Friday Afternoon.
by lisae

Comment by Swashbuckler:
This is a really good idea. The runner jaywalking iis a great touch. Now for the buts......Look at the street sign hung on the lamp, almost completely washed out. Next, sorry, but you must have a low end camera, it makes a difference when you have lots of "data" like this. Red coat girl for example, she has a face and a nose, but that's all I can make out. I am surprised I can tell she is smoking, probably. This lack of detail hurts your overall image. Sorry to pick on your hardware, but it's true.
Photo 7 Creativity 6 Road 7 total 7 (IF I am wrong, and you have a multi-mega pixel camera, please subtract two points for lack of detail)

Friday Afternoon.
by lisae

Comment by justine:
Good action shot, interesting too.

Friday Afternoon.
by lisae

Comment by jmsetzler:
There are indeed people on the road in this photo. When this photo 'speaks' to me, it is whispering 'hustle and bustle' in my ear moreso than my 'own' concept of 'on the road'. The overall artistic impact of this photo doesn't really grab me but the challenge has been met :)

Friday Afternoon.
by lisae

Comment by Kimbly:
I like that blurred girl especially. It might have helped to focus more on one of the elements in this photo more, rather than the whole thing, which is a little busy for my tastes.

Friday Afternoon.
by lisae

Comment by Gordon:
reminds me a bit of a classic shot of the guy jumping a puddle...

Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by langdon:
nice shot, though I'd prefer a landscape shot with a tighter crop. the girl/swan interaction is superb, it should be more of the focus.

Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by Reuben:
I like the feeling this photo gives me, but I'm not sure I can articulate it. I'll try: This photo gives me the feeling of a cycle of people peacefully observing other people who are peacefully observing other people. The swan is watching me, I'm watching the girl, the girl is watching the other side of the water. It's all very interesting when it comes together for me.

Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by malapropam:
I like the composition, but I'm wondering what it would look like in color...maybe even better.

Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by crisa58:
crop

Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by GeneralE:
Great birds and setting and all...if there was enough resolution to work with I'd crop this as a horizontal frame: just below that one flat rock in the mid-foreground, and just above the bright band of clouds above the trees -- it would make the swan more prominent...