the sentinel (umbrela revolution)
by Tiberius

Comment by ubique:
Love this. All those chrome yellows and ice blues; it's visually fabulous. Also remarkably well ordered and composed for something you could control only in terms of your own positioning. And it's a very sweet bit of social commentary too, comprising the simple and inoffensive juxtaposed with the symbol of the big bucks in the background (and a nameless void hovering behind that).

You can't spell umbrella, but that don't mean nothin' ... half the people voting on this will think that Hong Kong is a really big gorilla.

Anyway, it's a real photograph of an unexpected but real deployment of the umbrella as both sword and shield. Almost certainly the most significant event in the 2000-odd-years of umbrella history. And you were there, and got a brilliant shot ... better and more contemplative than most photojournalists would have come up with: the tear gas canisters bouncing off the parasols. Yours is better, and has more depth, than such predictable bromides. Have a 10 and an Order of the Thumb. Thank you.

Aftermath
by Tiberius

Comment by Lydia:
7 from me. Lovely DOF.

Catism
by Tiberius

Comment by MadMan2k:
Wow, super cool. Great job nailing the focus and composition too.

Aftermath
by Tiberius

Comment by Beetle:
The lovely quality aside (the crisp foreground, the nice blur and lovely colours in the background, the composition..), I quite like the way it leaves me guessing. It doesn't look like anything is actually going on (i.e. you just held up that tape for a moment), but then again, I could be wrong..... Nice shot.

Catism
by Tiberius

Comment by MeMex2:
fabulous!

The Lonely Fisherman
by Tiberius

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Very nice indeed!

us and them
by Tiberius

Comment by PennyStreet:
I'm a believer.

us and them
by Tiberius

Comment by tvsometime:
Good contemporary catch. Hong Kong?

us and them
by Tiberius

Comment by Pangurban:
I like the thoughtfulness in this.

veil
by Tiberius

Comment by GeorgesBogaert:
Something is not right when I look at the shot. The obscured part is maybe too transparent. A 6 from me