Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by kearock:
It seems a little too dark.

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by Skip:
what an interesting image. i love your composition and treatment of the image. good work. i will be surprised if this one gets overlooked. good luck!

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by samtrundle:
Great subject, the selective desat is a good idea, though the focus on the vines doesn't seem to be the crispest and the desat brings that to my attention. Still, I like this...bumping to 7.

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by KDO:
love the selective desat

Rose Parade
by DefyTime

Comment by banmorn:
Hmmm.. saw this somewhere, or rather a different version. Congrats on your DPChat POTD.

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by Jamester:
Judicious use of desat for once!

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by dsidwell:
Desatuaration works for me. It makes me think that there's something special about the vines growing all over the building, but I'm not sure what it is.

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by e301:
Now, here's one shot that I think had been edited beyond what it deserved. The building springs against it's background in a manner that clashes with expectation - and it isn't flash, because it applies equally to the further walls. It looks to me that there were probably some fascinating textures and contrasts to be had around the left-most window, but that's lost in the lack of contrast there, and the eye anyway is pulled by the selective de-saturation. The sky has become weird, and looks almost painted in. It's evident that a lot of work has gone into this - but I'm afriad i'm really not a fan of the results of that.

Anxiety
by DefyTime

Comment by blemt:
This is possibly my favorite shot in this challenge. I love the composition and the color. The split in the cork is perfect, the DOF is perfect. In short a simply amazing shot. My only, and I mean ONLY issue with the shot is not meeting the challenge. This is excellent shallow DOF, but doesn't say bokeh. Which is very frusterating, because I want to just 10 this shot. I'm going to give it a 6, and understand that I think ths is simply amazing work. It's on my faves list now. :)

Modern Ruins
by DefyTime

Comment by rmtm333:
I really like this image and choice to use selective desaturation. The clouds strengthen the end result. Good job.