Appreciation by Christopher Broadbent

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Fantastic impressive humoristic shoot. Excellent the decision to take the photo in b&w.
My congrats.
Marco

This is a fantastic picture well composed and original

Well, there is beauty and then there is beauty.

The guy on the left (the teacher, I presume) seems to be trying to redirect attention back to the painting, but it is a losing battle.

I wish that I had taken this photo.

--Lannie

This is perhaps one of the best photographs I have ever seen. I truly appreciate both the simplicity and overwhelming complexity of it and am thankful it is not one of those heavily, heavily photoshopped to make it look interesting.
This should be photo.net picture of the year!

At first it seemed that that the boys were looking at the beautiful woman...but upon looking at the photo more carefully (e.g. boys lines of sight), I believe that the boys area actually looking at something beyond the woman at something outside the frame of the picture. So the photo is easily misread. Whether this is the photographer's intent it is unclear. Nevertheless, it is a dynamic striking photo.

Boys will be boys! I don't have comments for improvement, it's simply marvelous as is. While there's a slight sense of theatrics or posing, it doesn't take away from the theme or the viewers enjoyment. There's a strong Norman Rockwell element here. A fantastic image presented perfectly in composition and b/w tones... Mike

Absolutely brilliant!

Very original & humorous in a tongue in cheek sort of way. It tells a story immediately. I suppose the boys have something drawing their attention other than the painting