Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by JuliBoc:
You captured an amazing scene here. This is a harsh environment for sure. What really gets to me in this image are the flags decorating the front of the house. There is still some life and joy in this pitiful shambles of a home.

I gave this a 6, because the image seems to be a little flat. I don't know if you used HDR or some expert editing techniques to create this effect deliberately, but this sometimes happens to my pictures when I use Shadows/Highlights. I find that if I use Exposure after s/h, and tweak offset and/or gamma ever so slightly, the photo pops back to life. Also,I think saturating red a little more would bring some color to the brown areas without destroying the harshness of the scene.

This scored quite well, considering nobody has quite figured out what to make of these Expert rules. Too bad SkyNavada didn't give you that 8 he thought you deserved. And a FAV! Woohoo.

Goggomobil
by NikonJeb

Comment by faery:
I like this choice of subject...I just think that the picture in general could have done with a bit of warming up in processing...less blown out white on the right in the sticks.

Goggomobil
by NikonJeb

Comment by gjumi:
7

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by bvlindalou:
this is a real fix-r-upper....at least they are patriotic

Goggomobil
by NikonJeb

Comment by deblur:
too much contrast

The Sentinel
by NikonJeb

Comment by keans_d:
I am not impressed. You can do better than this.

The Sentinel
by NikonJeb

Comment by Bruce_the_Robert:
Really neat image, strikingly done in B&W. Well executed, though the light is a tiny bit too bright for me (it's lost, but it's a potentially important part of the shot).

The Sentinel
by NikonJeb

Comment by ricmerry:
Thanks for participating, This did not "grab my attention".

Home, Sweet Home!
by NikonJeb

Comment by LalliSig:
Lol! I would be afraid to go in there in case it might collapse! Definately meets the challenge :)

The Sentinel
by NikonJeb

Comment by manish:
looks nice and good use od shadows here