The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by e301:
Well, I guess it is at least shot on the street; although of course the posed shot, and the overly portentous subject are probably too much of a push for the genre really.

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by HeatherJ:
it's a wow....& a 10

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by ordinaryangel:
Fantastic idea! Very cool, and pulled off well, though I'll have to admit that it doesn't fit the stereotypical idea of street photography.

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by crayon:
hand this guy a scythe and he'll look like Death himself, waiting there for the next poor soul whose time has arrive :P nice catch

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by quiche:
Clever! This could have worked in the Motion Blur challenge too.

240 lbs On Top Of 200 lbs On Top Of Suburbia
by Coley

Comment by Latingringo:
CRC shingles? what ever happen to Iko?

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by Melethia:
I rather like this. Has sort of a ready made story going for it, but in addition to that, I like the motion blur against the crispness of the background. The crossing adds a nice strong graphical element to it. An alternate title might be "Time Stands Still" - almost as though Time (or the Grim Reaper) is always there, we just move around it without seeing it.

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by emme82:
this picture grabs me... absoultely great!!!

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by Rino63:
a surreal image, probably not a candid portrait but a very good image. In the motion blur challenge should be a killer image!

The Crossing Guard
by Coley

Comment by crabappl3:
Very great compositional study. I'm surprised people didn't stop walking when they saw you taking the pic. I'm trying to decide if a square crop with the reaper perfectly center might have been stronger with a light vignette to keep the eye from wandering to the edges of the scene. Overall I really like this image.