Laughter is the best medicine
by glennc

Comment by dmul91:
a little fuzzy, and weak compisition

Not far to go - Stairway to heaven/physical graffiti
by glennc

Comment by Gilo:
great take on the stairway to heaven idea, really like the b&w conversion and the noise. only thing id have wished to be diferent would be to not have the boys arm across his fathers face, but still a great shot

Laughter is the best medicine
by glennc

Comment by ehale92:
dos she have split ends?

Not far to go - Stairway to heaven/physical graffiti
by glennc

Comment by Moose408:
I like the combo of stairway with graffiti. But it's a little busy. It's hard to identify the subjuct. Is it the guy going up the stairs, the person in the white jacket, the boy. It should be the stairs but that is 3rd or 4th on the list when initially looking at the photo.

Laughter is the best medicine
by glennc

Comment by tryingtostayinfocus:
I love the crop on this and the angle.

Kneeling nicely
by glennc

Comment by Nald:
Great fashion shot and excellent lighting.

Not far to go - Stairway to heaven/physical graffiti
by glennc

Comment by Dupree:
Nice!!! 10

Kneeling nicely
by glennc

Comment by nlghttrain:
interesting Idea. I think I would have liekd to see more leg, or no leg at all. The small piece peeking out is not working for me.

Your letters never arrived
by glennc

Comment by glad2badad:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impression

There's a story to be told here. I want to know more (still do). Who didn't receive the letter? The military person, or the girl(s)?

Looking Deeper

What a wonderfully done still life! The lighting and presentation is right on for me. Color tone, detail, DOF...very nice. Reminds me a little of what you might find on display at a historical site or museum.

I'm really hard pressed to find anything that's not right here. Ok, the button with the man's image on it...it fell out of the focal plane. There, found something. :-)

Seriously. You did a great job with this. It scored and placed pretty well, and those that commented on it during voting loved it (avg commenter score 8.0909). This challenge was a tough concept to photograph IMO. Really, the only reason I can see for the votes below a 6 is the viewer/voter's connecting this to the challenge theme. One of your commenters made the observation that without the title they didn't see a connection to the challenge. Many vote and move on; I wouldn't be surprised if some of those had similar feelings about this entry.

So...what is the rest of the story? :-D

Questions? If so, please feel free to send me a PM. Thanks!

Kneeling nicely
by glennc

Comment by socalsteve:
Nice shot. I find the skin distracting though. Leather pants would have made everything "shiny" and a bit more dramatic I think.