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by AlbanyDave

Comment:
Thanks for the explanation. Quite a curious shot that only makes sense after hearing the story behind it. Afraid I can't help with your "prime directive" question. There have been many discussions in the forums about photographing people in public places, but I don't recall anything about if they are in distress. I was photographing a charity run a couple of years ago, and an ROTC cadet passed out on the course. I helped her walk and stay awake, but once there were other people helping I snapped a few pics. Never did anything with them however, as I felt I was there to document the FUN aspects of the event.

Hitting the Town
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
I see you are taking a tip from Gyaban and trying the selfie route to high scores. Nice work with the lighting. The pose reminds me of some cigarette ads from the 70's, where it asked you to pick the smoker of that brand (I think it was Salem) out of a crowd of people putting on airs and pretensions. It was always the tall, handsome square-jawed guy with the jacket slung across his shoulder in this manner. I always thought that guy was the fakest of the bunch.

Ok, extra pointage for sending me off on a retro rabbit trail.

Added: Found one. It was actually Camel filters. Enjoy.

Deermeat has many layers!
by esolum

Comment:
Very unique wildlife shot! No doubt some people are getting grossed out by this. I'll bet if you just described it as venison, it wouldn't have such an effect. But that's the point, isn't it?

Craptasmical-Scheißenfreude-Merdefest
by oscarthepig

Comment:
Not sure how all the excrement references apply to this. It looks like twisted hair. At least that's what I hope it is. Extra pointage for making me look and think before hitting the 1 button.

Book Pages
by AllenP

Comment:
Perfect enough to be an IreneM entry.

layered seeds
by prashant_168

Comment:
Have you heard from the border patrol yet? I know they are out here someplace.

Tough Layers
by Scoman

Comment:
Gotta love that face! Think she'll be enough to intimidate people into only giving high votes?

Winter Wonderland
by saintaugust

Comment:
Does not have much impact on me, with regard to fitting the song, I'm afraid. Rather than coming off as a winter wonderland, it conveys a mood of dreariness to me. Sorry.

My grown up christmas list
by Donald

Comment:
A cute family photo, but the white balance is way off and hurts it a lot, I'm afraid.

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer
by Scapeshots

Comment:
So where's grandma? Did she also get eaten by the reindeer?