Le Croix Flambé
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by posthumous: brilliant brownness. this is conceptually fascinating, beautiful to look at, out of the box, and shows a sophisticated openness to what can be achieved photographically, all within basic editing rules. this picture's a champ as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks!

For reference, here is the (resized) original from which I cropped this.



I was trying to achieve the look of flames around the cross within the Basic rules, so I wanted to get a photo of a cross with a surrounding gradient to which I could apply the tone variations. I liked the way the flaw in the domed roof makes it look like molten metal running down from the cross.

I don't speak French either, but I'm pretty sure the title means "The Cross in Flames" or a close variation ... maybe I should have just titled it the more prosaic "Cross-Burning" instead.

Stairwell Skylight
by GeneralE

Comment by bob_bobski:
Great symmetry in this shot, spot on balance.

Le Croix Flambé
by GeneralE

Comment by posthumous:
brilliant brownness. this is conceptually fascinating, beautiful to look at, out of the box, and shows a sophisticated openness to what can be achieved photographically, all within basic editing rules. this picture's a champ as far as I'm concerned.

Low Keys
by GeneralE

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
i appreciate the pun you were going for, but the image seems slightly blurry and a plain background would have probably worked better.

Le Croix Flambé
by GeneralE

Comment by pineapple:
Congratulations. Good to see SC spans the whole range of technical ability.

Low Keys
by GeneralE

Comment by Ristyz:
haha

LAN
by GeneralE

Comment by bmartuch:
Well done. Cool idea and great detail. The shallow DOF works well.

San Francisco's Golden Gate
by GeneralE

Comment by hihosilver:
I love this photo's richness of color, dramatic clouds and silhouette. Stunning example of a good sunset picture.

LAN
by GeneralE

Comment by Nuzzer:
Local Area Network

Quite an appealing shot given the subject :)

LAN
by GeneralE

Comment by dsterner:
A true Ancronym! very nice shot - I thought mine was nice...but has wow all over it! 10