo.

Message edited by author 2008-11-08 17:17:28.

Finchley Road Classic
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Mercedes Benz 220 SE Coupe (1958-1960)

Message edited by author 2008-01-04 15:05:55.

-
by whiteroom

Comment:
I can't share the current fascination with texture overlays, but find it impossible to resist this image. It's not as ambiguously detailed as Man Ray/Duchamp's "Dust Breeding" and much flatter than their moonscape, and the brush is worn enough to conjure another use for the obsolete, which, nostalgically,

reminds me: we're not dead yet, but our world is getting old.

DSC_2877
by ryand

Comment:
Simple enough not to distract any interest, representational enough for a sense of locale with good depth, textures -albeit fluid ones- and energy, abstract enough to enchant the agnostic.

A photograph with a decent (apparent) dynamic and inherent tensions (as a component of energy) between various elements of the image, good tonal range in a balanced composition.

Given the relative ambiguity of the image, I'd consider a title for it or, at least, for the series. A good title, IMO, would be one which did not remove the mystery but provide a context.

Skeletons
by pointandshoot

Comment:
Textures, colour, raked lighting, tones, all these draw attention to much immaculate detail. The composition, however, is bold combining thirds and forths against a deep black space bleeding away the dimensions of objects framing it. This, of course, introduces some ambiguity via areas (inner vertical bone on the left and insect remains so sparsely lit, it is a challenge to identify). Very little visual information is given to go beyond guessing as to what exactly the three objects are that combine this image, which leaves us with mystery.

What intrigues me though, is the balance of tack-sharp poise of detail (the obvious image facts) versus its opposite, the arcane and ambiguous element which is so deliciously packaged, it leaves also little doubt as to nature of things, inclusive of all conceivable connotations. This, of course, would be a "statement", something that goes beyond mere "depiction".

The tension between the emotional contrasts given here are simple, uncontrived and, to my senses, utterly credible and convincing, but it is also (or so it appears) an image with subtleties not immediately accessible to the casual viewer.

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 12:35:41.

Darrell Suspects...
by Sunniee

Comment:
Darrell looks positively convexed.

Tango in Black and White
by LevT

Comment:
Energy/Range/Story: 9/8/8
Composition/perspective/manner: 8/7/8
Aesthetics/Technical: 9/9
Presentation: 8
Total: 8.2
Vote: 8

Remarks: The company of an image like this is as venerable as it is well occupied, which opens it for much "racy" competition, making it difficult to award 10s. Another consideration would be the fact that the photograph itself is an "hommage" to its subject - and an excellent one at that. What is interesting here, that all these aspects compliment one another seamlessly and without attracting any undue attention to anything but the sum of their parts - in what I would call a "great photograph and accomplishment".

Who stole the light bulb
by Oded

Comment:
Energy/Range/Story: 8/8/8
Composition/perspective/manner: 6/5/6
Aesthetics/Technical: 6/6
Presentation: 8
Total: 6.8
Vote: 7

Remarks: The lighting/toning of the shadowed areas appears almost "reflective" which has the three Jews clad in silk or a kind of faux-silk. The "effect", however, is beginning to deteriorate details in the highlit areas, in parts of the wall as well as in the shirt of the man in the foreground.

The perspective "skew" (depite the correct orientation by the electrical wire) is made difficult to ignore by the symmetrical fromat of the square.

All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable capture, immaculately timed and seen, titled credibly and with great humour.

emphysema
by boysetsfire

Comment:
Energy/Range/Story: 9/7/8
Composition/perspective/manner: 10/5/7
Aesthetics/Technical: 9/7
Presentation: 7
Total: 7.5
Vote: 7


Remarks: Mais oui! God bless the spot meter! -Despite the dramatically minimal view and composition, I imagine an even more satifying image - either less static or less featureless... As it is, with a back turned at me, it feels (just a tad) \"stolen'. Hell, it's still a poise with magical balances and tension, from subtle to bold, which would be all the more prolific in an image twice the size (or a 20x30).