Ash Wednesday
by e301

Comment:
Really strong and eerie, it leaves so many unanswered questions in my mind...

vandalism
by ralph

Comment:
A nice infrared feel, pretty eeirie. Lack of separation of ball from sky on left edge bothers me. Composition a little too centered and pat for me. I'd have tried cropping out the rightmost stone to get it a bit off-center on the main subject.

A small churchyard
by hvellur

Comment:
I like this very much. I'd like it more if the building were aligned properly to the vertical, and if it were a little sharper.

Three Generals
by karmat

Comment:
I find this curiously appealing. I think I'd find it even more so if the toning were other than this weak burgundy. My first reaction tot he overall tonal range was that it was too flat, needed some more contrast, but now I'm wavering on that.

At Old Sheldon Church
by davidbedard

Comment:
wonderful, understaed, serene, contemplative. I hope it does better than i suspect it will.

In Living Color
by grigrigirl

Comment:
This is profoundly strange. Highly artificial and wildly creative. The use of neatimage isinteresting and effective; or whatever other means you used to get that effect. This is a shot that is staged in a graveyard but really is not "about" graveyards. That alone sets it apart.

Crooked Memory
by eostyles

Comment:
In my mind this lovely image suffers from too tight cropping at the top; I can see you tried to "help" it with the frame, and might have been able better to help it with a frame that was wider at the top than on the other 3 sides. It also, to me, lacks the sharpness I'd liek to see in the rendering of the subject stone. The overall softness may have been intentionalon your part, but I'd have masked out the leaning stone and used a good dose of USM on it I think.

Sticks and Stones
by Olyuzi

Comment:
A completely different image in a challenge filled with sameness. I like it very much and hope it does well, though I suspect it won't. The white slats in front may be a little TOO bright, but not by a lot.

Graveyard Cross
by shutterfly

Comment:
Sumptuous and lovely. I really appreciate the skillful hint of "place" that appends to the ethnic carvings.

Lux Eternae
by Rgarcia

Comment:
This is utterly spectacular. Even the unfortunately tight cropping right an bottom can't do much damage.