Sox Win!!!
by rayg544

Comment:
Clever and appealing. It's certainly a rare cause for celebration, too. Also a technically exemplary photograph. 7

'Celebrate the love of your life'
by terje

Comment:
Absolutely love this image. There's so little in it, yet it is filled with interest and appeal. Not sure if it's all pure reflection or a bit of trickery, but either way it's fabulous. The juxtaposition of the exuberantly embracing couple & the carefully separated waiting commuters is really very clever. How I wish this would ribbon! 9.

Autumn's Offering
by Jutilda

Comment:
This has a beautiful warm glow that is so appropriate to the feelings associated with Autumn. There's a sad, mellow emotion involved; every season is its own particular celebration and always has been. Your photograph proves that you understand that very well. 7

Before the game
by whiteroom

Comment:
Terrific, chaotic scene. It's a very good street-type photograph, too. Looks almost like a snapshot at first, but it has so much more to offer. In particular, the marvellous individual contribution to the air of exuberance & celebration made by each of the six visible faces ... all different versions of the same emotions. Love it. 8

A Sister's Love
by oOWonderBreadOo

Comment:
Very nice portrait ... the two expressions provide a lovely contrast in approaches to celebration of the familial relationship: she unselfconscious & abandoned; he formal & reserved. His eyes are terrific, too. Super lighting and processing. 8.

...Happy Anniversary Keturah
by saloonstudios

Comment:
If I understand this image properly, it's a very sad but very powerful moment, and a grown-up kind of celebration. Loss can be celebrated, too, and both subject and photographer have contributed to a moving celebration in this image. It's a finely judged composition, delicately exposed and processed. 8.

Celebrate Brotherhood
by beautyqn25

Comment:
Terrific portrait of these two appealing guys. Also love the backdrop. A nice idea effectively executed. 8.

School Holidays, YEEHAH
by owen

Comment:
Lovely image of adolescent joie-de-vivre! I still remember that feeling, and you've captured it beautifully. 8.

free-style photographer
by mrmorris

Comment:
Oh, that's so very good! As well as the priceless pose, I love the white shoes (both pairs) and the lines of marching ants formed by the paving bricks. A terrific street shot.

Transience
by Imagineer

Comment:

Originally posted by Imagineer: No offence whatsoever! Thanks for commenting. I did question this submission of two though - and could probably have scored higher for the DPC aesthetic if I'd submitted the otherĂ¢€Â¦

I agree this second one would likely have scored higher; it has a little more 'razzle-dazzle'. However, I still prefer the actual entry. For me it better communicates the fleeting, impermanent nature of the commuter's relationship with his environment. He's right there, passing through it, but he's not really OF it ... he's in a 'non-place'. Presumably, the title suggests you were exploring that sort of idea? What I specifically prefer about the entered image is, as I said in my comments during voting, the fact that the commuter's attention appears directed at the reflected destination/location (?) sign. Coupled with the alien-looking light source, this reflected illusion creates a surreal impression that, for the commuter, the journey could as well be intergalactic as intersuburban. On the other hand, maybe I've just been looking at the damned thing for too long? Either way, it's entertaining and stimulates thought.