Obelisk at St Peter and St Paul Church Cosgrove England
by jonfrommk

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Good perspective and choice of subject. Well done BW appropriate for the challenge topic.

Technicals:
Overall tone processing in this BW is done well. Good from 'black' blacks to 'white' whites. :) The blacks on the bottom and whites on the top are not well balanced across the image. Not always needed but probably should be in this particular choice. The bit of tree on the far right is a minor distraction.

The challenge:
No real problem in this area, it meets the challenge. It is the degree of meeting that may come into question and have a slight effect on how this image was voted. Grain-wise, yours is VERY similar to my barn image above that I did not submit partly because I did not like how the grain looked 'better' in the sky than it did over the rest of the image. I think I know how to 'fix' that now. :)

Suggestions:
If you were to take this picture further to the left where you would separate the church from the obelisk then you could cure the imbalance of dark on the bottom and light on the top by spreading it out more AND correct the distracting branches on the far right by either including more tree or blocking the tree with the obelisk.

This is not a bad image, it just has a couple minor issues, none of which are really awful. This is probably underrated even by DPC standards. That is probably because viewers were not given a big reason to love it.

For different but kinda similar reasons I think from your image I know the score my barn picture would have got in the grain challenge since ours share so many similarities. Thanks, saved me the irritation of a 5.2. ;)

Noise on the line: Mother and Daughter compare childhood cell phones
by jonfrommk

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
cute

Noise on the line: Mother and Daughter compare childhood cell phones
by jonfrommk

Comment by Jib:
yes! 10

Noise on the line: Mother and Daughter compare childhood cell phones
by jonfrommk

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
old school; super kid

Noise on the line: Mother and Daughter compare childhood cell phones
by jonfrommk

Comment by JLC:
Great job!

Noise on the line: Mother and Daughter compare childhood cell phones
by jonfrommk

Comment by Ice-Tea-1983:
The cord between the can and cellphone is too blurry ... this is my only complaint

Obelisk at St Peter and St Paul Church Cosgrove England
by jonfrommk

Comment by Perfect-Calamity:
I like the soft hues of grey to this image. Very pretty.

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by jonfrommk

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Generally well done technicals and meets the challenge topic.

Technicals:
Sharpness generally good. Decent perspective and nothing bad about the composition.

The challenge:
No question this meets the challenge in an unmistakable way. It is a bit on the 'cliche'ish side for some voters and might lack a lot of punch and pizzaz that voters are always look for. :)

Suggestions:
There really is a not a lot wrong with this image but not a lot to attract viewer interest either so my suggestions might not have much effect on its score. The center of focus is the center of the image. You might have chosen to focus closer to the foreground than the center but allowed the center to still be within its DOF. Generally speaking, it is better to have the foregound sharply focused and the background softer focused then the other way around like this image.

I normally don't use or recommend borders, but this image might benefit from a modest black border.

Obelisk at St Peter and St Paul Church Cosgrove England
by jonfrommk

Comment by bassbone:
the perspective is pretty neat, but I would have liked to see more of the obelisk in view. In addition, the very bright sky really does not add anything to the image. still it is well done 6

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by jonfrommk

Comment by aahutch1:
Excellent composition! I love the perspective.