King Ink
by Nazgul

Comment by e301:
Not bad at all - just a couple of problems for me. Firstly the feather seems to be too much shadowed by the ink bottle, and there seems to be a lack of detail in the rendition of it: the image looks as though it has already been sharpened, so maybe the focus isn't quite there (unless this is a Nikon 5400 shot, in which case it's just one of those weird ones). The other thing is that the cropping has really crowded the image for me - so close to the edge of the bottle, the feather's shadow, almost creates a fake tension about whether the subject will actually fit in the image. A little space around things isn't necessarily 'dead' space.

Left out in the Cold
by Nazgul

Comment by ursula:
Nice, beautiful shot, I like it!!!

Left out in the Cold
by Nazgul

Comment by SoulHunter74:
'cool' shot! ;o) It conveys great atmosphere and fits the title! good work

Left out in the Cold
by Nazgul

Comment by Mona:
This is good.

Left out in the Cold
by Nazgul

Comment by neenee1999:
This interesting, the way you captured and cropped this really adds alot to this shot, I like the height aspect. good job

God is in the House
by Nazgul

Comment by TooCool:
IMHO this shot is simply too dark. I would love to see more of the detail of what appears to be a very impressive building!
TC

God is in the House
by Nazgul

Comment by KevinRiggs:
Very good use of negative space. I like the coloration you selected, too. The vertical lines appear to be pretty plumb but the effect from this angle is that the bottom horizontal is off (I assume there is a foundation for this building and my mind keeps telling me that if the shadows all begin at about 2-3' off the ground, then the angle at which I'm viewing the bottom of the building means it must be tilted up towards the right rather than running straight across the bottom of the photo). Now I understand that is an optical illusion caused by viewing the building from this perspective but it almost gives me a feeling of vertigo. The dilemna: whether to score lower for an effect that the photographer couldn't help or to count higher for the visceral feeling imparted by my mind telling me something that it cannot know but that my experience tells me must be there. Hmmmm. You proved your technical skills (though the lower portion of the photo has a couple of hot spots at both the left and right bottom corners). I think this photo gets high marks. Good selection of subject and good perspective.

King Ink
by Nazgul

Comment by blindjustice:
Great contrast, the writing is slanted and therefore, you are a pessimist.

God is in the House
by Nazgul

Comment by LindaLee:
I just love fine architecture! Beautiful lighting, I love how this shot highlights the building without all the overwhelming details.

God is in the House
by Nazgul

Comment by Katspetkat:
Impressive, I love how it looms out of no where. The style is so Gothic and reminds me of King Arthur, though that's probably because I've been looking at pictures of the Abbey at Glastonbury...Beautiful.