War Monument
by morpurgo

Comment by Arcanist:
It is perhaps unfortunate that I cannot read the text of the monument which might hold a translated immediate and apparent link to the context of decision. Without that text, the image I see is one of respect, possibly mourning or remembrance, but I would not add a keyword like decision to the description of the photo's story.

The image itself is likable, seemingly balanced by the elements of foreground, center interest and then background, the flow caused by the positioning of the monument leads the eye through the story, but there are some fatal flaws that were probably introduced in compression, resizing and sharpening that detract from the whole. Jaggies on the angles and the white shirts in the center abound. The shirts and top of the flat monument seem way overexposed and the rest of the lighting seems to leave a less-than-3dimensional fell to the image. In this case, the only suggestion for improvement that I could offer would be to not sharpen the larger image beofre resizing and then only slightly sharpen once resized, or sharpen large and save, then undo the sharpen before resizing. This may have prevented the harsh contrasts in the areas where lighter objects halo'd into darker areas. I offer this image a 4. Weak challenge link, good design, harsh lighting and post processing.

War Monument
by morpurgo

Comment by dockode:
I don't feel that the image conveys instantly recognizable decision. Nice pic.

War Monument
by morpurgo

Comment by popdeepop:
Thought provoking. The DOF could be better.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by stephpax:
Hard to even tell what it is.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by Koriyama:
I take it that the effect is deliberate, but I'm left relying on the title too much to get the connection to the challenge theme.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by eaponygyrl:
Too blurry to see the subject. Great idea.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by Artan:
I would have given this a higher score if the focus was a little sharper

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by SDW:
Could of been a good photo but way out of focus.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by siggi:
Hard to make anyting out of this picture with out the title.

Phone touch
by morpurgo

Comment by mhoogendyk:
This just really is so out of focus that I can't get past that part. If it were in focus, and demonstrating touch - maybe I could buy it. But, even then it would probably be a so-so subject from my viewpoint. But, who am I to criticize - I didn't even enter this challenge. Good luck with it.