"He's always watching"
by jmassung

Comment by ahaze:
wish this had more clarity and used the full size allowed- a good idea

"He's always watching"
by jmassung

Comment by Skip:
clever take. wish the focus was a little less soft. good job with the lighting. hope this does well for you.

[as an aside, you might want to submit your entries slightly larger; you can go up to 640 pixles on the longest side.]

"He's always watching"
by jmassung

Comment by Prof_Fate:
neat idea, but a bit too small. should be around 600 on the long side.

"Society of Faith"
by jmassung

Comment by Sammie:
Very nice picture for black and white, really shows off the shadows and form of this church. It is a little low in contrast and more adjustment of the levels by making the highlights lighter and the shadows a bit darker might have really made this picture stand out in black and white.

"Society of Faith"
by jmassung

Comment by ccasey:
To make your shots bigger read in DPC under the tutorials how to prepare your photos for dpchallenge using photoshop.

"Society of Faith"
by jmassung

Comment by scottwilson:
I like the subject and the angle of this shot. I am sure you have heard alreay but this is a very small photo. The crop seems a bit tight.

"Society of Faith"
by jmassung

Comment by Bud:
This would have benefitted from being a larger size. the detail and contrast is mostly lost at this smaller size.

"Society of Faith"
by jmassung

Comment by cghubbell:
There are many detailed and interesting crops available on this building, but taking it as a whole, I think those points of interest are lost. The expansive brick face isn't inherently interesting to look at, yet it commands a significant amount of the frame. The same could be said for the sky. I'd go for an angle that accentuates the main door and window above it, leaving out the distracting elements.

"Connecting One Another"
by jmassung

Comment by jmassung:
This is my post to those of which stated that these are not phonelines but are actually powerlines: You are 1/2 correct, here in rural Illinois the power and phone lines are on the same pole! If you looked closer at the image you would have seen that there are 4 powerlines and then lower on the pole is a crossbar... that holds the phonelines. Cropping the top of the first pole off, above the phonelines would have created an off-balance appearance to the rest of the photo. I did expect an avg. score on this image and challenge (as it is my first) and that is what I got.

Thanks to all who made helpful comments, it at least lets me learn what to fix and how to take a better photograph.

"Connecting One Another"
by jmassung

Comment by Tuckersmom:
Too dark but nice angle on the poles