Beat the Heat
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Comment by blindjustice:
Great splash.

Beat the Heat
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Comment by Abra:
Great emotion.

After the Rain
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Comment by salmiakki:
Wonderful observation. love the way the man and the girl have the same stance

After the Rain
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Comment by markwiley:
Nice shot. A VW convention?

Beat the Heat
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Comment by giantmike:
With the record temps being set here on a daily basis, that image of water fun really does make me feel good.

Beat the Heat
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Comment by RyanW:
it's the simple things that bring such joy, like being splashed with water spouting from the ground. :)

Beat the Heat
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Comment by Skip:
One of my favorite type of newspaper assignments is to capture "wild art", which is defined as "Stand-Alone, Feature Shot, Enterprise art are found moments that are intended to be realistic slices of everyday life" (definition taken from this glossary). These are typically images that caption themselves, not needing a lot of words to get their point across. For this challenge, I'm scoring images as whether I'd like to see them on the front page of a paper as feel good wild art. If I don't think they would make the paper, I'm then asking myself, "does it make me feel good?" If it doesn't do much for me, well then, oh well...

Nicely done! One of my top picks.

How Many Black Ones?
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Comment by giantmike:
Did you travel back in time to get this image? With a black and white conversion, I bet this could really shine.

How Many Black Ones?
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Comment by sonnyh:
This is a great shot and wonderful portrait of the two girls. The lighting is excellent in every part of the photo. The skin tones are great and the composition is wonderful. Very well done.

With a Twist
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Comment by Tiny:
Nice placing me duck,keep um comin'