waiting
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Comment by jmritz:
impatient

We started dying before the snow, and like the snow, we continued to fall.
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Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An intriguing image needing the title too to fulfil the challenge brief.

Given the nature of the challenge the title is as much a part of the viewers interpretation and therefore the end result as the image itself. I like the high contrast mono treatment you have given the image, I like the gritty irregular surface of both the road and the snow it works well together. I like the diagonal of the composition.

I can see the relevance of the snow in your image but I am struggling to see how the road marking contributes. My interpretation, which may well be wrong, is that it signifies divergence or splitting up and that in doing so the loss of our collective strength and so we will fall? Or is it that the road marking is showing signs of decay and was starting to fail before the snows came and they will soon cover it completely? Your comment about a Google shoehorn doesn't help me, I don't understand it. However, like ubique I was intrigued by the title and had to check it out on Amazon, it looks absolutely my sort of book so thanks for the lead! Perhaps you will read the book too?

Thank you for yet another stimulating entry, Sid

waiting
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Comment by jagar:
Wait no more, the light is green and this is great, please have this

drunken landscape trying to sing
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Comment by 2mccs:
It is making beautiful music.

finding home
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Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A very intriguing abstract that suggests hidden meaning

I have to agree with your commenter Neat, your image and title suggests being lost in a blizzard and finding the sanctuary of a shelter which would be a most welcome feeling to anyone in such distressing circumstances. So, although it is abstract and difficult to define exactly what we are looking at that is what gives it the mystery and meaning that makes it work.

I am normally very hot on blown highlights but in the context of your image that is what gives me the suggested meaning I am getting from it, so therefore, it is essential here. I like the toning, its working well too. I am quite a fan of deliberate OOF, it is very useful to give an alternative presentation to the normal pin sharp that we all seem to desire so much. It is the fringing of the fine lines that is so intriguing and works well with the OOFness (try finding that on google!).

I like that you have the courage of your convictions with your photography, you know your images are unlikely to be appreciated by enough people for them to score highly but you have your own distinctive vision and you are not afraid to share it with others, thank you, Sid.

they live among us
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Comment by skewsme:
sophieruption!

they live among us
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Comment by tnun:
oh lookums.

they live among us
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Comment by RyanW:
they very likely do.

I love the ghostly fragments in this, and the sense of feeling that we're seeing something not entirely here, yet still actually here.
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diving for pearls
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Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A confusing image that probably meets the challenge in a challenging way

I'm not entirely convinced that what I am looking at is in fact liquid, it is an interesting interpretation but not entirely successful given the low score but your commenters are certainly impressed by it. Given your title I assume what we are meant to believe we are looking at is a diver diving through water to the seabed in search of pearls? What I think I am actually looking at is a dog running across the ground?

I do like the abstract nature of your image and I like the motion blur and I like that it is not an obvious straightforward shot of water in a bowl or similar, it makes you question what you are looking at which has to be a good thing, it is stimulating.

Thanks for your submission, Sid

sailing at the speed of thought
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Comment by daisydavid:
So you're being keel hauled