Sherie Taylor, Cafe Audrey This is an interesting cropping challenge. Were this mine my instinct would be to lop off the far right array of signs because they seem distracting, out of place, inconsistent with all the interesting stuff on the left. But then that crop makes the vertical pole of the umbrella seem odd so close to the right edge of the picture. Which then leads to cropping out the entire trio of chair, table, and umbrella. Once that's done the big black door on the left seems a distraction, so that should go too. Which leaves the man and his cane and the skinny girl patting him on the head. Now THAT works! Excellent shot. Dan Mitchell, Interior York Minster Shots of church interiors always seem to me to be an exploitation of the power of religious people's faith than on the visual material itself. Which is to say that somehow the less-religious viewer is somehow obliged to treat these pictures with a sort of reverence or approval that other subject material does not. Non-believers are expected, even demanded to be respectful, but then I imagine far too many Christians would not in turn feel obliged to give the same respect toward the interior of, say, a mosque. Christopher Strevens, One of my final series of experiments As usual, one hesitates to critique any of Chris's images and captions because we simply can't know if he's serious or just pulling our legs. Interestingly enough the same thing applies to the candidacy of Herman Cain in the US presidential election campaign.
