so sad...good luck author...

Lovely shot

lovely

nice one

well spotted.

I thight the same thing at first but when you realize what's behind him, then it's safe to say it's still on theme, but maybe a shot of him with whatever he's selling might have been a better enter. GL all the same

Great shot. Lots of emotion

it is hard to tell where the focus is in this picture so the whole photo almost seems out of focus.

Sad...but art...nice shot author.

Extremely cute. Would have been nice to pull back just a touch and get more of the dog's head

LOL looks so real!

Very nice and adorable is true.

Almost sad! Great shot!

I would call it art because it was made and painted. It looks as if it was ceramic or oven-baked clay--homemade

absolutely adorable!

I would call this more of a memorial than random art, IMO.

cheesy, but still works

Cool !

From this angle, the painting looks like it's eating her hat. That alone is interesting enough. GL!

The photo seems a little dark.

? umm Local markets?

great expression

I loved this one!
The colors and the perfect mood!
Congratulations

beautiful, well done.

I'm missing the jump here. Your photo could also be of much better quality. There's some dust marks in the image you could have fixed with healing brush and the photo is a little noisy in high res.

Congratulations

Cute kid. I remember how heavy those diapers got when we let our kids play in the surf

Beautiful building. Is this the one Disney ripped off?

What is Gothic Architecture?

Gothic Architecture emerged following the Romanesque style of Norman Architecture. Gothic architecture is the term used to describe the building styles which were used between 1200 to 1500. The different types of English Gothic Architecture styles are divided into three phases.
http://www.castles.me.uk/gothic-architecture.htm

Nice and cute too.

Glad you said it first Raz... I mean Ricky! I think this time the majority of people will agree with your comment :P

On the photo, it is a nice shot, could be a little sharper but a nice image, GL!

maybe to read more it says of this castle: "The shapes of Romanesque (simple geometric figures such as cuboids and semicircular arches), Gothic (upward-pointing lines, slim towers, delicate embellishments)"
IMO this is fine and Good luck.

Sorry author, I don't agree.
Everything I read about this castle says that it's built in a "late romanesque" style.
And when you look at the windows, you see that they are not pointed. If they are not, it's not Gothic.
Even thought it's a great picture with a great mood.

THat is great!

Sorry author but are you sure this castle is Gothic ? One of the first particularity of Gothic is that the arches are pointed, here, they are rounded !

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the strange thing is, she might well belong to a 'culture' like the rainbows, but she is still begging for money from the 'normal' society............a little hypocritical don't you think!

sorry, those glasses scream "conformist" more than "rebel." The hair is only a "faux hawk." Not much rebellion going on

rebellion or not this is a very nice image -- the expression the focus and framing are all very nice

If indeed this girl is a Rainbow then she is part of a counter culture that has existed for years.
Then this would be rebellion to me as rainbows are rebels and some are Deadheads (a group of folks that followed the greatfull dead band around the world.)
Good luck Author

Author, I'm glad you made yourself more clear, and I accept your explanation for this particular photo. GL on it. BUT... some of the opinions expressed here are nothing short of unbelievable!!! Yes, there are a few who "choose" to be homeless, but applying that to even a significant portion of them is nothing short of ridiculous. 12.5% of the US population lives in poverty and it's only getting worse. 7 million more are facing foreclosure, which would leave at least some of them adding to the ranks (not because they "chose" to). The gap between the rich and the poor is also increasing in this country, with minimum wage having only 75% of the purchasing power it had in 1979. 17% of the people in homeless shelters are employed FULL time! 50% of the mayors surveyed by the US Conference for Mayors cited Domestic Abuse as a main reason for homelessness among women and children. Approximately 16% of the homeless are mentally ill - because Reagan cut federal funding and basically emptied the asylums. It is absolutely LUDICROUS to assert any large proportion of homeless people WANT to be homeless.

Railing isn't really the main focus here.

very nice shot!! I can relate--my 18 & 21 year old kid's rooms are worse than that :o

"Huh? What? Are you kidding? You actually think homeless people CHOOSE to be homeless as a form of rebellion? " kyricom
Go talk to the directors of homeless shelters and ask them what they think. Or go ask a homeless person if they would like a job and a home and see what they say or see how long they last. MOST (not all) people DO choose to be homeless. I've dealt with a few they were on the streets asking to work for money. After telling them about shelters and food banks, they told me it takes up too much time!!!

As far as the pictures goes, I don't think this picture is very clear, is it a scan of a photo or a low megapixel camera? The shot itself (framing, angle etc.) is very nice.

Yes Rainbows but they are not only young kids.
Many go back to the 60s and 70s.
A group camps close to our town every year. They are not homeless and have cars and stuff to get around.
anyway I am sure a homeless pregnant girl would not be by choice.
But then I am not her so everything is speculation.

Huh? What? Are you kidding? You actually think homeless people CHOOSE to be homeless as a form of rebellion?

Nice shot... but... how is this rebellion?

lol..nice shot.

this time I would have been armed with his marching orders........

Awesome photo! GL