Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by jayzundel:
I wish I knew the book

Passing by the church doors
by lei_73

Comment by rjkstesch:
This is a beautiful image with wonderful light on the girls. I may be missing it, but the doors, etc. are not playing a big enough part of the image to meet the challenge for me. 4

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by emoons:
I get the cabbage and cards. I think this could have been staged a lot better to make it more interesting. The lighting on the cabbage is good.

Gave it a 3

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by Denielle:
Nice detail on the lettuce. Good DOF.
Not understanding how the image and title fit? But I don't read many classic novels.

I gave it a 5

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by daisydavid:
O Henry's Full House is new to me so I don't understand the cabbage (or is it a brussel sprout?), maybe that's the twist and you're being street witty ;). Nice lighting and focus on the green thing, I like this because it suggests a story, and that you understand what's there and did something with it (even though I don't have a clue). 6.

Tribute to O.Henry
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Comment by ecmguy:
I'm not well read enough to know 4 kings and a cabbage I guess... good pic though

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by lunachicken:
I have read very little O. Henry, so I may be missing something. Since I don't know the tie to the author, the image just looks like an oddly placed cabbage and some cards. 4

Pink Silence
by lei_73

Comment by lei_73:
Thank you all for your nice comments and generous voting! Yay, it's my second forth place! :-)
To CNovack: you were right on the title ambiguity, some people of my internal critique circle tried to talk me out of this (not sure if they meant Roosevelt though).
Could not come up with the better one. :-(

Tribute to O.Henry
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Comment by Garry:
Guess you'd need to be familiar with O Henry (William Porter) for this image to make sense, which is asking a lot of the voting masses I fear. Beautifully crisp cabbage, love the detail in the leaves and waterdrops.

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by vawendy:
Had to search to get the reference. The cabbage is quite nice, but something doesn't feel right with the composition. I think it would have worked better if the kings were tucked under the cabbage more? Right now they seem too separated for the kings to be that soft. The eye sees it as two different subjects, one out of focus, instead of one composition with a shallow dof (at least that's how my eye is seeing it :) Plus the cards are bright next to the gorgeous lighting of the cabbage, it just keeps drawing the eye to something not as interesting. -5-