The Weathered Entrance
by dougi555

Comment:
Ohhh ... man. I can appreciate your approach to this, however this is just screaming for a clarify filter and / or some HDR to make it pop.

my memory's a little blurry
by skewsme

Comment:
Understand the concept here, but for me that background is extremely busy.

Country in Crisis
by drgoose

Comment:
I hope you removed that flag for proper retiring afterwards! Nice comp, little heavy on the HDR. Good luck.

"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop"
by illini75

Comment:
Interesting, but just too much darn reading involved here - both with the paper and the title.

" His New World "
by Rmac

Comment:
What the heck can you say besides "Ahhhhhhhhh!". :-) Cute factor (and terrific light to work with) wins!

Beginning to a New Day
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Beautiful light!

Going Out-of-Business, the end of an era.
by hahn23

Comment:
You'd think they would have some signs up (Final Sale, etc...) if they were closing. Yes?

Checkmate
by Kroburg

Comment:
Ummm ... where is White's King? :-D

"My Kind of Town"
by jbright

Comment:
Cityscapes are rarely in the top tiers of scoring for me, but something about this one felt right. Maybe because it feels natural, not overly contrived with sparkling highlights (starbursts) everywhere. Not sure. But for whatever reason this shot ended up in my Top 5 selections for this challenge and I was surprised to see it didn't crack the Top 20. I thought you did a nice job with this. Congrats on a nice capture.

amphibiguous
by skewsme

Comment:
This was in my Top 4 and IMO a lovely photo! The colors are perfect. Well seen and nicely done!