Walking On Eggshells
by Denielle

Comment:
What makes this work for me is the pudgy foot. Wouldn't have worked with anything but a toddler.

Colored Stones
by RyanW

Comment:
this is cute. It would be fun to see some toy camera effects on this too. I like the underexposure and subdued look. Gives it more a feeling of mystery to me.

Good vs. Evil
by JamesDowning

Comment:
Grand. In the thumbnail, I thought there was a face hiding behind the light, but seeing that it is the sun behind clouds, I'm wrong, but not disappointed.

What really makes this (aside from the coloring) is the change in texture of the cloud shapes which seem more flowing and dynamic on the left and static and unmoving on the right. Pretty good stuff!

Floaties°
by JamesDowning

Comment:
I don't even really know for sure what I'm looking at, but I think I like what I see. It could be pennies tossed in the air, or microorganisms under a microscope. I could be looking from pretty much any vantage point in any direction. It makes me feel ungrounded and uncertain about where I actually am.

So that's pretty much got it exactly right then.

Message edited by author 2012-06-15 11:24:58.

Royally Flushed
by MarkB

Comment:
Great idea and nicely executed. I think what really makes this work is the balance of light between the cards in the foreground and the cards in the background. It helps the front cards really stand out.

Excellent.

intersection
by ubique

Comment:
Nice tree!

joga bonito
by ubique

Comment:
Masterful.

untitled still life
by ubique

Comment:
I'm happy that this got a lower vote than most of my entries. That's pretty selfish of me isn't it. But really, I'm just glad that the voters dislike this kind of image more than they dislike the kind of mediocre pap that I typically put to the mat.

However, I think the key to this image is not in the picture. It's in the challenge.

I think Yanko and klkitchens actually got the connection. I'm stunned that someone would understand the connection between 'still life' and yet consider this hyperliteral "Yellow. Still Life." image a DNMC.

OK, it's not beautiful, but it does make sense.

formations
by ubique

Comment:
It's not the birds. It's the motion they show.

It's not the motion of the birds. It's the suggestion of motion, mirrored in the clouds.

It's not the suggestion of motion. It's the feeling of being there. Sand in the toes. Salt in the nose. Wind in the hair. The dialogue between the crashing waves and the trickling of sand.

It's not the feeling of being there. It's the hints of memories that are brought back of better times, healthier bodies, missed opportunities and bitter internal struggles fought alone on a backdrop of unforgiving, uncaring and untamed nature.

It's grey. And it's great.

T R A P P E D
by hotpasta

Comment:
I dig that this is slightly 'off'.

What I think is particularly interesting about this is not that the fish is at the ocean and unable to enter because of the bowl, but rather that the fish *should not* enter because it's not a salt water fish!

there's actually a film on AtomFilms with exactly this scenario. I can't remember exactly, but he gets stuck somehow with a fish in a bag and it's starting to suffocate, so he tears around town trying to figure out what to do, finally arrives at the ocean and dumps the fish in the ocean. Only to realize later that the fish is a freshwater fish.

Not exactly the freedom he had in mind.

What is most interesting about this I think is your status as a pastor. So much of religion and morality is founded upon the idea of placing limits on what people can do based on the idea of what they *should/should not* do. People rankle and skirtch and do everything they can to get around these boundaries, even going to Nietschian philosophies to justify behavior that is selfish on the short term and often becomes self-destructive on the long-term. And often in the name of the pursuit of freedom.

The flipside to this of course is that there's the possibility inherent in all faith that while living in the restrictions of a small fish bowl, we could be on a journey to something that isn't what we think it is. And much effort is put forth in the name of making a journey to a wondrous destination that is a disappointment. And with all that effort, what about the ability to focus on the simple here and now and taking advantage of and delight in what exists within our own humble reach.

Yep. Interesting pic indeed! I guess you could say that it spoke to me! heheh