Wednesday C&C * Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #917 / Revived #137 on 2025 11 12*

Isn't it always the case? In responding to Roel's post I said I don't like square format. A few minutes later and I'm looking at your shot where square looks right to me. I think this is because there are lots of squares, or near squares, in the image so using square format picks up and reinforces the pattern.
I see the buildings as cartoon faces. There's a suggestion of upward tilt to the corners of the mouths. This gives me an overall happy, humorous, children's cartoon character feeling. "Mr. Wonky" perhaps.
Probably because I'm see the front as faces, the dark area to the right doesn't bother me. It gives depth as the side of a head.

Nice scene that would have attracted a classical painter in years past. Pleasant, peaceful, featuring muted pastel fall colors and a sky that is similarly featured and detailed but not overpowering. I prefer the one with the wider view, because it shows more of the trees and also, that little splash of yellow on the left quadrant adds interest.

I do think we know the tall guy in the back. Love the irony of one set of wheeled racers taking note of a faster competitor. The monochrome treatment levels the playing field, so to speak, and prevents either traveler from gaining additional interest via color.

Beautiful understated nature photos, built on the power of gentle but dramatic lighting. I never get tired of fall foliage and how it looks with seasonal warm light, especially backlight. Excellent images.

It does remind me of Chinese landscape paintings, too, though I've never seen China (or Laos for that matter) with my own eyes.

Fish houses, I assume? Love these things, and they are often charmingly wonky and as Mike said, lend themselves to anthropomorphization. Especially cool is the perfect match in color between the swaybacked doors and the leaves on that middle tree.

A general response. Thanks for the thoughts everyone. As some have guessed, I'd been tracking the bloke at the back, the one with the camera bag slung behind. Then the wheel chair couple turned up and I went looking for an angle. I heard the motor bike, saw it coming and started button pressing. My interpretation was a little different. I wondered whether a motorbike might have played a part in the lack of mobility. I wondered whether the bike rider had seen the couple and had a moment of reflection.

I had read about the aurora borealis being visible at unusually southern longitudes (or is it latitudes, I always get confused - somebody please give me an easy way to remember which is which).

But I have not yet seen any aurora in person.
Must have been a magical occasion.
Although I must say that static images fail to convey the magic of the moving of the lights like video can (but that is a general observation).

In your image, the colour is not what I would have expected. Looks almost like a very late last remains of a sunset, or a fire beyond the horizon.

I am completely on the same page as Mike.
This anthropomorphic building brought a quick smile to my face.

Indeed. We have seem almost identical views when on a tourist boat on the Li River in China (not far from tourist hub Yangshuo).

Such a combination of water, layers of mountains and expressive clouds is always a good recipe for success.

I do recognize that fella in the background.
Handsome chap, although you cannot really tell from his back.

But still, the front is more interesting.
Two speeds of life going in opposite directions. Room for so much interpretation.

That said it all. It's the light that really makes these images.

I agree and have nothing more to add.

The horse completes the scene in a very natural way. I actually prefer the first version, as the composition is compact and well balanced. The wider version does not add anything. The wider version is the more expected format for a landscape, and maybe that is enough reason in itself to prefer the square.

I am amazed that you saw the Northern Lights in Mississippi! And not just seeing them, but such a spectacular display of colour too. The silhouetted trees in the foreground and bright red background create a scene which is both beautiful and sinister at the same time.

The best street photos tell a story, or rather suggest a story. The very different means of transport,and the visual contact between the two, does just that. In fact it suggests many stories, which is even better.

In a world of concrete, straight lines and perfect angles, these buildings are very refreshing. There cheeky faces are a bonus.