sun like ice on the river of road
by posthumous

Comment by boydestroy:
im not quite sure what youre trying to focus on, the road or the curb? and it seems as if you have some sort of obstruction in the way of the shot.

The Weak Link Sets Us Free
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Comment by Simms:
I like the chains OOF in the foreground. overall a good strong shot but not jawdropping. 6

The Weak Link Sets Us Free
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Comment by stanm2:
moody

sun like ice on the river of road
by posthumous

Comment by smilam:
no direct light... follow the rules... cool pic though, just not for this contest...

RoboDog Requesting Out
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Comment by whiteroom:
at first i thought this was an amusing pic, but its kinda creepy,
kinda nice.

Entre Nous
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Comment by Melethia:
And why would you have wanted to neat image it anyway?

RoboDog Requesting Out
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Comment by Melethia:
Well, I'll be... this was you? I hate to tell you this (it'll do nasty things to your ego) but if pressed I'd probably have guessed bucket.

sun like ice on the river of road
by posthumous

Comment by Quackers:
Not very clear, is it steam rising or out of focus.

Entre Nous
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Comment by purpleflutterby13:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

This is underappreciated, if you ask me :)
Fantastic photo, with a lovely archaic feel to it.

I love the textures, that's the first thing that jumps out at you when you look at the photo. The composition is unusual, and therefore interesting (imo). The black and white works well.

Objections:
I don't like the fact the top of the door is in shadow, and that the branches in shadow seem to blur into one another. I think some subtle dodging and burning could've done miracles to fix that (eg. the plant climbing up the wall on the lower right seems to get lost in the shadow. Even very slight dodging of highlights totally brings it out)

Once you've used Neat Image, unsharp mask (40%, 4.3px) gets rid of the blurriness. However, I'm not sure that applying the two makes much difference to the image - I really can't see much noise to start off with.

Anyway, hope this helps. PM me if you have any questions.

Jelena

Entre Nous
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Comment by bmartuch:
You go first! Nice shot. I love old buildings. I think this would be a really cool shot at night especially with those branches hanging over like that. Good job