Pruning season in the vineyards
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Interesting shot but the border spoils it a little.

End of Hibernation
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
Interesting perspective and I like the flat soft grey as the backdrop. Just wish the far-out tortoise was more in focus instead of the branch blocking it.

A Simple Faith
by jpochard

Comment:
Quite pretty for a poster print. :)

Boulevard of Broken Dreams
by Jutilda

Comment:
Love a picture that speaks volumes! So much sad poetry in this.

Tokyo International Forum
by Rikki

Comment:
Great shot with all that interplay of lines, curves and the shadows on the left. And it has nicer b&w tones than your other one. Bet it'll look great blown up! Could be me but it just looks a very wee bit tilted to the left.

Flame wave
by kiwiness

Comment:
Real designer elegance! Congrats on the ribbon.

In Transient Passage
by elee3009

Comment:
Thank you to all who left comments. Appreciate that in such a heavily dense challenge, you took the time all the same.

To respond to those who commented on the technical aspects of this image like the overblown lighting and focus, you are completely right of course if my intention was to take a nice poster shot or classically beautiful photograph. Well, to the detriment of my score, that wasn't my intention. I took this shot when I stumbled upon this passage way while in Paris. The city is well-known for its numerous passages and I'd never been to this one. So, I snapped a few and liked this particular one where I could pushed to make it look even more blown out because it conveyed a sense of passing through without really registering something or someone concretely - a feeling of really being in transient passage. In Paris, this is all the more the impression I get today as people hurry along in their own little world and in their own circles, not needing to stop, look, share or exchange because they feel like they're just passing through before going back to their own comfortable little worlds.

Don't know if that makes sense but I'm experimenting. So glad some of you did like it. :)

Below the Clouds
by nathank

Comment:
Love this! Slanted horizon, crop and all :)

Encompassed
by Matthew

Comment:
One of the most original comps of the British Museum I've seen. Thanks for a most refreshing and outstanding perspective!

Lemon Drop
by Rikki

Comment:
You planning to break the blue record this year?!!! :) You really are on the roll and rightly so with this gorgeous Blue. Congrats Rikki!