Wow. Really excellent. I haven't looked at many entries from this challenge, but I suspect this one will be the best, or at least one of the best. Not sure how it will be received by the voters, though. This strikes me as very original and "out of the box." VERY emotive. You can really feel what he's feeling. And if anyone comments that the handrail sticking out of his head is cistracting, I will personally kick their ass ;) 10.
I'm sure there is much more of a story going on here than we are being given undertsanding-wise, but then maybe not. Doesn't matter, as I love the feel and tone here. The lighting / shadows / highlights are superb! (8)
I can't quite out what the strange thing is sticking out of his hat ... oh, it's a stick? (Ok, it's the handrail of the steps, but is really one of those no-noes in photography, like trees growing out of people's heads).
Without knowing the history behind this image (and there is definitely a strong connotation of one), this imparts more of a feeling of sorrow than celebration. The debris in the foreground, the down-turned face and the wine glass all seem to point in this direction. To the photographer I'm sure this is not the case, but to a casual observer, it's tough to tell. Aside from that, the image is very well done. I like the silhouette as well as the textures and lighting in the foreground. The light tones in the background add to the rustic look of the shot. Great photo, but difficult to relate to the challenge imho.
This image seems more sad than a celebration, but it is quite excellent nonetheless. The feeling I get is that this man is a widower remembering the date with sadness rather than joy. It is a powerful image showing the other side of celebration, which can be loneliness. It's an excellent, evocative image. Will it get the votes? Hard to say because of the iffiness of it's fitting the challenge theme, but it certainly is deserving of recognition.
really emotive photo. nice composition and use of shadow. the emotion coming from this for me, though, is more like mourning a loss (the shattered debris in the foreground, contrasted with the unbroken glass, and the position of the model). it's beautiful, but it feels sad to me.
Now this is a great photo. It really tweks a persons imagination. The decaying boards in background add an extra nice touch to this shot. Lighting is as close to perfect as you can get. Extremely well done. Deserves a ribbon finish.
If I understand this image properly, it's a very sad but very powerful moment, and a grown-up kind of celebration. Loss can be celebrated, too, and both subject and photographer have contributed to a moving celebration in this image. It's a finely judged composition, delicately exposed and processed. 8.
great picture but a very somber mood for a celebration. Did he lose his wife? And he is now celebrating her life? Well that is my interpretation and since it evoked such emotion in me "10"
I'm wondering who Keturah is? This doorway seems to open to a place of the past maybe? Might be that I saw the name and tried to think too deeply for a meaning.............anyway, I really like this photo, even if I don't understand it, it still seems to speak to me. 9
I don't get the sense of celebration when I gaze upon this image. Instead I look upon what I see in the photo and I get this sense of prevading sadness. The main subject rests in shadow - we don't see his face nor do we see his expression as her gazes on a single wine glass held in his hand. His head is bowed. The posture of the main subject gives me the idea that he is mourning instead of celebrating or rejoicing. Not only that, he holds in his hand ONE wine glass - the mood of the shot seems to suggest that there should be two. A companion to that glass is missing. Since the main subject is in shadow instead of bathed in light it seems to suggest a time of darkness - a period in which a person has moved into a time that is not so happy. Lastly, the ground plane in the foreground of the shot is all broken and in a state of disrepair - this also suggests to me that the time of this person's life is broken; is in disrepair. It is a good composition and really good shot but all these elements within the photo speak of sadness which is the complete opposite of celebration. Mayhap it might be making the statement of "be happy with what you have"......but I still just cannot get away from the feelings of sadness that this photo seems to project.
Anti-celebration? This is a odd picture. The dilapidated from portion. The seemingly well dressed individual with a perfectly and unchipped glass. Just doesn't seem to add up.
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