Hide me, she has a knife!
by JEFFCOWLES

Comment:
Good idea, but bad lighting. The flash light kills this photo. -stephan

Surfing Thrills and Spills
by Gracious

Comment:
It's so sad that the photo is so unsharp. If one could make out more details on the surfer it would be a terrific shot.

Just One More Mile
by jboling

Comment:
The plant in the foreground is distracting. Nevertheless a nice shot! I like the motion blur on the feet of the woman. -stephan

Wash
by mci

Comment:
Very good photo! I like the overexposure. It makes colour of the red hair so strong. -stephan

girl waiting
by grahamgorman

Comment:
Great composition. By showing so much of the surroundings and not zooming in the photo transports the loneliness very nice. -stephan

watching football
by Dazzermas

Comment:
Great photo! I like the grain because it makes it look old. Good composition, too. -stephan

Sprite
by Froober

Comment:
Beautiful back light photo. I like that the focus is on the waves and not on the girl. -stephan

Progress
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Quite satirical ;-) I like it very much. I think the car element is good. It is a good contrast of speed vs. slowness and it only intensifies the slowness of the old man. The motion blur is good (makes the car look speedy). -stephan

Carefree Summer Days
by BigSmiles

Comment:
Very nice photo. But I think it wouldn't hurt if you increase saturation a bit more via postprocessing. Especially the blue of the sea is more like grey. Also the photo seems to have a haze on it. -stephan

Disagreement
by stephan

Comment:
It was primarily being at the right place at the right time :-) For an explanation what was going on please see the "details".

I intentionally tweaked the colours. I desaturated the red a little because it was too colourful overall and I wanted to direct the eyes focus to the green hair of the guy in the foregound and the police.

Special thanks to grahamgorman whose comment was especially insightful. When I looked at the pictures at home I noticed that, too. The fingers almost vanish in the skin tones of the "masses". A contrast to a blue sky or such would be better. But I was lucky to get this elevated place and having a good overview of the crowd. I think shooting from a lower angle wouldn't get the desired result because the place was surrounded by buidlings of the same tone (as seen in the background) and I would have lost the tension between the police and the crowd.

Regarding the blue. I tried! ;-) But somehow I couldn't desaturate them without also desaturating the green. So I left it and thought that maybe the guy in the backround (disinterested looking to the right) is a nice additonal subject for people exploring the photo a bit longer.

Thanks to all for your comments.