Steps
by xianart

Comment by Melethia:
Very nice!! This is the kind of thing I love - very simple, gorgeous light, great lines, and a lovely "feel" to the whole thing.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by Elvis_L:
interesting grain. a very cool old photo feel.

Orphan
by xianart

Comment by shalrath:
This is absolutely amazing!!!! I must have missed this as I looked through. What a wonderful display of emotion... sorry I couldn't give a 10 at the time.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by Konador:
Composition: 7 - Its breaking out of the rules, and in this case I like it. I still think it could lose a tiny bit off the top, but it works!
Technical: 6 - I'd give this a lower score for technical if I didn't think you meant it to look like this. As above, it doesnt follow the rules, but for this photo I feel it works well.
Creativity: 6 - A unique photo which offers an insight and poses some interesting questions about the situation.
Appeal: 5 - While not the most appealing thing to look at, it's interestingness keeps me hooked for quite a while.

Overall Calculated Average Score: 6

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by twm122:
I like th grain in this one. I think there is too much negative space. Maybe a tighter crop or crop out some of the top. I still could see your story that you are telling but not have to scan down so far to get to it.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by skewsme:
This image is interesting, but I think you could have had a more mysterious or dramatic title and that would have given it some extra oomph. Yes, this deserves something poetic. I like the grain.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
lol. cute how there are essentially two hands blocking the sun yours and his. cool processign too.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by e301:
I rather like this: that hand, of course, but more perhaps the sheer graininess of it. There are sophisticated parallels of lines - the boarding, the boy's fingers, the shadow fingers. There's something more than a simple snapshot - or perhaps I mean that there's something about certain snapshots that sometimes works on more levels - that escapes the derogatory meaning of 'snapshot'. Lovely work - and I hope I'm not the only one to notice.

I Can Block the Sun with my Hand
by xianart

Comment by aznym:
Brilliant!
I have already checked this a few times today. Don't think I will ever get bored of this image.

Un Chien Andalou - Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, 1929
by xianart

Comment by mandrade:
thats just nasty lol. hope you didnt hurt yourself. 7