Commuters
by Rebecca

Comment by ubique:
I like this because of its willful negligence.

There are far too many photographs that look just like photographs should: nice, organized, sharp, and lamentably coherent. Photographs accommodating only one possible interpretation. Photographs that are ultimately more about the photographer than anything else. Photographs that can be repeated by any hack, and that unfortunately so often are.

This photograph is none of that. It speaks instead of impulsiveness and the exhilaration of a moment that cannot be repeated, by this photographer or any other. And yet perhaps it's not so slap-dash after all? Everything that needs to be in it is in it, and all that doesn't isn't. The tilt is good because it's apt ... imagine how ill-suited it would be if it were meticulously level! And the focus, which in this case is no more than a mumbled threat, is perfect too. It provides just enough illumination for the viewer to navigate by, but not enough to be blinding.

The result is an ambiguous and unfinished image that can provide long minutes of exercise for the restless mind. And even then it's not done; no 'resolution' is ever going to be correct and final, so when you've finished looking at it you can start all over again and have a whole new experience!

Keeping Tabs
by Rebecca

Comment by swallace:
Holy kitty. This shot really "exudes" a cat's mysteriousness. I think the crop works great. Clever title too, it's perfect.

Keeping Tabs
by Rebecca

Comment by houstonian:
interesting crop... really makes the photo. I think you have one of the most creative photos in this challenge. Good job. 10

Keeping Tabs
by Rebecca

Comment by Nobody:
Very sharp. I think I would prefer the whole cat (this crop feels harsh), but it is an interesting take.

Keeping Tabs
by Rebecca

Comment by J-Me:
I have a cat just like this one and we've never been able to figure out what kind of a cat she is! She came to us with the most strange fur and now, looks like the one that you've photographed. Any idea as to what breed this is? Mine has amber eyes but, that's the only difference.

Ohhh...yeah, your shot! LOL Love the crop, the look and even the contrasting background. 8

Dreaming of Tuna
by Rebecca

Comment by tnun:
I was going to comment on this before I saw posthumous' comment and ribbon! It is a full meal any way you look at it. A delight for viewer and someone searching for photographic Thereness. - I found the concept of the challenge confusing so I neither entered nor voted, but my feeling was that black and white were to be avoided, and that the colours be sort of penumbral or simply non-vibrant. I think many variations of saturation in this would have been fine, and interesting, but this definitely works as Dreaming of Tuna.

Dreaming of Tuna
by Rebecca

Comment by colorcarnival:
Well I thought this was gray! I love how you filled the frame with all kitty. Should have finished higher.

Dreaming of Tuna
by Rebecca

Comment by newmexicomtngirl:
I think I would have cropped a bit of the bottom fur off

Dreaming of Tuna
by Rebecca

Comment by posthumous:
This does look like a dream of tuna. There is an amazing, explosive flow to the lines of this composition. Posthumous Red Ribbon.

Dreaming of Tuna
by Rebecca

Comment by wendyd:
This is a beautiful shot, crisp where it should be and soft to add depth and background. I don't see it as very 'grey' though, colors seem more brownish, orangy, white to me.