Lunar Decay
by skewsme

Comment:
I like the convolutions, and the mad sense of circularity to it all. Those shapes are reminiscent of a moth's flight, which makes a nice completion of the image.

The Dance
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
Kind of odd, and kind of entrancing also. Memorable, certainly. A wonderfully mad quality to the light and the composition, adn refreshingly 'new' in terms of the competition. Nice work, although the suggestion of soft focus puts me off a little.

Adagio
by MAK

Comment:
I think you might win, simply on grounds of originality (at least, I've never seen this shot before) and of control of exposure. Its very pretty, this; a bit too much so for my taste which is for the more difficult, but in its way, faultless I think.

Flock of Wing Nuts
by banmorn

Comment:
Neat thinking. Perhaps you might have taken it further into the realm of birds with some kind of common flight formation - the classic V for example. But as a set-up shot, in this challenge, its rather enchanting.

i wish i could fly
by takinou42

Comment:
For the sheer simple fun of this - and for the eye, and the imagination. I wonder if you might not have taken it further from the ordinary - enhance contrast, go monochrome, anything to exaggerate the shapes and lessen the obvious reality here. Still an interesting approach, and good result.

Another Rainy Day
by figaro

Comment:
My immediate reaction to this is that I like it. I'm not sure that's a great compliment - I just like it, rather than loving it - but it is some kind of compliment: there are many images here that actively dislike.

There's a blankness to his presence that intrigues: it asks questions - about his provenance, mood, situation. That suggests stories - who left him here? Does he need help? Is he thinking, or is he mourning? Is this his room, or is this someone else's room? That, in the end, is what brings us back to images again and again ... those hidden, hinted-at stories, and a search for a resolution to them.

Cloud Shadows
by Alain

Comment:
One of very few photos that stands almost entirely on the strength of what it depicts and little else. You've dealt with the scene impeccably, but really - what a moment. As others have said, I've never seen this before.

invisible
by whiteroom

Comment:
This is the only one of the blur photos that's made much of an impact on me; that may be because it has strong non-blur elements to it. I like it's strange sense of classification.

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by jdannels

Comment:
I realised today that this is one of my three real favourite images on this site; three that I consider great works, in a universal sense: that means compared with every photograph I've ever seen.

To reply to Don's comment: it's precisely because you cannot rationalise, because even you cannot rationalise this image, that it is great. It goes beyond words, beyond the facility of words, and is therefore pure photography. How would one describe this to someone? You wouldn't, you'd have to just show them, no?

Message edited by author 2007-07-30 16:46:31.

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by jdannels

Comment:
Oh this is proper damn photography. It is entirely normal, humdrum, absolutely the ordinary moment; and yet a simple sense of timing, good fortune (though it still requires skill to see it and publish it) or grace produces this, and that normality is suddenly the extreme. Beautiful stuff.