death calls....
by boysetsfire

Comment:
Well seen... I would have walked by fearing the symmetry...

Me
by walrus451

Comment:
Considering the quality of this image, I'd have the title as subject 'I'. "Me", IMHO, would suit something less consciously composed and cared for. Personally, I'd choose a formal name (first and last) to restore the honesty the glasses robbed your subject of.

An interesting juxtaposition of genres, btw, cropped to leave no doubts. -
Treatment, too, is aptly pushed and contained. -
Texture, tone and line stand out as if in a fashion shot. -

The dominance of the veiling elements (shades and hood) together with the tight, straight-on take and near-discomforting proximity of the subject amplify the underlying, inherent dualism that make this image and provide its mysterious energy.

i walk on the air
by Skip

Comment:
perfect and pure.
apt title. nice

expanse of tonal range
within limited scale.

liberating. atmospheric. breathable
emptiness.

who
does not have

an appetite for
a clean place with

a malleable
view?

Message edited by author 2007-01-09 16:14:14.

Stain
by RKT

Comment:
I love this capture for its quirky composition and expansive depth of field, which strips it of the usual selective emphasis on an isolated physical subject. Instead, I feel encouraged to explore the tonal and textural qualities of the entire vista, leaving me to elect my own gusto and ways without the familiar prompt.

Neither can I tell what's behind the delectable poise of contrast by field and edges (sharpening), which appears to offer me a canvas and easel bearing a primitive art made of a vacated oil drum placed vicariously at the edge of some post-industrial idyll.

While this strikes me as hardly the image benefitting from considerations external to itself, I feel it could be improved by balancing tilt (angle) and horizontal distortion discernible in the lines of the brick wall.

I envy the eye that saw a photo here and appreciate the deductive treatment that made it an art.

Joy of Speed
by goc

Comment:
Ah...

lovely, radiant, quirky, wonderful slight-of-hand: a classic!

Thank you.

D
by Gnarf

Comment:
A remarkable image, well seen and so nearly well composed, I feel prompted to comment.

As the horizontal division of the portrait format into two equal panes appears naturally dictated by givens of the subject (and its parts), the remaining negative space in the upper half could (and, to my senses 'should') be trimmed to suit a 1/3 - 2/3 proportion in this section. This (IMO) would introduce a tension (a more dynamic force) to the image which is not there, if the two sections remained balanced (as presented). Also,

the roof line of the wall is slightly, albeit critically tilted, which could easily be corrected by rotating accordingly.

A little dodging (or some other means of revealing the deteriorated outlines in the middle and upper half, especially toward the left) may benefit a clearer and quicker appreciation of the compositional geometry which is so superbly ordering the chiaroscura on the walls (both bottom and top).

A remarkable image, worth more than words, nevertheless.

Tour de Soleil
by Photologist

Comment:
An enjoyable photograph for everyone, well seen, composed and rendered, and...

and outstanding stock photo.

mOdeRn MonuMEnT
by LOWLANDS

Comment:
immaculate

fRaGiLE........please take a closer look
by LOWLANDS

Comment:
Seeing it expand from the thumbnail, I laughed out loud.
(I don't laugh too often, certainly not out loud, these days).

And, really, there's nothing funny about the photo. I am, apparently,
laughing for no other reason.

-There is no ego in this image, either - wonderful!

Message edited by author 2006-12-24 22:52:25.

O N E
by Brad

Comment:
1/4000, huh? I use that for hummingbirds on Ritalin.

That's quite a decent bouquet.