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Comment by Morgan:
Wonderful image, works very well to the theme of this challenge. Best of the submitted series of similar images

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Comment by MattW:
nice, good value

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Comment by karmat:
The stark contrast adds to the "despair" feeling in this shot I think. Excellent work.

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Comment by autool:
You got a lot going on here, maybe too much. It is a wonderful setting, I hope you have a bunch of different angles of it. Good technically. 6

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Comment by cvhs99:
good job! Even the black boarder works!

Castle in the Snow
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Comment by jerrft:
Wow - an absolutely enchanting capture.

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Comment by Amiee:
Really good image. The black and white colors really help alot to get the feeling of isolation across. There is also nothing in the background except the color of white which sort of plays off that his life may be heading no where or in the wrong direction. Very powerful image.

Castle in the Snow
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Comment by FranziskaLang:
This looks like a really cool place to take photos, bet you took many more than just this one :) You've met the challenge with it, too. I can see this being used in a travel-kind of article. I really have no constructive criticism to offer, except maybe use a different border, the color of this one doesn't really match anything of the photo. I do like how you got your snow white with only very little blowout, and you kept the detail in the dark walls. You made the photo look 3D by having the snow-covered rocks in the foreground. I'll be curious to see next week where this was taken.

Castle in the Snow
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Comment by Konador:
I like the composition, looks very good. I'm wondering if this might work better in sepia or black and white though...

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Comment by mariomel:
Very nice composition. Good portrayal of despair. The focus is a little too soft (IMO) but works for the theme. The contrast is too high (IMO) as the snow from the bench just blends into the background snow. Nonetheless, good job.