* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #953 / Revived #173 on 2026 07 22 *

Complete agreement with minniev's analysis. This is a photo that is all about balance. I also very much like the scattered small clouds and the wave crests.
The figures and the porcupine like object in the ocean are tiny but attract too much attention away from the harmony of the rest. I'd reach for Adobe.

It all changed when I viewed large size and explored it. The Chagalls came to life. The organ pipes changed from distracting lines to complex patterns and textures.
The space beneath the pipes doesn't feel right but I can't explain why. Visually linking the windows and pipes around a middle line is bold. It would have been a difficult shot to line up and frame.

Thanks Mike, read with interest.

I have not seen Iguazú from this angle before. At first sight it could be a a waterfall found in a narrow side valley on a walk through the woods, and it is only after a looking a bit longer that the signs showing an altogether more impressive waterfall become apparent. The rising spray and double rainbow help make the image but I think the shadows are even more important, quite apart from providing a selfie. They fall in such a way that they become believable as a rocky shelf, not just a shadow. The people for a second look like real people. They also show that this is not just an untouched landscape, but there are fences and more than one person, even though we only see their shadows over a natural landscape.

I am also intrigued by the open-ended story implied by this image and found the article very interesting and very appropriate for the image.
It is a mundane scene on the one hand, with a touch of nostalgia, but is unsettling in a strange way at the same time, like something conceived by David Lynch.

I‘ll add my approval for the photo and the analysis as well.

Whatever it is, there is enough to give ideas and ask questions, but not enough to deliver answers. So yes, it could be Antarctica.

Yes, I prefer the cropped version too. It is a fine image, but I wonder what a less saturated version would look like?

Another series showing the little gems available without leaving home if you move with open eyes.
I like the last three the best, which are all objects in the wrong place, that have been and shown to be in the perfect place for the compositions of an observant photographer.

Teamwork indeed, with the coach observing from his vantage point on the boat, and no doubt making adjustments to the tactics.

Yes, that is a very cool self-portrait. Twice. If you have managed to do it twice in one photo, I am sure the monkey argument will no longer stand up in the court of photography!

I don't think this is the same image? I prefer the cropped version of the original and the saturation of the original.