In a straight line
by arnit

Comment by andri:
I have a quite vivid remembrance of this picture as it appeared in the newspaper Morgunbladid here in Iceland last May. If I remember correctly it ran beside the editorial in the midsection of the Sunday edition.

I received quite an enjoyment from this picture on that particular Sunday morning and spent quite a while looking at the picture (and reading the [long] editorial beside it).
You see, while the picture itself is quite funny and and precisely the type of picture one wants to see in the newspaper while eating breakfast on a Sunday morning, what completes the picture were the strange circumstances at the time surrounding the house the kids are strolling past.

I'd better explain myself a bit. The house behind the children houses the offices of the prime minister of Iceland and at that time the prime minister was putting forth an extremely controversial law proposal (involving the media) that would later in the summer be the cause of a sort of constitutional crisis here in Iceland.

At that time I found it particularly amusing that this picture captured so well that while the adult world was up in flames these children's daily lives were entirely unaffected by it! I mean, here we have these children having a normal field day and strolling past the office of the prime minister in the midst of a major political turmoil, just like that!
I must admit I envied those children a bit how they could just ignore the idiocy of the so called "grownup world" and get away with it. Wouldn't that be wonderful sometimes?

Anyway, it also happens to be one of my favorite photographs by �rni Torfa.

Message edited by author 2005-02-01 08:43:46.

In a straight line
by arnit

Comment by Neil:
This is a simply wonderful capture and is my favorite for this challenge. I hope others see the beauty in this! Great work.

Surreal Vacuming
by arnit

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your 11th placing with this very unique image which curls the corners of the mouth at once but then leaves the mind wondering. Very good work.

Catch Me If You Can
by arnit

Comment by charmayne:
Absolutly beautiful! Great demonstration of lighting!

900gr
by arnit

Comment by rex:
I think with a little light you could improve this photo and show the whole scale.

In a straight line
by arnit

Comment by 4score:
Very interesting shot. A lot of lines going on. Great cropping. Great job! The more I look at this, the more I LOVE it!

In a straight line
by arnit

Comment by Gauti:
MR? Helvíti eru þeir farnir að taka inn unga nemendur :)

Surreal Vacuming
by arnit

Comment by gloda:
An excellent picture. It reminds me of your self portrait 'Surreal Ironing'. As others said, this should have scored higher. Good work.

Surreal Vacuming
by arnit

Comment by shutterfly:
This should have placed higher IMO, knew it was yours too!

Surreal Vacuming
by arnit

Comment by andri:
I'm wondering whether I'm biased about this photograph as I knew instantly who the author was and he happens to be a terrific photographer as well as a fellow Icelander. ;)

Anyway, I frankly can't understand how this picture could score so low and end up in the 11th place! It's a good photograph, cute model, a bit surreal as well as funny, it has nice colors and composition, and there is no face showing.

The only two reasons I could come up with to justify this picture's low score is that the model's face is cut off the frame instead of it being "faceless" in the strictest sense, and perhaps some people consider vacuuming at this certain place not to be an exactly normal activity (well, for people like �rni and Brynja, I'm sure it is normal to iron and vacuum at strange locations ...).