You should have kicked this can out

I agree, but this contest is in English language Denlig. In English you get this definition:

"A medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing".

In French the term yacht refers to a much larger and much more luxurious boat

'Photograph one of the numbers which lay between 51' : the boat on the right has another number and in addition it exceeds 100...

And congrats again, very good week for you!

Congrats

Congrats Brian

Congrats on 2 and 3 Brian

Congrats on 2nd Brian

I love the sepia effect. It works well with the vintage looking pram and old timers. Beautiful work.

Congrats Brian for all your weapons wins

A nice photo but it was already taken part in the other contest. Perhaps it's allowed...

Good catch, draws me in.

powerful!

Catches our eyes and I like the grandeur of nature juxtaposed against whimsical man made colourful boats.

A greater dof would have worked too but this is artistic license. Nicel lead line takes our eyes into the image.

Check horizon line tilt to left. I wonder what it is I am seeing?

Great shot albeit a snappy happy touristy shot, but a good one.

Congrats Brian.

I can't imagine fighting flames with this on one's head! Nice shiny, could have used a better aperture setting to get it sharp. Good tight crop keeps the viewer focused on the focal point 😁.

And it is shiny! Like the way it is coming in at a diagonal and there are no hot spots! Good one....5 star.

Congrats Brian

Have you considered cropping up to eliminate that black bar going across the road? These buses look old, like from another era. I like how they are crowding the road. Good catch.

Now I can't stop singing that song. "ON the road again"...la la la la . This is more about a man on a motorcylce than it is about a road which you have cropped out. I'm seeing it as an alleyway. BUT...the story is present, as is the song. 😉

Good idea to change this to monochrome for the strong shapes and textures really pop. The black shadow in dead center is rather strong and please look at your sky...there is a lot of noise with jpeg artifacts thrown in, try using your de-noise .

5 stars easy for lovely texture which works really well with b/w. Well balanced, good contrast, nice gray tonality. Everything works here, so much so, that I would like to go and visit this place. A great upload. 👍

Many nice things to like about this post. Well composed, sharp and shiny. The colour saturation natural and unpretentious. See that lampost on the margin line poking it's head into the frame...?....try cropping to the American flag to cut it right out, if it bothers you. 5 stars easy. 😁

I liked this one, congrats on your win!

I think this is a nice shot. I like the B&W, and don't really think a tighter crop would be better. The height of the grave stone on the left being near the height of the church not only balances the shot, but sends a subliminal message about life and death. How well it fits the theme is a separate issue from the quality of the photo. Personally, I think it fits the theme just fine. Many people pray at gravesides. What is praying? It's a form of worship. We can worship in a giant cathedral or mosque, or we can worship at a humble site in the country or the side of a grave.

I agree with Olga. The gravestones make me think more of death than worship of any kind. The photo would fit better into a cemetery theme in my opinion. It has a sense of sadness about it. Maybe a shot of the church without so many graves around it would fit better into a "places of worship" theme? I don't know of any people that worship anything at gravestones.

I like everything about this. You have good marginal space all round and the texture is great as is the colout palette.

Hi, you can see you have overprocessed this piece with that white halo effect and jpeg artifacts in the sky too. This is a powerful presentation and yes, it is circular!

Hi there....this image is all about visual weight, that which grabs our eyes, what we view the longest and most closely at...what steals the show. In my eyes, your gravestone on the left demands and gets attention. I feel just a tad of a smaller crop would have put more visual weight onto the church and less on the stone.

Very good shot showing emotion and we get into the story. I do not have any suggestions for improvement but want to say thank you for the description. Did you know that police work is one of the MOST stressful occupations there is?

grunge is nice on this and of course b/w puts us into the mood of 1796....wow.

Very nice textural quality and very Europe!

YOU BET. What a fabulous piece of art done by this stained glass aritist and you have captured it well. Now that I study the piece more closely I'm beginning to wonder if it is indeed stained glass or painted as the curves are smooth and the glass painted...never mind. Your photo does justice and thank you for the description.

Yes, I will drink to that! It is a pity that you did not catch a single face to show emotion of what is going on, but body language speaks too.

A well seen Greek Orthodox church. Your photos are making me feel like I wasnt to visit Crete. You could bring down the hot spots with your IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS> Highlight/Shadow lever.

Nicely composed, rich saturation.

Great catch of patterns that repeat. Can you bring down the hot spot, the glare through the windows somewhat? Nice composition.

A wee bit of clipping evident, but a pleasant shot.

Reaching towards the bokeh, nice catch.

The bokeh in this could be stronger because as it is it seems just soft dof which does make for a nice photograph.

Good rust, nice focus on the rust, good picture.

Good on you for number two!

Hey congrats on number 3....nice one.

I wouldn't mind working here. Happy Snappy photo, good for your family album...and for us too see and salivate over.

Nice shot. They almost look like fireworks.

Oh so Italy, nice in b/w