Graham Hart

All stunningly beautiful images Rob.

I like this a lot too Maureen. Jasenka's ‘shabby vibe' is an apt description of the shot in which I see windows more so than the buildings displaying them. I'm not too fussed about the sky's colour as I don't mind a bit of artistic intent and it does help to bring out the shabbyness below. The cathedral(?) in the distance seems to be the only…[Read more]

Nice shot and the B&W distills it down to the moment at hand without the distraction of a colourful background. The blurred movement necessitates the ball's inclusion I think. Even though we know what's happening, all eyes are clearly focused on something out of shot (the ball). This leaves me wanting to see what they're seeing.

Tend to agree with Richard with this pic. Nothing really leaps out at me as being particularly toxic other than the content of the guy's drink bottle. With her lost in her phone she's not really contributing to any perceived tension between the two.

I know what you mean about the atmosphere around them being toxic but capturing that ‘vibe' may…[Read more]

Congrats Jasenka. I got a different kind of feeling from this shot because it invoked a sense of ‘people' as well as ‘place' from a distant past. I can imagine the place crowded with people as I look on as an invisible ghost. Well deserved POTW.

If you go into the woods today…

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Fantastic work Albirder! I already have a desktop shortcut to it and look forward to learning more about street photography. I've suspected for a while now that I want to get into this genre a lot more but just don't know enough about it yet. Timing couldn't be better 🙂

A wonderful story Billyspad and yes, there is no way I would have gleaned it from your pic alone. I am a dog person through and through so your story really warmed my heart. Onya mate!

‘Eyes in focus' seems to be a cardinal rule in photography and one which garners more respect than other rules which we freely break like ‘rule of thirds' etc. I…[Read more]

T'was the golden hour 🙂

True dat.

The general consensus seems to be to lose the waves and the woman. I tend to agree Rob. She's tucked away in the corner out of focus so really doesn't bring much to the shot other than distraction. I like the aspect of the pic so rather than crop, I would heal out those distractions.

The story to me is a simple one but it's there none-the-less.…[Read more]

Nice to see a shot from this low angle Maureen. Definitely grabs the attention more. I'm also not averse to chopping feet off, I don't think it matters from this POV.

I agree about the sky being a bit too blue but I don't mind the drink…I like the little bit of yellow spot colour. If it were mine, the only thing I'd look at is healing out the…[Read more]

Hi Maureen, I think Billyspad's flipped version is better. He's right about the way the mind looks from left to right. In his flipped version, we enter the pic (from the left) to be met with the man's gaze, but in the original we enter the pic from the left, sweep through it only to find the guy looking out of the frame.

What really appeals to me…[Read more]

Detail and colour are both fantastic. Nice lens you have there John.

It amazes me how these plants seem to thrive, growing out of the dead desert floor and providing such vibrant colour.

Fabulous Kent. The eyes say it all. You guys were definitely made for each other.

Thanks for the words everyone. I thought the legs would elicit some comments but then I thought about the fairly recent discussion about breaking all the rules so posted the pic anyway.

It's not my dog, it just wandered across the scene as I was lining up the jetty for this particular POV. It was actually about the fourth dog to do so but this…[Read more]

30 minutes after getting married the wife's in mid-speech, not sure what I was thinking?

Very nice capture Jasenka. One can't help but wonder what went on there? The way the three-planked seats lead the eye into the background's misty shrubs adds to the mysterious aura of this place.

Looks like a place where people gathered to hear someone speak or sing or perform theatre perhaps? Was there any evidence of the remnants of a stage or similar?