forgotten memories
by claudia26

Comment:
This is a very nice, quiet "abstract" of a gravestone. It's unfortunate that the horizontal of the type has not been leveled, and that the rather arbitrary cropping does not admit the full arch at the top. Finally, as an aside, "forgotten memories" is an ozymoron, a contradiction in terms; if it is forgotten, how can it be a memory? perhaps this was your inetntion? But if so, the image inno way supports the complexity of that paradoxical thought.

A decent score from me, nonetheless.

Mourning Reflections in Granite
by theSaj

Comment:
This image has SO much potential, but it is largely untapped. Iunderstand what I'm seeing here, the reflection of a person in a polished granite tombstone, but the overall muddiness of the rendering is offputting, and the marks in the granite seem more like imperfections overlaid on the image than an integral part of it. I'd think soem careful use of levels and USM could work very well here.

Forever Watchful Over The Pet Cemetary
by K-Rob

Comment:
strange, strange picture. Compositionally you're being hurt by the tangency of the dog's head with the ridgeline, and the almost perfect bisection of the image into ground and sky. I think this could have been improved dramatically by dropping the camera a ferw inches or a foot lower, allowing the dog's head to completely overtake the ridgeline and be silhouetted against the sky.

Visit Them and Listen
by Kylie

Comment:
Beautifully rendered, but with a hint of srtefacts along the tree branches, presumably from slightly obverdone USM or perhaps a selection ambiguity. The POV, from very low, is quite good, and the raking light is perfect for texture and detail; but, ultimately, the picture doesn't have much emotional weight for me, so it doesn't make my top tier here. Still a strong entry.

Skewed By Time
by Artan

Comment:
This stands out as a "postcard" image, cemetery In Living Colour, very much add odds with how nearly everyone else approached the challenge, and refreshing for that. Compositionally, it's a bit static with the precise bisection of the image by the horizon.

Posterity
by Matthew

Comment:
This is incredibly striking. One begins quite naturally at the head of the effigy, and the eye travels down and down and down and down and then, POW, out of nowhere, that bizarre dog... I'm amazed you didn't title this in a way to play off of that dog. The title nowhere near does it justice, but that shouldn'tt affect the scoring I don't think. It's a prettynice conversion as well, the stone feels "real". My only beef is that it's cropped awfully tight at top and top left. Strong score from me.

modern mausoleum
by Beetle

Comment:
Technically this image is nothing to write home aboyut. It seems oversharpened and underlit to me. BUT it's an absolutely unique image in this challenge, and I commend you for finding it and entering it. A bump for that.

Keeper of Their Stories
by Jesuispeure

Comment:
I quite like this. It's quiet and simple, it stands out as being "respectful" in a challenge noteworthy for its images of neglect. I'd like it better if you'd moved tight just a little bit so the angel and the tree did not end on the exact same vertical line.

ressurection
by messerschmitt

Comment:
This is in many ways a downright "ugly" image. It's also a mysterious one, in that I can't pinpoint just what those specks on the ground ARE. For all of that I find the whole thing suprisingly compelling, although I suspect it will not do well with most voters. A strong score from me.

dead for homeland
by rhipster

Comment:
This is a very strange scene. I'm not sure it's as well-captured as it might be, the cropping in thr lower right and, to a lesser extend, lower left edge, seem arbitrary to me. Even so, it's an arrestring image, not "just another tombstone".