Life in Eden and the Death of Innocence
by rpethel

Comment by RianBotes:
Fot this pic to have worked better you needed the woman to have had guilt written all over her face and the man scared and unsure. having them standing in the midst of leaves/trees covering essentials would have given the message strong enough without the obvious nudity now presented here, making the pic more pleasing for viewers like me. Very good idea mind you.

Life in Eden and the Death of Innocence
by rpethel

Comment by itsamio:
Unfortunately, the only thing that made this interesting for me was the nudity. The color doesn't pop and the composition isn't great.

Life in Eden and the Death of Innocence
by rpethel

Comment by Damzel:
I know it is only because of them that this is wrong to most... but I would like to say that maybe a lil bit of a warning on it would be nice since we do have some children on here that enter and vote. But creative!

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by bvlindalou:
I wish you image was a little bigger.....

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by SaraR:
On my screen at work this is so dark as to be unviewable, with a strange fuzziness around the crane; on my home monitor there is some detail, but it is not a strong monotone conversion. The composition seems a bit one-sided, with little of interest in the left hand side of the frame.

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by Panks:
the exposure is bit low and that has brought down the contrast as well.. I guess might be due to the grey and dull atmosphere (cloud)

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by Teafran:
A great concept and a near perfect capture. The lighting could have been a little softer, but as it is, it works well. Both a technical and artistic success, this should place high for it's technical merit and artistic impact. The image is a little small to provide a good look at theinteresting details. This would have been a better image in grayscale or black and white. A good solid entry into the challenge.

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by jdixonsd:
It's a little dark, a different angle or more of the crane IMO.

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
A little dark is the first thing I notice. The composition is awkward - it's like the train wants to run over the raised car. It's also a little strange that the tracks don't continue even though from the cropping it looks like the train continues. IMHO it feels awkward.

Rail Road Relic
by rpethel

Comment by expatdawn:
The left hand side is distracting a tighter crop might help.