Saturday Morning
by Germaine

Comment:
Does the title of the magazine the woman is holding say "DREAM"?
I hope so, because if it does, this would be one of the really great street photographs on DPC. Lottery winnings, cash machine, energy drink, booze, cheques cashed, and a cigarette ... what more could she possibly dream of? It's Nirvana, that Anacapa Street.

Looking Out
by Germaine

Comment:
You should publish a book of all your insightful & witty essays on household joinery! You have invented a new genre ... street photography blended with architectural photography. I love them all, but this one is pretty close to your best. The wall and window is a beautiful, rich hand-made chocolate; the climbing plant is an elegant little flourish on top; but the peeking inhabitant is the real treasure ... it's the fabulous macadamia nut hidden inside!

Macaw
by Germaine

Comment:
Such fun! So far I see two frogs, two dogs, two birds, what may be a fish (between the macaw and the wind chimes), one God, ... and I also think I see you (reflected in the floodlight glass). If so, this is the most reticent self-portrait in the history of photography.

edit to add a missing bracket.

Message edited by author 2006-06-29 21:33:35.

Lime
by Germaine

Comment:
It's luscious! Luscious lime. I love all those little glistening sacs of the world's most adult fruit juice.
Now, I just need some Schweppes Indian tonic water and some gin (Bombay Sapphire, but really any brand will do). And ice ... lots of ice ... and lots of gin of course! Ahhh... thanks, G ... I needed that!
'Nother one?

Flood Tide at Twilight
by Bear_Music

Comment:
This rises way above all the run-of-the-mill shots of "misty" water because of the incorporation of the foreground grasses/rushes ... presented here as a recognisable but irreconcilable blend of movement and location. It's the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle applied to vegetation! So you have used the long exposure to actually say something, rather than just to effect a tedious photographic trick. Bravo! Plus it's a rather lovely landscape. 9.

Psychogenic Incorporeality
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
Terrific. It's really about what the title says it's about. And it has some wonderful details to add to the mood of uncertainty, disquiet and ambiguity; the Tuna shirt, the shoes set aside, the light fitting like a transporter beam, the crude wiring box, and most of all the cell-like room in which this psychological autopsy takes place. Also admirable is the fact that the effect of the long exposure is subtle and yet important to the meaning of the photograph (in most other entries it's the opposite; overpowering and yet pointless). 10.

In A NY Half-Minute
by SherwinJames

Comment:
The exposure allows the people to exert varying degrees of presence on the scene, and that's really the making of the story here ... it's as if this is a play (by Neil Simon, I suppose) or a movie (Woody Allen), in which there are major roles, supporting roles and bit parts. And the charm of it is that the contribution to the story is not proportional to the size of the part; several of the fleeting minor players actually have much more to say than some of those who remain on stage throughout but offer us nothing memorable. That's why the story had to be set in NY and not in LA, where this kind of witty inversion of status would not be tolerated - by the performers or by the audience. 10.

Legacy
by dahkota

Comment:
Arrrrrgh! You've gone & got a ribbon! That's ruined everything; now I can't love you any more.
Ok, just kidding. Congratulations. I'll still be taking you seriously in spite of this popular acclaim.
Just promise me this will be the last time!

Noir
by Aghris

Comment:
Wonderful exploration of the the effect of light, and specifically shadow, on mood. And the mood is unmistakeably Philip Marlowe. A less obvious but still important contributor to the image's success is the fact that several elements are slightly unresolved ... the part-cropped lamp, the dark object encroaching on the top right hand corner, the odd shape at the near edge of the desk, and the irregular little spills of sunlight beneath Marlowe's chair ... all add to the mood of edginess and tension. Terrific props, perfectly deployed (the proof is that they don't look like props at all). 10.

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by insteps

Comment:
Simple but irresistible. A brilliant bit of observation and a genuinely masterful exposition of light and shadow.
How good is it? I can look only at this detail and yet understand something about the entire building. 10.