Tree and guy
by Melethia

Comment:
After reading that other ghastly thread, I hope it will give you a chuckle if I assure you that this would not have been a 3! (I only hope that its replacement doesn't turn out to have been so, 'cause I'll feel absolutely dreadful.)

This one has everything that I hope for in a photograph ... ambiguity; a tantalising blend of the implicit with the explicit; a stimulating juxtaposition; exceptionally beautiful restrained tones; and a graphic elegance and aesthetic that exists independent of the actual subject matter. It even has a killer title. I could look at it for a very long time indeed, and I am in fact doing so now. I will not lie to you Deb ... if it had been entered in Single Tree, I promise you I would have chosen it as Best in Challenge. And awarded it the Order of the Thumb, which I now do anyway.


Message edited by author 2009-01-30 21:03:17.

HMF_8326.jpg
by hanneke

Comment:
More please. The light and the concept/composition are really exquisite. You took on a massive tonal range this time, and still managed the exposure perfectly.

HMF_8309.jpg
by hanneke

Comment:
Wow. That exposure is perfect! I've always said that with LB exposure is more important than focus, and I've secretly wondered if I was really correct. This shows me that I was. It's simple, but remarkably lovely. If this is really your first LB shot, please don't forget to post some more!

brought to you by the letter 'S'
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
"You've Got That Foster's Feeling ... Whoa, That Foster's Feeling..."

romantico
by cgino

Comment:
One of the best things about this side challenge (no ... THE best thing) is that the experience was so unexpectedly intimate. I don't mean anything inappropriate by that, but I mean that somehow the LB was an excuse for most of the participants to be very generous with the view they allowed into their own personality and mind. I liked yours a lot.

Message edited by author 2009-01-30 20:05:55.

Enigma
by Germaine

Comment:
This is so deeply absorbing! The way the woman is rendered (relative to the men) makes her more clearly a witness rather than a participant. The guy with the visible elbow has a fish hooked and the rest are watching him play the fish. One of them (at least) has put aside his own fishing rod in order to watch (the reel of which is visible on the bench at extreme right). The bird under the bench is watching as well, probably with a growing anticipation of a chance at some choice scrap from the battle. I like it all, even the weird green/red hue. And the horizon is perfect!

one for me
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Holy Smoke! The curtain is just about to go down on this LB month when you pop up from behind the shrubbery and hit us with this! A buzz of "Crikey!" and "WTF?" runs through the crowd. It's lovely. Looks like one of those beautiful ink and wash illustrations, and the pale magenta tone completes that happy illusion. I suppose it's a bride with veil, but I see a mantilla. I also hear flamenco music, I think.

Lada
by Zigomar

Comment:
Lada? I hope it is.

St. George Shoots the Dragon
by Zigomar

Comment:
Nice. I love window photographs; inside-out, or outside-in ... either way suits me.

Wind owe
by Zigomar

Comment:
Looks like Germaine's stuff. The lighted windows & the human shadow are good enough on their own, but add in that big round lollipop shadow & it's super duper. The person (woman?) seems to be looking at the sign. Waiting for the right moment, which may never come. I like this a lot.