Chase
by MargaretNet

Comment by illini75:
They look so happy except for the little guy in the middle. Love the joy on that girl's face

Chase
by MargaretNet

Comment by mariuca:
â€Â¦little hen, the prettiest ever seenâ€Â¦.
Marvelous and bumped to 10

Suspended
by MargaretNet

Comment by bmartuch:
Great job on the long exposure. Nice leading lines.

Chase
by MargaretNet

Comment by jomari:
Wonderful capture of the joy and of the moment. Wonderful light. Wonderful processing.
There is a second possibility for this image. Cropped down to just above the boy's head, he becomes the focus, instead of (dare I say it?) a bit of an intrusion.
I realize that you have no control over such things, and the image is still fabulous as is. Top shot, in fact.

Chase
by MargaretNet

Comment by timb:
Well done, well captured. They look so natural and it doesn't look staged. I like that about this shot. The BW works well here.

Fisherman with a Seagull
by MargaretNet

Comment by hiltonmd:
Well done. Congratulations on the ribbon.

Protected
by MargaretNet

Comment by posthumous:
I think your essay is not all positive. The distortions of the water sometimes move into the grotesque and frightening. If you're going to collect photos into groups, there is more pressure on you as a viewer of images, not just a creator of images. You have to be open to everything the photo is saying, good or bad, light or dark.

Protected
by MargaretNet

Comment by insteps:
Beautiful collection of images and very well presented. It's a seamless experience that flows along peacefully. For me, the first picture sets the tone and then we go along for the ride. I think you accomplished what you set out to create and should be proud of your finished product.

My only criticism is that it's to predictable for me to come back and watch again and again. I'd enjoy revisiting the individual images, at my own pace, but not the video. This has more to do with me than your essay. I wasn't challenged or given opportunities to question what you presented. I couldn't bring myself to press pause and break the rhythm.

I hope you'll continue to contribute to this side challenge. Thanks

Protected
by MargaretNet

Comment by 2mccs:
The video was a very pleasant experience. I had to come back to this site and reexamine the individual images for a better look, but only because i wanted to spend more time with than the video allowed. They are beautifully distorted figures and you handled them masterfully.

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by MargaretNet

Comment by ubique:
Margaret, we don't often see things eye to eye. Maybe we never have done, in the past. But now ... now this is a charming essay, of which you ought to be proud.

You are a good, accomplished photographer. That's not in question. Your tastes are not mine, but that doesn't prevent my appreciating the essential beauty of this essay. Or perhaps I should say this collection. This album.

Because it's not really an essay, in the literal sense, ... but perhaps I'm just being overly literal. I want an essay to have a narrative that is more ambitious than the sum of its parts. I enjoy an essay that proposes, even if only by implication, a point of view that is unfamiliar, or uncomfortable. Something that presents a position of which I would not have thought, but for the essayist's premise.

But looking at this presentation, I wonder if I'm being too conservative? Too hidebound? You've made a virtue of the light touch here. It may be (for my taste only) the Barry Manilow take on photo essays, but I can't deny its charm, nor its beauty. It's a satisfying experience in terms of imagery and emotion.

I enjoyed this essay very much. Lovely photographs, and a deft touch in linking the whole together into a coherent production. Well done. I hope you'll do more collections in this charming vein.