Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by Arachnophilia:
alright. this one i have to think about. it is one of the best photos i have ever seen on this site. the composition and your blatant denial of the rule of thirds works beautifully. the contrast settings and empty feel on the left are awesome. and the billboard saying "give up. it works!" torn from a christian message is so wonderfully bleak. that's either a brilliant subject modification on your part or a really lucky find.

....however. for the life of me, i can't figure out how it fits the challenge. i'm really trying too. it's making me feel stupid. lol. so i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you knew what you were doing, and give you a ten.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by Marklane:
Good image. The high contrast works well.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by irae:
Interesting image. The chaos of the billboard makes a good contrast with the serenity of the snowy scene. My only nit here is that the power poles divide the image a little too neatly up the center. I'd have panned just a little more left until the edge of the billboard was up against the R side of the frame. Nicely done.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by tjuneau13:
I am curious about the choice for b&w here. You seem to lose a lot of the shot in the sky and lower left corner and I wonder if color would have helped there. I am not sure where I should be looking my eyes bounce around too much. Focus could be better. As it is now it is too blured for my taste.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by Turbotech:
I am lost. Is this a town???

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by jimmsp:
Looks over exposed. Background way too hazy. Subject strikes me as so-so.

Jim msp

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by Natasha:
The low key approach is beautiful here. I am not sure that it would have a stong enough impact for a newspaper or mag. But the effect is great.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by Jak:
I cannot imagine that even the Sisseton local paper would print this. Jak 2

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by PTLParsons:
I realize it is snow, which I love, but it's too bright. Not really in focus. Good idea just needs better execution. Like the sign on the right - Looks like several layers of signs being changed. Where do you have this much snow already? I'm jealous. Maybe if you went with color instead of B&W it would cut down on the brightness. Just my opinion. PTL4 The more i look at it the focus looks worse all the time.

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment by justine:
I think your showing me a snow covered road, it all looks like it's still snowing. Hum, too bad because I'm really just seeing the billboard and the telephone poles. Justine