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Comment by neenee1999:
Gorgeous shot, I like the angle and the background is outstanding.10

35 Years of Decay
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Comment by melismatica:
I gave this a 7. It should have done much better,certainly better than my own (which I thought should have done better than it did...:-D). It was one of my top picks.

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Comment by wkoffel:
the blur of the trees on this is beautiful. very appealing shot.

35 Years of Decay
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Comment by lizzyc3:
Very interesting- a different kind of shot- I dunno but I feel that that copper thingy isn't neccesary- that it might have been cooler if it was just those lines. Anyway, great job and great texture on the wood

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Comment by wagnes:
Have you tried this is B&W? Just curious.

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Comment by C-town driver:
I spent a good 5 min just looking at this photo. The different textures, colors, details, and layers is fantastic. Hope you do well, I give an 8

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Comment by jbeazell:
what a weird shot. Is that a baby back there ? might have been more striking in B & W.

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Comment by dimitrii:
Not bad, not bad at all, a 6.

Exposed Staircase
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Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Sorry you get stuck with me for your first CC critique

Composition - Good eye. This is a very good subject (I'm not really sold on it for this challenge in particular, but generally speaking I really like it). I like the asymmetry of it. GIves it some character. I like the symmetrical approach you've taken though. That really is cool. Good choice of tones for this photo as well

Technical - Just a bit unsharp (fuzzy or blurry are too harsh). How about soft? After I'd been submitting for 4 or 5 months, someone told me to sharpen once after resizing for every picture, unless it was meant to be soft. I don't like this one soft, I think the detail is too important to this picture to be ignored with soft focus. I may be way off too, but that's my opinion.

Overall - Interesting. Not ribbon winning interesting, but definitely better than average. Its hard for me to say too much here, because I'm probably talking to someone with 5x the experience I have if not way more. Not every "beginner" starts his digital photography career with an s2 pro, which is the camera I'm one day aspiring to own. But will probably be outdated by the time I'm photographer enough to handle one. Its a very good shot and I think you made a good showing for your first picture. I think it would've been a very good showing for my 42nd picture if you must know :) Welcome to the site. I'm sure you'll do well here. - Bob

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Comment by d14:
Thanks for the great comments everyone.