magnum opus
by whiteroom

Comment:
Now, i really like this - a really striking visual sense of the graphic. The colouration doesn't do a lot for me personally - I think that parallel of spae would have a greater impact if left alone, as it were: it's quite weird, surrealistic, gothic enough, surely, without resort to these colours? It's a wonderful composition too. As much for the sake of I think everyone else is going to vote this down horribly, I'm giving you a high score, but i really would rather not have the colour ;-)

Midnight Mist
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
Delighted for you Tony - isn't that first ribbon feeling great? As henry said, that number of 1's is quite unbelievable, and not understandable.

Steel Ghost
by Mick

Comment:
Ouch. To get that far into the 7's and not ribbon is really painful. Great control of the light here, and whatever processing you've done has been achieved with real care.

Toll Bridge
by patman49

Comment:
The scene overall is pretty well shot - good exposure, sharpness, sense of shape on the buildings, sense of light. The downside, and I fear it will really hurt your score, is that the bridge itself lacks definition almost completely.

Suspension
by Pug-H

Comment:
Almost, but your composition is weak I fear: bridges are almost by definition the perect leading lines, and you have to have a real strong sense of the graphic if you aren't tp put at least one end of a bridge in a strong part of frame.

The Age Of Steam
by om10

Comment:
Apart, perhaps, from the bloody electricity pylon in the background - oh for spot editing, huh? Decent exposure, but lacking in the pin-sharp quality that would give it real presence and impact for such a documentary photograph. Pretty well done though.

In Between the Bridge
by Stagolee

Comment:
Validated? I guess it does have the impression of selective editing in the brightness of the water, though. Strong image, a little let down compositionally for me: I can't help thinking it would be enormously stronger for a crop at the bottom of frame: i think you're relying on a near-double symmetry, but that only serves to weaken the overall impact of that parkland and the flag, and undermine the strength of the sweep of those twin bridges. Won;t be surprised to see it do well, however.

night passage
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
Pretty good detail in a tricky situation. The composition lacks some strength I'm afriad - trickier subjects than they immediately seem, are bridges.

Bridging the Culture Gap at the Chinese New Years Parade
by JPR

Comment:
Good stuff, and a clever selection, I would think. Your primary subject is distinct, although the shot meets few of the 'rules'. The downside, a little for me, though i think more perhaps for the site in general, is that it relies on your title so much - but I appreciate the difficulty of going outside the immediately obvious in these challenges. Nicely done.

Arches
by sibeling

Comment:
Good solid shot, although perhaps just a bit uninspired in your sense of composition (I'm not by any means suggesting that that was an easy thing, just that this seems a little - robust, shall i say?). I also wonder if you couldn't have made more of the light on the bridge itself - there is some good interest there for me, but I feel that there might have been more.