The Eternal Nonconformist
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Comment by Alicia:
Good finish, Tony. It's a great photo - edgy and artsy. The title supports the (dark) whimsy of your work.

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Comment by Paul:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Seeing this for the first time here - unusually for me I never took a look at this challenge in voting.

I find I like this image, it's more than the sum of it's parts - the high contrast, the degree of tilt, the subject matter,the depth of field, the title all fit together really well and communicate intent.

There is much information lost in the shadows, but it is a testament to your choices that we don't miss it, those swathes of background black communicate enough of the form of the trees behind to set the scene and define the wider environment without robbing any attention from the gravestones.

I look at the tilt and wonder if the eccentric stone should be vertical, I can see that if you rotated the image, you clip some of the bottom of your image and mess up the relationship between the stones, we do need to see it going past the one beyond. I also think a straightened shot would lose some of it's power, the slight off kilter would be an insult to the nonconformist.

Nicely made.

Paul

The Eternal Nonconformist
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Comment by jmritz:
Like the high contrast. Lovely in B/W.

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Comment by bvy:
The idea of the entire earth pivoting around this stone suggests that someone is rolling over in his grave. Or rising again.

Interesting idea. A seven for you.

The Watcher
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Comment by Paul:
Greetings for the Critique Club:

This is a fine dog portrait - no doubt about that. Your conversion is very nice too and for my money, this is sooooooo much better than your 'Would'a Should'a Could'a'. That one isn't even in the same league as this one - in fact not even the same sport. If this image is something honest and interesting like rugby your other image is obscure and hard to look at - like greek wrestling.

Jokes aside - there's lots to like here, the highlight in the dog's left eye, the CND motif on the collar, the slightly grungy window frame with the water-flecked glass and most of all the personality of Sadie shining through. The overall composition is really good too, with her ear tucking into the corner.

You should be pleased with this version - I think it is an optimal edit and I think those are quite rare.

Well made.

Paul

Three Little Maids...
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Comment by TennesseePhoto:
beautiful flowers but distracting background

The Eternal Nonconformist
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Comment by fath_ce:
again, love the black and white, dramatic.

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Comment by luckyluciano:
great shot!!!!

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Comment by Feloniousmonk:
Excellent work!

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Comment by giantmike:
Great find and effective use of tilt to alter our perception.