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Comment by Neat:
This is very effective, your nephew is getting quite famous around here.

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Comment by PennyStreet:
This was one of my high scoring images. Sentimental and ... just lovely.

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Comment by colorcarnival:
This is clever. Love the soft imagery of the girl.

tentative transformation
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Comment by bvy:
I not only see but actually feel the forces of nature at work here. Remarkable.

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Comment by jmritz:
Very ghostly. Perfect tones.

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Comment by 4trtone:
Layers of light, shadow, memory. Beautifully well done.

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Comment by Paul:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: There are many interesting textures here, but what fascinates is trying to working out how each of the interfaces relate to one another in three dimensions. I suspect we are looking at a object (a sleeper?) that is partially submerged in water; that the water has frozen and now carries some textures (scratches and cracks) of its own. It is difficult to tell though. Your contrast handling and choice of a monochrome presentation ensures that we don't get as much visual information as we might like to work it all out. In that sense the photographic choices you have made have a profound effect on the viewing experience.

I think your choice of aspect ratio works really well and I like how my eye is drawn up to the upper left corner where is meets emptiness and darkness. That seems fitting given the fate of the sleeper. I feel I should comment on the leaf, but it feels irrelevant - I think that is a good thing.

Critical stuff: Not much to say here - perhaps the contrast has made the bottom right corner a bit 'crunchy' for my taste, I much prefer the upper 2/3 of the image.

Overall: A well put together, thoughtful image.

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Comment by dpurger:
Interesting concept - is this a foggy mirror or is something else going on?

they always play with the box instead
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Comment by bspurgeon:
Boxes are loads of fun, I'm surprised to see them inside the outside the box toy!

Beautiful faces, full of joy.

Message edited by author 2011-01-03 23:33:22.

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Comment by adigitalromance:
It seems like I am supposed to squint to figure this out. *squints* I can't figure it out. I like the background image, but the blurriness gets in the way for me in this challenge.