Wisconsin
by eamurdock

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Very, nicely done minimalist composition. It has a black and white feel, not surprising for a snow image, but conveys the sense of winter, and specifically Wisconsin winter, exceptionally well.

Technicals:
The choice of framing is excellent. Looks like the leftmost tree matches the rule of thirds, but having both trees with the rightmost one to the right of the rule of thirds adds even more to the starkeness of winter concept you were after. The stark white background and minimalist concept works well with this composition adding greatly to your main subject. Sharpeness is good for this scene.

You chose to highlight aspects of the scene that support your theme. Whether by accident or design everything comes together to make this a fine composition. I particularly like the snow plastered to the trees brought on by previous blizzard conditions.

The Challenge:
Obviously meets the challenge. I'm never surprised by that nor do I think this or very many other images ever fail to meet that goal.

Technical photographic quality, especially the use of minimalism, is a strength in this composition. It got a 5.1 which is well below DPC average scoring. That might be because it did not have a lot of color and detail expected by most DPC landscape voters.

This is an image I'm pleased to have disagreed with voters on.

Suggestions:
Other than maybe going full B&W I do not have a single suggestion to improve this image, which is the final question I ask before giving an image a 10, and I'm debating that thought.

Capitol Reflection
by eamurdock

Comment by kandykarml:
I think this would be really clean if you cropped it all the way to the outside edge of the outside window lines on each side.. Then you'd get rid of whatever the reflection is that's showing..Since, it doesn't seem to be the capital at that point. IMHO. This is a 7 for me. Nice job..

Decline
by eamurdock

Comment by andrea22_als:
good idea, would be much better if they were all sharper

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by poser:
great shot

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by ursula:
I like the shadow play on the brick walls to the right.

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by eamurdock:
Since people seemed to want to see it, here it is in straight B&W (just a quick desat of this image, not a reprocess)



I feel like the duotone warms an otherwise very cold image; that's why I used it.

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Gee the architecture here was a great find for this shot. The lines lead you right into the photo and then you start seeing more and more and more. Very nice.

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by MAK:
duotone image with great lines that allows the eye to wonder freely across the image.

Decline
by eamurdock

Comment by jprhea25:
Focus seems a little soft.

Day 1
by eamurdock

Comment by colorcarnival:
DNMC - this is gold tone not B/W! ha just kidding - just never typed it before.

I love the shadows of light on the bricks to the right and the reflections on the left.

Seriously tho, how does it look in black and white?