You may be wondering why I've called you all here today...
by Dona_k

Comment:
Did make me laugh; and (why) is that such a defeating thing when it comes to taking a photograph, er, seriously? In terms of that world, and my assessment this isn't going to shatter anyone's world-view of course, and in terms of the oft-referred-to 'wow' factor, the closest this place comes to acknowledging it's general liking for the fake and over-blown, this of course gets almost no points. But I like it, I like its un-assuming ways, and its little joke, and its modesty.

Neon Rose
by pipersd

Comment:
I wonder if lighting more from one side might have had a greater impact - shown the lins of the progress of the light less obviously?

BoysetsFire
by Alshaikh

Comment:
Fun - at the very least, different from the bland morass of the rest of this challenge.

urbanfoto
by redmoon

Comment:
Perhaps your intention was to show this as grey, muted, slightly discomforting. That's certainly the impact of it. It seems deliberately to throw the eye around - the half-building, the sheer massive presence of the pipe-thing, the half-sight of the well known building. Then the tonlaity - not one pixle as far as I can tell even as bright as the site background, and everything hazing into grey, almost into black. You ain't half asking a lot of the voters ... ;-)

whitehorse
by Ristyz

Comment:
Decent shot - detail, timing, processing. The only problem for me is that it lacks adventure photographically - it's just a tightly framed shot of a horse running. Maybe there was a way to show the energy, strength, dynamism without being so obvious in your framing?

desertedhouses
by see

Comment:
This does have a certain sense of age - I'm guessing that's the point of the toning here. In terms of visual interest however I'm unsure about the point of view you've chosen - perhaps to allow a greater sense of shape you might have found more of an angle on it. I think I would still find it a fairly old and hackneyed subject (just like my own 'version' of it!), but you could have done more to encourage your score.

dragonfly
by elsapo

Comment:
Now this is an impressive image; I usually can't bear nature shots, they just don't interest me, but this has real photographic quality also, which is so unusual in the genre. Very well done.

rocksandroots
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Well composed image, although it might perhaps have had more impact in mono.

Quiet Day at Lighthouse Lookout : Username: quiet_observation
by whiterook

Comment:
Simply for the slight madness of it - the angle, the humdrum, the 'whay would anyone shoot this?' kind of feel, I like it. A quite intriguing nothing-much-happening shot.

dreamypix
by LanceW

Comment:
Leaving aside the trick-photography impression of IR shots, this is a pleasant scene; as relaxing a place as one could hope to while away a few hours with a good book. Not sure I've much interest in looking at a photo of it though, but I guess it'll score well.