Country Blues
by elee3009

Comment by Germaine:
There's a lot to see here. The bench is great, and I love the color and the way it forms an arc and an angle at the same time. The color and the texture of the cut stones in the wall are another treat -- pinkish tan turning into yellow at the top with an accent of red bricks. Don't even get me started on the turquoise blue in the window. A very well composed, evocative shot. (I *might* have cloned out the twigs on the side, but they aren't that big a deal.) Thanks for sharing.

Rustic calm
by elee3009

Comment by floydrowe:
Beautiful!

Rustic calm
by elee3009

Comment by AzCKelly:
Beautiful, love the use of sepia with the bare trees. Nicely done.

Rustic calm
by elee3009

Comment by Germaine:
Needs a tad more contrast.

Rustic calm
by elee3009

Comment by palmero:
Overall pretty good, I'm just not sure about the semi-transparent border here. I think I'd have tried with a little less pond, although you'd have missed the ducks and perhaps some of that nice reflection in the water then :) Cropping right above the head of the duck furthest to the right would've done a difference for me.

The Door
by elee3009

Comment by bucket:
I think this is the type of shot that needs a point of reference..hanging on a wall beside several shots all showing some urgency, and people would stop and stare..on a site like this you can simply pass it by..not allowing it to confront you..
effective intensity..

Rustic calm
by elee3009

Comment by yantski:
Very idyllic

Fleeting
by elee3009

Comment by undieyatch:
fyi - 7 I enjoy the nearly subliminial shadow subject, offset with overpowering arch. graphic - very good & interesting foto.

Fleeting
by elee3009

Comment by Kavey:
I really like most aspects of this: the content and composition are absolutely spot on - the diagonals, the patterns and the motion blurred silhouette. What I dislike is the highly saturated and unatural (to my eye) colours. Perhaps these are down to the lighting in place and are quite accurate to life but they are too garish for me. The high contrast I do like though it's a shame some details are lost in the highlight areas.
I would have voted this a 7 or 8.

In Transient Passage
by elee3009

Comment by elee3009:
Thank you to all who left comments. Appreciate that in such a heavily dense challenge, you took the time all the same.

To respond to those who commented on the technical aspects of this image like the overblown lighting and focus, you are completely right of course if my intention was to take a nice poster shot or classically beautiful photograph. Well, to the detriment of my score, that wasn't my intention. I took this shot when I stumbled upon this passage way while in Paris. The city is well-known for its numerous passages and I'd never been to this one. So, I snapped a few and liked this particular one where I could pushed to make it look even more blown out because it conveyed a sense of passing through without really registering something or someone concretely - a feeling of really being in transient passage. In Paris, this is all the more the impression I get today as people hurry along in their own little world and in their own circles, not needing to stop, look, share or exchange because they feel like they're just passing through before going back to their own comfortable little worlds.

Don't know if that makes sense but I'm experimenting. So glad some of you did like it. :)