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Comment by Alicia:
Beautifully dramatic. You chose a good angle.

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Comment by colorcarnival:
I love the patterns in the wall openings. The clouds contrasting with the sky is gorgeous! I like the tree too - but it seems to get lost against that wall.

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Comment by Jutilda:
Nice mixture of manmade and natural. I like the geometry, symmetry and GREAT clouds.

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Comment by SandyP:
I love the lines too! And I LOVE that dramatic sky! And the contrasting shades of your whites. Verrrrry nice way to start iam :)

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Comment by graphicfunk:
A visual charmer.

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Comment by CNovack:
I really like the play of shapes and objects in this scene. The tonal ranges are good. As good as the composition is I think the arrangement can be stronger with a different angle. IMHO I think the composition would be stronger if you moved position to show us the little tree 'contained' in the freestyle arch shape of the building. Symbolically I would read that as nature being 'contained' or struggling to break free of the man-made structure to reach up to the sky above (which would be the backdrop of the image).

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Comment by skylen:
Red, green, blue color channels?
Creative!

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Comment by idp:
Great shot - I like the lines AND the tree, which for me breaks up the symmetry in a slightly uneasy way, quite edgy. Strangely it is the clouds and the chimney which I find slightly distracting. It looks Islamic, which is not what I'd expect in Virginia.

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Comment by jackal9:
Great tonal range here, I love the diagonal and the repeating shapes, very nice!!

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Comment by emorgan49:
I like the little tree. I like that the sky is so black and white and the trees leaves are so white but the building is greys. The clouds and the tree are curly and unruly in contrast to the regularly repeating curves of the cement. Nature is more vibrant than man made. I agree that the tilt, real or illusion, is distracting.