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Comment by pineapple:
Looks like some sort of dipstick for testing the oil level in an old banger or for rectal exams. Was that a shot that went off by accident as you were taking the peashooter out? At least that is half the fun of those a530/540s. (And it got a mean spirited 3 from me, I will own up to).

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 20:44:03.

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Comment by bucket:
reaction...looks like someone got in the way of a fine shot...

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Comment by yanko:
The idea is unique (gave it a 6 in the challenge) but for me it isn't executed very well. It's just two people standing there looking indifferent. If anything the subjects are dehumanized in a way that tv news programs tend to do when they run generic video clips of people walking down the street. You even showed the overweight person in the most typical way (i.e. from behind and or not showing the face) and that to me just shows them as pieces of meat and not the people they actually are.

Edited to change person to people.

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 20:26:32.

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Comment by dahkota:
sometimes, your first reaction to a photograph is to its subject. Other times it is not. This is one of those other times. I wasn't drawn in and immediately went to reasons why - the black lump on the right side, a person's back no less. then the stick in the girl's face - she has an angry look and doesn't want me there. So I would immediately move on - my presence is not welcome.

So let us move on and find out what might be hiding. Other people with their back to me, looking elsewhere. This image is not interested in me as a viewer. It doesn't seem interested in itself. And the girl in my face with a big stick is looking down on me.

A very unwelcoming image indeed, almost threatening in its intentional disregard of me, the viewer. So odd that I have become so conscious of myself and my role as part of the photograph. Intriguing, to say the least.

Dixie Porch Loungers
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Comment by Melethia:
They're gonna need a new guitar before they make their next album...

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Comment by xianart:
fantastic shot, don. a real ponderer. nicely done, as usual. quiet and thoughtful.

Could you, would you, on a train?
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Comment by krnodil:
Nice bold contrasts, and I like the added touch of the window reflection.

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Comment by bmartuch:
Very interesting shot Don. I really like the contrast and the color tone.

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Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

When I saw this in the Challenge I voted it high, because both the blind girl in the foreground with her white stick, and your title gave me the story.

I also liked the way your monochromatic treatment of this unified the image and helped alleviate the busy-ness of the composition.

If I had my druthers, I'd have rotated this slightly to take care of the background people who are hanging on to that slope. But that's minor, and I forget whether you can rotate in basic, anyhow.

Anyhow others saw the busy bits, and missed the story and you received a low mark for a good image.

Keep up the good work.

Chocolate Mint Creek
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Comment by djtiek:
Nice effect with the water! However, the photo is a bit busy.