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.

A View to Die For !
by wilks

Comment:
This has many strengths: the composition is very good (except it's maybe a little tite on the round-topped stone) and there's an appealing oevrall smoothness of tone. Two things (or maybe 3) bother me though: the highlights on the cross-topped monument seem overly bright, way out of proportion to the softness of the rest of the image. You have muted the sky significantly, so it is very obvious that these highlights "borrow" from a "different" sky. Another problem is the distinct haloing of the sky/hill border, which is a very distracting imperfection to me. Finally, I'm not convinced that the distinctly yellow cast you've thrown into the sky is working to your advantage.

So my judgment is that you SHOT a heck of an image but went a little off-track in your post-processing. Still a strong score but not top-tier for me.

162558
by undieyatch

Comment:
That's one damned strange shoot, dude. Alien as heck. Good one...

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".

Old & Weathered
by Heavy

Comment:
The two main elements here, the cross and the steeple/chapel, seem too closely juxtaposed to me. Moving sdlightly to the right might open this up a little more comfortably. This would laso help, perhaps, witht he unfortunate overlap of the foreground pedestal witht he background, jalf-round tombstone. There is considerable figure/ground merging where the cross tends to lose its right arm in the tree, the values are so similar. The sky seems unnaturally over-smoothed as well. Finally, I am a little bemused by the unfortunate phallic appearnace of that unusual steeple, but it is what it is I guess... For all of that this is a strong image and should do well.

In nomine patris et filii spiritu sancti
by sfboatright

Comment:
This is a very strong image, but certain aspects of it make me uneasy. primary among those are the almost perfectly centered and symmetrical trees, which seem too pat, and a sense of over-smoothing to the image. I can't see offhand any approach to it that woulkd change the compositional aspect favorably, at least not from anywhere close to where you shot from, though. Possibly if you'd moved up one or two ranks in the headstones, the closer tree would be a more dominat element, rather than existing on essentially the same plane as the other two.

Whatever, very skillfuly done and a very strong entry.

Hidden Beauty - An Unkempt Grave
by mocabela

Comment:
I like this very much. I hope it does well. The tonalities are luscious, the understated nature of it is appealing. I wish the bright grass blades top center were burned way back though, I find them distracting.

A View Of The Great Mausoleum At Forest Lawn
by fulgent

Comment:
In many ways this is just totally outstanding. The juxtaposition of the main elements, however, is not as good as it might be. The aggresive occlusion of the mausoleum by the tree on the right is particularly clumsy-feeling to me, and the statue seems too close to the mausoleum as well, not by a lot, but it's sort of uncomfortable. I think also a little too much foreground... nevertheless, a strong entry and should do well.

As the Sun Set's
by SDW

Comment:
Sweet, moody, serene. I love the almost-symmetricality of it.