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Whenever things get sufficiently out of whack and a little too depressing, I stop by your portfolio for a sanity check and a calibration. It never fails.

This should not work, but it does - and it is SO good. I am taking this in the way an apprentice studies the master`s work.

Cryptic and intriguing, it commands my attention.

Thank goodness! This gallery of yours has now become an island of sanity in a sea of folly and bullshit, and this photograph in particular is a critical reminder of what - after all - it is all about. (An apt reminder on a site that used to be all about the photograph, but where it is currently nigh on impossible for a photographer to present his work, and for others to find and view it.)

A wonderful all-in-one: a harmonious still-life, a delicate nature-study, and a keenly attentive street-shot. Beautiful in all regards.

Thanks, Espen - and so am I, for the both of us!

Strong, dramatic rendition of a beautiful scene. I know the place well, and you´ve captured it wonderfully.

Appealing in so many ways, not least viscerally. I think I`ll open a bottle of champagne, now... Happy new years!

I always see your exclamation marks as a badge of honour.

I like your musings, Drew, beyond merely descriptive, they seem like invocations of essences at play...

Thank heavens, the scary man is gone and people can breath out and act freely again. 

Fabulous idea!

There was something vexing about that guy in the first photo I saw him, now he`s positively creeping me out. The picture itself has that same disturbing, uncanny atmosphere.

This my favourite in this series; whereas the other two tell of desolation and decay this one holds hope of a new beginning, a new earth, a sacred space.

How do you tell a bird to turn the other way? No, this is excellent stuff, execution of the highest order.

Beautiful, just beautiful. Really well seen, Michael.

Now that you say it I see it too, Mark, though that was not my original vision of this scene. I see much more life than death here, but perhaps it`s because I will it that way. (Of course, you can`t have one without the other.) Though you`ve introduced a snake into my paradise, still I`m glad you`re stopping by, Mark ;-)

It certainly is, Jack, that`s why it piques my interest so.

Drew, thank you.

I love this. I get the feeling I am looking at the photographic equivalent of a laboratory experiment  - at the forefront of some science where things are not yet fully known or understood, but holding great promise... A photographer`s photograph.

Jack, Gunnar: thank you. Having been away from pnet for so long, I really appreciate you guys stopping by and commenting.

I know what you mean. That state of limbo always leaves me feeling homeless and depressed, and it takes a day or two to tune back in, as you say. I would guess it`s even more acutely so in your case, being an expatriate. And it strikes me that this, the being between worlds or the being attuned and at home, is at the forefront of both your work and mine, thematically.

If there were a favourites of the favourites folder, this would have been there.

The all too mundane transformed by the able photographer to a feast for the eyes and the imagination - right now: a bird of prey spreads its wings with a watchful eye over the craggy landscape...

A poignant scene, forceful as a socio-cultural commentary, profound as an allegory of the psuche, baffling to the eye - an impressive photograph.