intersection
by ubique

Comment:
Nice tree!

Some kind of monster
by damoninja

Comment:
AWESOMESAUCE!

It's not just the lighting, it's also the [Jack Black deranged grungeo voice + heavy distortion]LIGHTING[/Jack Black deranged grungeo voice + heavy distortion]

Message edited by author 2012-06-15 10:48:37.

Tomatoes and Berries
by Frostyeel

Comment:
I just noticed that your shot came in just lower than mine. Given that I would have given my own pic about a 4 or 5, and I gave yours a 7, I'd like to officially apologize for 'robbing' you.

FWIW, you can have my place in line and I'll give you an honorable 92/102. It's kind of like getting one of those presents you really wish you had never opened the box to isn't it?

Sorry about that.

Something's not quite right down at the pier...
by eschelar

Comment:


This image sucks. There's no beauty in it. There's no theme. There's no thought to composition and it is impossible to understand what you are trying to show here.

It's grainy and poorly executed, with jagged lines on the star trails.

It's just boring.

Plus, I think you smell like armpits.

Something's not quite right down at the pier...
by eschelar

Comment:
This old image will be used as a Sour Lemons proof of concept.

From this point on, I invite any and all negative comments WITH NO EXCEPTION.

You may insult the photograph. You may even insult me.

Since this is a Sour Lemon pic, I will *NOT* report any comments. If I don't like it, I will call upon my stated position of having thick skin and simply suck it up!

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

Some things never change
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
No idea if this is contrived or what, but knowing you, well, I actually still don't know.

Pretty danged hilarious I must say!

Even funnier is that I was so surprised that the dragon was sticking out its tongue just as it got its eyeball touched... then I realized it's a statue. Yep. I'm a clevere as a stack of carrots! No, wait, MORE celverer!