Glass pyramid & concrete cylinder
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by NathanWert:
Now that appears to be a clash of modern and medieval, cool.

Glass pyramid & concrete cylinder
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by MrXpress:
That's a really cool building, but picture-wise I think the brightness (and abundance) of the greens makes the building look almost secondary and buried in the vegetation; I'd expect an architecture entry to have the building be unquestionably dominant over the rest of the photo.

Glass pyramid & concrete cylinder
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by Balko:
I love it - makes me think of sci-fi! 9

Glass pyramid & concrete cylinder
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by BrianR:
Strange building,good architecture....8

Glass pyramid & concrete cylinder
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by dcano:
Very interesting bulidng. Thanks for capturing this image.

Snail on garden fence
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Compositionally, I think this is great. The diagonal really gives it a dynamic feeling and leads the eye through the frame well. The only thing I might suggest is to make it so the snail is crawling up the picture, not sliding down.

Technically, the focus is great here. Also, your choice of dof works because it keeps the foreground from being too distracting from the main subject. To me, it looks like you used a flash, and that makes some of the shadows a bit contrasty OR the solid black background doesn't "feel" right. Maybe if you could have gotten some greenery or something there.

The challenge. I'm sure many voted you down for having something other than a person. This is a great picture, and would score 2 or 3 points higher in a challenge for "Garden Creatures" or "shells" or something like that (another challenge where the connection was more obvious).

Good work though, and best to you in future challegnes.

karmat

Snail on garden fence
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by Elaine:
Good shot. I like the lighting and the textures.

Snail on garden fence
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by phinbob:
huh?

Photograph a portrait that says something about the subject within the framework of their own environment.

Snail on garden fence
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by MacDonald:
great macro shot

Snail on garden fence
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment by kiwinick:
Hmmmmmm I thought we meant humans this is a little out of the box but well done though 7