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17th July 2005 iso3200

Solutions *


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Guest 23-Jul-2005 05:06
As others have stated, both a visually striking and thoughtful piece. I also like the toning in this image. Nice. -Michael
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Jul-2005 21:55
Between the photo and traveller's comment...I have to agree this is a marvelously thought out and composed photo!!! I hope you enlarge this and put it on your wall....or perhaps you could submit it....anywhere...this would work for UN/UNICEF type work....or any solutions provider company...this is the brilliance that advertising lost...a while ago! Nothing but congrats on a great, GREAT photo!
:-D
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Jul-2005 01:04
I really like this, a very clever and creative shot (and cute!). --Melanie (mlynn)
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Jul-2005 07:37
Sigh...we've argued, or at least I have, over your titling of images. I'm not sure what the problem has been, but I have a fantasy of sitting down with you and...just figuring this out. Ah, the Editor in me.

Be That as it May...this is....to me, and I keep coming back to it day after day...an important image where the title leads the viewer to...deeper truths, an awareness of...what life really is. I think that this should be on a poster and hung in the UN or plastered all over the world on light posts and wherever.

The child is kind of quizzical, maybe even worried...and properly so. The world is a damned tough place and could well being going to hell in a hand basket. Will the Rubik's Cube help him, and the world? Has he solved it, or has he solved nothing in the sense that his parents gave him a puzzle with nothing but white squares on it...a massive betrayal...because it is truly unsolvable?

But then of course there is his youth...literally, he IS the solution...and yet he's a little out of focus (as are we all)....damn, this is a great piece of work! Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Jul-2005 04:49
iso, Great looking little guy and smart too. Already got him solving those Rubik cubes for ya, eh?! Love the expression on his face. I'm a sucker for these shots!! -- Jeannie (jburly)
Gayle Knowles19-Jul-2005 04:15
Good to see another of the "CSLR Kids" in the gallery. You're putting that new lens to fine use!
Gayle
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Jul-2005 17:46
Great idea and very well executed as always. The boy's expression is priceless and matches the concept, except I feel the "puzzle" should have been yet to be solved. --Olaf.dk
jimhwy17-Jul-2005 18:38
This is a wonderful idea. The crisp, clear forms in the Rubik's Cube and the shallow DOF that lets you see the wonder in the boy's face yet draw your eye down to the cube are just right. I also like how the light on the cube as well as the boy gives us such nice shadows. The image seems nicely balanced to me.