Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by LevT:
I am torn about this image. It is a great scene, however maybe because it is so great it feels like a setup, and if it is so, then I would not like it so much anymore... All people in the scene are acting very naturally though, so I very well may be totally wrong about the setup, it just feels that way... The technicals also are very good, composition, angle, DOF, duotone conversion, etc. But again, the angle makes me suspect that the scene was carefully constructed - you must have expected the action to happen in precisely the way it happened. And the obvious selective focus on the girl again makes me somewhat uncomfortable, it shows that the rest of the scene was additionally blurred in the post-processing, and that adds to the artificial feel of this scene. I would so much prefer it to be presented in a documentary B/W style without any processing tricks.

I hope you don't mind my blabbering. In spite of all I said a very interesting image, definitely worthy the Masters challenge.

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by caba:
Great story telling

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by jasonlprice:
More brilliant than I initially thought, bumping from 9 to 10. An amazing capture of humanity.

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by boyd2000:
I like the composition a lot with the left edge alignment, figures in it, vanishing point, and finishing. However my attention is split between the girl holding out the ice cream and the couple hugging, since they are both in the DOF, but there is no connection between them. If the man was looking towards the little girl it would have been perfect, but obviously that was beyond your controland I suppose would have lost the face of the man also. Otherwise if the DOF was only on the girl it would be great. Without having actual models posing I know this is a split second decision and you did very good on it.

Stairways to the Lines-jungle
by Miep

Comment by Scholten:
Impressive image! Too many straight line, though. (that's a no-no)

Stairways to the Lines-jungle
by Miep

Comment by JulietNN:
I like the reflections that you have going on here that make them look like they are curving. The sharpness of the straight lines contrasts well here

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by Agaricus:
Wonderful capture. Very expressive

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by Blackbox:
To me, the camera work is that of a 'Master'. The subject matter is very artistic, the tilt and composition is perfect. I like the sepia, it's makes a great mood for a touching photo. This is a photo that almost doesn't need a title but is good that you did for the people that won't really look at the photo. Excellent: 10

Stairways to the Lines-jungle
by Miep

Comment by rick13601:
There are some twisted and curved lines here. There are also some straight lines that may hurt this photo's score. "Capture an image that includes only curves, twists or other non-straight lines." Good luck.

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment by scooter97:
Powerful image. The focus and the tilt are excellent.