ivy
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Comment by jmritz:
Another wonderful drive by shot.

up and down
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Comment by sinistral_leo:
Your title aside, I believe the stairs, the porch and the foundation of the house are all horizontal subjects... Your orientation is horizontal as well.

jagged blue
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Comment by Alyn:
Critiquing.

I cannot fathom why this placed so low. I think the majority of voters did not take the time required to really look at this image.

The use of lines is intense in the image. Parallel and seemingly nonsensical lines come together to direct the eye through the image in an almost effortless fashion. Something about the lines I didn't like was perhaps the use of too much sharpening? The heavy black lines that encase the outlines don't harmonize with the overall softness of the image.

The woman with the high cheek bones creates a contrast. There is something so...otherworldly...so old world about her that juxtaposing her against the race of modernity makes viewers question...stare longer at the overall story behind the image. In addition, her melancholic expression perhaps communicates her disappointment with society.

I'm guessing you lost points because of the blankness of the sky and the blur & grain. However your composition is spectacular. Your image definitely deserves another look.

ivy
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Comment by FourPointX:
i love this. looks like a mirror image almost, but it's not. makes me wonder what's really on the left.

ivy
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Comment by jmritz:
Having the ivy as the centerpiece really emphasizes the building. Strangely emotional,sad.

driveaway
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Comment by bvy:
Cheated out of the brown again!

I did suspect some pseudo-lens whacking here.

driveaway
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Comment by jmritz:
That's some beautiful distortion.

The Shoveler
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Comment by bmartuch:
There's a killer if I've ever seen one.

driveaway
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Comment by herfotoman:
Thought the dog was lifting it's hind leg looking at the thumbnail. So the real image was a let-down. hehe.

driveaway
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Comment by dbosse:
Not creative... weird