Incredible image, touches me deep in the core of me being thanks for sharing this and bah humbug to all those fly by voters who obviously didn't take the time to see such amazing imagery
I agree. Her comment was one of my all time favorites.
I am glad to hear you enjoyed my comment – as long and chaotic as it may have been. I still can’t find the words to say exactly what it is about your photo - but it just gripped me in the depths of my spine – not like an agonizing pain would, but like a deep unidentifiable emotion – like feeling an emotion for the first time, and at the same time having all senses burned with every emotion all at once. It holds such captivating symbolism with such a simple three object photo. Maybe it was just the matching photo for the incomplete puzzle of my life at the time – but I still think it is more than just that – as I am sure I am not the only one moved by your photo (though I may have been the more chaotically expressed one!). You well deserve the posthumous blue ribbon. Congratulations!
Pure vision. Agonizing and delightful. It makes me think even more of how we see but do not see, how seeing is everything but we spurn it, believing some dang ding-an-sich (to be determined by "science" at some future date) is more important.
Of course you got the posthumous blue - you should have ALL his ribbons.
Love how this got moriadelacroix going. Love your ones, twos and threes. And I love the lichen blooms (if that is what they are) at the top of the picture that make the whole thing work.
I really love the simplicity in this photo! At first I was a little put off by the very shallow DOF, but then I saw the ant and I think the use of the shallow DOF works wonderful here. This photo sure invokes some great emotions - strength, encouragement, empowerment - it reminds me how no matter how small or insignificant one may seem - they can be more powerful than imaginable.
I think this photo would have much more of an impact as a whole with a different crop - maybe cropping out the top of the photo. For this, I can’t give a perfect 10, but for the pure emotion invoked by the photo and the unique capture – I give it a 9! And I am adding this as a favorite!
ETA: Okay – I just cannot get this photo out of my head. There is something about it that is haunting me! I love the graininess of it! I love the almost surrealistic qualities of it! I really just only wish it had a different crop. I usually don’t do this – but since I absolutely cannot get this photo out of my mind, you deserve the extra point. This is a 10 – regardless of the crop! This is a 10 purely for the artistic qualities of this photo and the emotion it invokes!
I love b/w surrealistic/artistic movies (I just got done watching Eraserhead yesterday). This photo makes me think of the beautiful cinematography of those movies (not the feelings of Eraserhead – but other b/w artistic/surreal movies – like my favorite movie Pi). I am only mentioning this because these movies invoke so many emotions and they are so beautiful. And that is the same feeling I am getting with your photo here.
It is one thing to have a pretty photo that fits into the same cookie cutter shape of other pretty photos – but it is something so much more to have such a beautiful, emotionally captivating photo such as yours here – even with the simplicity of the subject – I think that is what makes it more emotionally captivating, because it invites the viewers own emotions into the photo.
I know I am now just rambling – but I am very bad about turning my emotions into words – and I really want you to know how this photo has enthralled me!
One more ETA:
Okay – I don’t mean to keep coming back to your photo, but I just can’t help myself. In my last comments I had said that I thought it could use a different crop. I was viewing your photo on my laptop last night with a small resolution, so I was not able to see the entire photo on my screen at once. Now that I am at work and am able to look at it in its entirety on my monitors, I must say I really do love the crop you choose. The in focus area of the concrete on the top gives almost the illusion of a starry sky above the main subject, and the light OOF area behind the subject gives the illusion of a horizon in the distance. It sure does help add to the surrealistic qualities of the photo!
I am dieing to know whose photo this is!
I will try not to come back and add to my already LONG comment – but I can’t make any promises! I just can’t pull myself away from your photo!
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