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Comment by HeatherJ:
nice nails

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Comment by snackwells:
Somewhat of a bluish cast. Maybe a quick levels adjustment could have fixed that. Otherwise the focus, and detail are good. Composed well, nice crop.

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Comment by e301:
Aside from meeting the challenge by the straightforward expdient of putting the words in the shot - and the more genuine sense of the challenge by it being a shot of a crossword - I find this a slightly uncomfortable image. The differentiation between whites and greys seems overly definite, rather than progressive, and your composition places odd things in the strong areas of frame - the 'passing time' is releggated from visual interest by being so far toward the edge. I think many voters will simply see a crossword shot.

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Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Meets the challenge but to me it feels weak in composition. You've done a nice job with focus. and I tend to like shallow depth of field, although voters here seem not to. Levels could use some work. A bit greater saturation of the glasses might add a bit of pizazz. In the end, I am handicapped because I consider crossword puzzles a waste of time and I therefore don't find the subject all that interesting. I am sure there are uses for this in Stock Photos where the meaning is added through combining the photo with other content. Sorry to seem negative.

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Comment by fstopopen:
Greetings from the critique club:

This could be a very nice picture. I don’t know if you visited this on a trip, or if you can revisit it, but if you can I would highly recommend you try again. It could be a good study. I do this often when I feel that a picture could be better. You are on the right track, and with a little tweaking you could make a very nice pic out of this.

Composition:
I would revisit a study of the rule of thirds. This is right up the middle of the capture, and that usually doesn’t create a sense of dynamics, especially in architecture, or monuments like this. I would have have moved to the right about 30 degrees and had the monument itself take up the right 1/3rd of the capture. That would get you a feeling of size and shape.

Lighting:
I like your sky a lot. The stark blue adds a nice contrast to the stone. This particular pic would have been a little better had it been taken during the “magic hour”, The time just before sunset, or just after sunrise. This would make much longer, almost horizontal shadows come across the monument. As it stands, the stone looks a little flat with that mid-day sun.

Post processing:
This is the point that you can still fix. It is hard for me to tell exactly what you did to the words on the monument almost unreadable. I would guess either neat image or over sharpening, or both. I like Neat Image, but I do think that it can be easy to overdo it. I have done it myself a time or two. Just take a good look at your post processing and think that for the most part, you want it to be subtle. I make it practice of doing my post, then I click on the original pic, to make sure it looks better in the end. Sometimes doing that makes you realize something else that can be done, or something that has gone too far.

I looked at your profile, and I think you have some stunning pictures. This one just missed the mark a little. You have a good eye, just remember your basics and you will get some great captures.

drake

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Comment by jose3032:
Great photo

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Comment by blindjustice:
very busy composition, I get the feeling of frantic activity rather than time passing- but there is a nice frustrating feel.

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Comment by strags:
It's amazing how many pet pictures with extremely tenuous links to the actual challenge one sees. "Fluffy's Authority Over His Bone", etc... etc...
This picture , I think however, works, and fits the challenge very well. Perhaps a little more definition in the fur might have been nice, but overall, well done.

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Comment by Skip:
cute doggy, nice take on the challenge. if that is your hand, i'll bet this was not an easy shot to take...

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Comment by fotodude:
he don't wanna'

well tken nice pic.