The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by WonderDude:
Thanks guys and gals for all the comments. I've learned allot from this event. Looking back I realize now that my ISO (400) was way too high. It was on a tripod with a timer. Obviously, my main issues were focus and graininess. I will try to do better next time. BTW, the camera is my new Kodak Easyshare z612. I don't believe it is at fault here. But who knows. Also, another thing that I have come to realize is that different monitors can make the image look much different. I have an old CRT with lots of deep black levels. The picture seems to look pretty good there. I also have an LCD at work with reveals a few more blemishes. Another friend of mine has an old IMac. I'm not completely sure why, but the picture looks terrible on his monitor. Anyway, I still have allot to learn.

Thanks again for all your critiques. :-)

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by chris_u:
You've done well with the agreement between the photo and its title. But poor image quality hurts it. I'm sure that whatever camera you've used, you could lower the ISO to help with the noise, using a tripod or something to hold it steady.

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by bolticum:
`with what camera is this taken? bad quality

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by bigtalldave101:
A lot of artifacts in this one, which is why it scored low with me. Otherwise, a pretty ordinary composition, which may be fine for portraits, but for art it just gets old.

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by Prof_Fate:
image appears noisy to me

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by adeldegan:
Focus

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by SandyP:
I love the slight grain to this. It has that interesting grungy effect -- making even batteries look cool :)

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by riccardino:
Interesting composition, but IMO the out of focus fg is quite annoying.

You have also a lot of noise that is really distracting (at the first glance I was more concerned of the noise than of the shot).

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by kelvinyam:
Too much noise.

The Monolith of Convenience
by WonderDude

Comment by Zygote:
Excellent composition...amongst my favourites for this challenge