My favorite so far out of the group! It almost looks like an illustration, which is awesome.

Oh, that one really is a great symmetric photo! Would have worked rotated 90° clockwise also, because that woul be even more puzzling.

wow ! I see it as a FLAWLESS symmetric photo!

Wow! Thanks for the great comments everyone.

Nice idea. What's the break in the middle of the trail?

I agree with Pi-Production, where's the bike?

Sorry Pi-Production and Jenseye, I thought it might be a bit too 'lateral', and I guess I was right. See those trails of light heading through the frame? They're headlights on bicycles.

aperture - it's two separate bikes. The one leading out of the frame was there when I opened the shutter, and the one coming into the frame got to that point when the shutter closed again.

This is fabulous. The invisible bike(s). I like how the breeze blurs the trees too.

i dig the idea, the missing bikes show the bikes in motion rather than the bikes just parked like most of hte other ones. nicely done

great catch.

double feature :-))))

congrats, heath!

Thanks Vernon. I wasn't planning on submitting it to either site, but I'm kind of glad I did!

xLeave & Craig - Thanks for your thoughts. This shot has actually gone through quite a few stages of evolution - tighter crop, wider crop, B&W, lighter, darker.

In the end, I thought "what would make it stand out against all the other b&w, half-lit, negative space filled self-portraits?"

This was the result, which I'm kinda quite happy with.

Agreed on the comments above - I think that you could also try a hikey (sp) bw approach to this photo. Double "Oh Yeah" on the lighting....

I'm thinking black and white too. I think the skin tones are too ruddy. But I really like everything else about it. You are right though in your observation about the style being a bit repetitive for a theme like this. This is a slightly different take.

Good light. Like Peter, I like the fact it's dark, and the negative space. The choice of the angle is interesting, too, and I'd like to see a version where you look at the camera.

I would love to see this in B&W also. Besides that its great, I like that you can see his left eye slightly makes it slightly more interesting (to me)

I really like this one. Her expression and the colors are in a nice balance. The only thing that could've made it even better is if her face was in a sharper focus. Other than that, it has a great feel to it. Her dress and hat really bring out the photo.

woa Grasshopper!!! usually I don't like them, but I could eat this one!!!

well, I wouldn't eat it unless it had some chocolate sauce. :)

mmmm chocolate!

Great Heath! 2 Grasshoppers featured...both splendid!

This is calming image, pretty tones.

I love the wandering line of clouds. Great colors.

Lovely colors Heath, i am jealous :)

Heh, it makes me sick to think of all the cotton candy consumed...oh and the spining flashing bending colored lights. Nice angles.

Nice capture of the carnival atmosphere, with the motion, lights, and colors.