If the shoe fits
by markwiley

Comment by aberration:
One of my top picks. I love all that this photo has to offer, including the title.

If the shoe fits
by markwiley

Comment by mitalapo:
good colors

If the shoe fits
by markwiley

Comment by streetpigeon:
Here it's not enough to see and feel the image, we also have to read and think it through. The irony of contrast is terrific. A tender domestic moment is surmounted by a huge battle scene, European interlopers crushing the native Americans, of course. In the name of flag and righteousness. How perfect that the couple are coincidentally wearing red and blue. These notions fill the atmosphere and float the photo into a very interesting realm. The compositional axis of meaning flows along the upper left to lower right diagonal. Nice title.
Thank you.
(An aside: Has anybody noticed an upswelling of support for returning the land to its prior, shoved-out inhabitants? It seems history depends on where you slice it.)

If the shoe fits
by markwiley

Comment by PennyStreet:
Apt for the challenge, certainly... a day in the life.

Rolling in
by markwiley

Comment by PenelopeK:
Gorgeous image with a lovely balance between the foreground, small islands, mountains and sky.

Taken during your trip to Alaska by any chance? It has something of the feel that I remember from our trip there in 2016.

If the shoe fits
by markwiley

Comment by mariuca:
I enjoy this image probably as much as you did when stumbling upon the scene. The questionable pathos of our times and the anecdote go hand in hand, under one flag
Bump

Rolling in
by markwiley

Comment by wildiris:
Splendid scene! So many gorgeous layers.

Rolling in
by markwiley

Comment by primabarbara:
makes me feel like I'm sitting in a canoe, totally alone in that peaceful wonderful landscape
Congrats!

Rolling in
by markwiley

Comment by IreneM:
This is so beautiful, love the water swirls... Well, everything really...

Rolling in
by markwiley

Comment by SandyP:
I love this so much! It almost has an ethereal abstract look to it. It’s a breathtaking scene!