New beginning
by LevT

Comment by vawendy:
Yeah -- nothing simple about this one. The lighting is wonderful and it says change beautifully. It was an 8 from me.

New beginning
by LevT

Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by GolferDDS: Definitely fits the challenge. Knowing how talented you are this was a little plain vanilla!

I don't mind simplicity )). I couldn't think of a better, more natural way of expressing the concept of change. Besides, this is MY grapevine, I'm always excited to see it spring to life so powerfully every Spring :). It's amazing how quickly its buds turn into long, strong vines, it already looks nothing like this shot.

New beginning
by LevT

Comment by GolferDDS:
Definitely fits the challenge. Knowing how talented you are this was a little plain vanilla!

Swan
by LevT

Comment by IreneM:
Such a beautiful image! My favourite in the challenge.

We'll always have Paris
by LevT

Comment by Lydia:
Another WINNER, Lev!

Blues
by LevT

Comment by Barroness:
My favorite of the challange. Beautiful and evoking portrait.

Old flame
by LevT

Comment by LevT:
Lydia, thank you for the compliment on my lighting skills! I will let you in on a secret, my daughter is a theatrical lighting designer, I must have acquired my skills from her through some kind of reverse genetics :).

mariuca yes, that bush on the way to my front door bugged me as well, but I could not find a better spot for this photo without making a much greater effort of shooting "on location". Of course, an urban environment (New York brownstone, preferably :)) would have been a lot better, but you play with what you got...

bsluijk yes indeed it would've been a much nicer explanation, although a little hard to believe in, since 1 and 10 are pretty far away on the range of scores to accidentally click on one instead of another :)

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Old flame
by LevT

Comment by mariuca:
Excellent. Oddly enough, I forgot to vote on this challenge - it happens sometimes, but I would have marked 9 (hmm, again the tree on the left). The 1 mark is quite interesting so to speak ; one would think that the interest and appreciation of good photography surpasses the desire to win by all means.

On second look, the color variant is spectacular - the light on the man hands and face deserves applause.

Old flame (color version)
by LevT

Comment by mariuca:
Also a great shot - perhaps even more dramatic without the greenery at left

Old flame
by LevT

Comment by IreneM:
Many congrats Lev. Excellent work.