The Bankers House
by vtruan

Comment by blindjustice:
I love the title and the composition with the tree and the wall abutments. Thats really a fantastic angle to take a picture of a house. However- it occurs to me that scattered around chinese restaurants and laundromats are books and books full of house pictures. This one might say "large 15 room stone victorian mansion- 1.5 million."

To the Lord & for those who have/do fought for our Freedoms.
by vtruan

Comment by amsmyth:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

This image is perilously close to being a photograph of someone else's work but the fact that the flag is juxtaposed saves it. It is an interesting juxtaposition raising questions about war, patriotism, faith. I think that the title is a bit unwieldy but that is a matter of taste. I find myself wanting to turn the image - to push the right hand side back in order to change the angle of view. That is reflective of the difficulty in putting the elements of this together and wanting a clearer statement from the image. Perhaps see more of the flag and less of the massive flagpole. The color and clarity are good. It's a complex image and one that you may want to revisit.

To the Lord & for those who have/do fought for our Freedoms.
by vtruan

Comment by Artifacts:
Van, Just wanted to let you know this was one of my top three favorites for this challenge. It has one of the most interesting voting distribution curves I have seen.

The Bankers House
by vtruan

Comment by bormic:
Lighting a bit harsh but great idea and nice subject. - 8

Halley
by vtruan

Comment by GolferDDS:
Nice image.

The Bankers House
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Comment by deemer:
The branch on the left is just 'in the way' -- like the contrast of the sharp green of the grass and strong blue of the sky. Just that pesky branch =)

Halley
by vtruan

Comment by jmritz:
I do love birds. I hope you don't have to hear those bells all day long. Like the shot.

The Bankers House
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Comment by Ram21:
Good colors, I like the detail.

The Bankers House
by vtruan

Comment by Beagleboy:
Nice image but the columns at the entrance of the walkway are overexposed. I get tricked like by stone all the time. Who would think that such a material could be so relective. Maybe this could have been slightly corrected with a polarzing fiter. It would have helped the sky too. Nice composition

The Bankers House
by vtruan

Comment by TooCool:
Nice colors and focus and DOF. Great composition. Not much for staying power though. I also thing that it's kind of a stretch fitting the competition with the title...
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