niece
by Retroesque

Comment:
I agree on the brightness, although the cuteness of the kid compensates.

ginger
by ErinM

Comment:
Horses are my favourite LB subject. I think they like it! What I like about this shot is the way it has been made less static. There's something going on. Much more interesting.

Baby at the Beach
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I haven't felt that way for a long time. Thank Goodness.

C U @ The Sand Bar
by muur88

Comment:
Matt - I found one more pairing: The "grumpy old man with the coffee" and the profile pic of this guy.

And you say it was butthead pawdrix who pointed out the pairings? Have you considered that he may be hiring actors to stage these elaborately improbable street tableaux that you photograph, without your actually being aware of it?

"But why?", I hear you ask. Who knows? Who can say what madness romps unchecked through that tortured mind? I've read Anthony Bourdain; these chef guys are all very strange birds, and they do an awful lot of dope.

C U @ The Sand Bar
by muur88

Comment:
Oh, thank you for the point to Death & Laundry, Steve! I think I may prefer it as well. I'd not seen it because I was not active here when it was originally being underestimated. And I can't award it the Order of the Thumb posthumously, because that would only confuse people, especially the actual Dead Guy. But I would if I could.

C U @ The Sand Bar
by muur88

Comment:
That's a super-duper photograph! This in spite of the cheesy title (the title won't help, BTW ... no actual sand = "DNMC" from the lumpen masses). Ah, well. 9. Nah, screw it ... 10. And the longer I look the more it appeals; the opposite of my experience of most ribbon winning images, which doesn't bode well for your chances, I'm afraid.

A cast of characters ΓΆ€“ some marvelously improbable ΓΆ€“ assembled and arranged here to perfection, and you managed all that, plus the actual photography, in just a fraction of a second! It's a good thing you don't get paid by the hour, or this would be worth about two cents. Fortunately you don't, and it isn't.

But speaking of small change, may I confer upon you my own two cents ... the little-regarded and delightfully divisive Order of the Thumb?

Small Obstacle
by pointandshoot

Comment:
I like abstracts that aren't.

A Day at the Beach
by tanguera

Comment:
Oh, yes! That's what sand is about: how it touches you, and you it.

le sposi
by rinac

Comment:
I like this; it's about the senses, and if ever something was sensory, it's sand.

gone with the wind
by halopes

Comment:
Nice. A touch or two overwrought maybe, but just look at Ansel Adams! Sharpening seems a wee bit hamfisted along the highest-contrast edges, but I'm probably not in a position to lecture anyone about that. This will be popular, but I rather like it anyway. 7.