The Morning Rush
by posthumous

Comment by talmy:
Irony? Road looks quite empty.

The Cellist
by posthumous

Comment by posthumous:
ok, so I oversold the title... I get a little crazy sometimes... :D

The Morning Rush
by posthumous

Comment by bigdipper:
Interesting, but I'm not very keen on this one. I'm not sure whether the background is just sky or sea and sky. And the title is not very appropriate.

The Cellist
by posthumous

Comment by agenkin:
Don, this is quite good. Lately I have been fascinated with central compositions. The tree in the center of the image is very active, and works very well keeping the eyes of the viewer travelling up and down. and the hands of the "cellist" are right there along the line, so this works well, too. The figure of the "cellist" becomes unimportant, and is only needed for context. Technically, it is a disadvantage that the black clothing is underexposed to the point of losing all detail.

For me, the compositional delight is quite sufficient, and the image would not lose anything even without the title. Maybe that's because I don't want to attribute any more meaning to the image.

The Cellist
by posthumous

Comment by pineapple:
Commenting on the commenter-extraordinaire's photograph is surely somewhat like eating steak sandwiches at a picnic in a safari park. Here goes. I think what makes this photo stand out for me is the obviously very colourful bokeh which is turned into b/w and therefore into a rather unusual abrstract background. The figure and event taking place in the foreground is barely as important as the background. Music is not what comes to mind - more like a tentative pole climber surveying her potential passage upwards or a caber tosser in training. The hands are what really make the foreground a little unusual. If only there was a way to completely limit the rest of the figure and place these hands disembodied in the rustic setting. That would be art.

Synapse
by posthumous

Comment by levyj413:
Sheesh. "blur the background more." I've heard that one myself.

This is a neat photo, and your title really brings it home.

The Final Flower
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Comment by levyj413:
Her character is pretty well shown, I think. She's a nutcase who's out in the cold weather in a light sweater trying to find some tiny little morsel left over from summer. ;)

Okay, okay, maybe not. It actually tells a pretty nice story.

This is at least a 6 shot. Sheesh!

The Morning Rush
by posthumous

Comment by aznym:
Love the compostion - excellent point to shoot from and nice light.
I don't like what's going on with the sky. The smudged/sharpened look is a bit too much, I think. Still, it's good.

The Morning Rush
by posthumous

Comment by 777STAN:
Mark that as a Rush of adreneline & gasoline! :)

The Cellist
by posthumous

Comment by bucket:
don't feel like it is working too hard at all...probably would have gotten nailed on the 'I can see a bit of her face' voter types..
there is a strange darkness to the lower hand..looks a bit haunting...
yet this strange embrace allows a moment to reconnect to nature..the bokeh
isolates her, she is in the music, not caring about the world around her..
this really offers a dramatic context not found in your entry...the other shot is a nice mood piece, this one theatre...
I prefer theatre...