Heatwave Desolation
by sandabella

Comment by rcrawford:
I like the idea of this photo. If you could isolate just one dead leaf and focus on it then your eye would have a place to land, if that leaf was in the rule of thirds that would help the composition too. Good Job.

Heatwave Desolation
by sandabella

Comment by christyrack:
Kind of looks like my back garden after I forgot to water everything last year! :) Wonderful depiction of desolation! :)

Heatwave Desolation
by sandabella

Comment by neenee1999:
good idea for the subject of ruin and devostation...I like it

Heatwave Desolation
by sandabella

Comment by Adrian Tung:
The out-of-focus foreground is distracting.

Heatwave Desolation
by sandabella

Comment by mtreit:
Good idea, showing the dead flowers. However, the background is distracting, and the foreground of the picture is out of focus. I think a greater depth of field and a different angle would have helped.

The Right Way!
by sandabella

Comment by wetland:
Without the ladder and perhaps the tree this would be a great shot...nice idea.

The Right Way!
by sandabella

Comment by KevinRiggs:
The right angles at the crenelations (I believe that's what those are) are good and you have a long enough run of them so that they could be the subject against the blue sky but the tree/bush in the FG distracts from the angles. - 5

The Right Way!
by sandabella

Comment by autool:
Why did you leave the ladder in the shot? 5 with 7 without.

The Right Way!
by sandabella

Comment by Olyuzi:
Good exposure but the tree obstructing the view ruins the picture for me. I do like the way the blue sky contrasts with the stone of the architecture.

The Right Way!
by sandabella

Comment by faidoi:
Subject matter is boring. Composition is not interesting. You have the idea of getting the roofline. The shape are nice. More interesting in you zoom in a little bit more or getting the corner of the building. The vertical line of the side of the building would add a little something. Exposure is pretty good.
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