St Paul's from the South Bank
by salmiakki

Comment by Blackbox:
What, it that some kind of crack at the economic situation? South Bank? Just kidding - great photo. Really like the edit, crop and conversion: 10

St Paul's from the South Bank
by salmiakki

Comment by Purple_Girl:
Love this unusual angle on St Paul's and the contrast is great.

St Paul's from the South Bank
by salmiakki

Comment by SaraR:
I saw a B&W photo taken from a similar angle (MAK perhaps) before on DPChallenge, and admired it immensely. This is also impressive, with excellent control of the exposure and tonal range.

Fifty Nine.....
by salmiakki

Comment by sherpet:
Definitely my kind of image..... love the DOF, and the textures, and I also love the 'square crop'.....

Week 39.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by jdannels:
I think both version are wonderful. I prefer this one still, with just the two of them. And the crack in the wall leads your eye from the person on the right to left. I liked the inclusion of the balconies, it adds to the two theme for me.

300_6377 week 38.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by jdannels:
I like the almost mimicked repetition between the side of the frame. It reminds me of looking up at the windows of a glass building and seeing the reflections distorted.

Week 39.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by zeuszen:
This is so good, especially the women's folded hands... all the broken stone forms...
I wonder what it would be like at a greater proximity or cropped to leave nothing but the wide foreground with the two solitudes in the third...
The balconies and sky are, in my view, redundant to the story told here. I'd rather ponder the humanity against the stony evidence of centuries.

It's not that I seek to find fault in such a moving image. It's just that I'm awake now, after having looked, with a heightened sense of it. :-)

Message edited by author 2008-10-01 13:02:35.

Can you cut it like fish sticks?
by salmiakki

Comment by SaraR:
I've never seen this one before - it is so cool!

Week 39.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by Iraklis:
Italy...reminds of Greece too. Many neoclassical buildings, still beautiful, but worn and abandoned like many of their inhabitants. Really like this.

300_5277moo.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by SaraR:
This is lovely! Romantic in a sort of Cath Kidstone way.