Civil War Era
by limerick

Comment:
Very good! This is exactly what this challenge is about - I think. Not about old coins. I thought sharpness, very well defined detils may conflict with the idea, but not here. Yes, some well preserved coins do not convey oldeness even with date on them. This image does. Thanks.

Before And After
by vaar

Comment:
Thank you everyone for comments - I find some good points in all your messages - though not all match my taste.

Interesting observation, smudgeSMJ :) You see, smoking has different dangers ;)

Rating clearly shows that my attempt to say something like "young become old when smoking" was not successful; for different reasons - both technical and aesthetical.

jeger, I was not trying to present cigarettes before and after. That's why hands are important :) But I appreciate your comment - it helps me anyway.

Happy New Year!

Moire
by ravins4

Comment:
It's hard to not notice this image - very interesting from many points of view. I guess you show how straight lines can be bended and transformed. ?

new crop
by Motek

Comment:
I like the idea of combining straight things of different nature. Rays unfortunately are not that "strong".

Good Enough?
by balancedfox

Comment:
This is one of the most original entries and I would love to see it rated high. However subject (sorry - main subject :) is so hard to present as a piece of art - that's where I struggle - trying to rate it properly. Maybe I'm too picky - forgive me.

Architecture Abstract
by pheonix676

Comment:
Over all architectural (excluding bridges) I like this best. Diagonal works well, pipe, and maybe that whole frame is filled with these lines.

Raging Inferno
by L2

Comment:
this is really impressive fire! I would have tried to include whole upper part of flames in front - similar to back side - don't know how high they go :)

Licked by Fire
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
it's hard to catch that feeling - not sure what can be done

The Eye of New Years
by carbon451

Comment:
interesting perspective

Mountains Aflame
by Psychonautical

Comment:
On negative side - I hope it's not result of my uncalibrated monitor, but it looks more like white spot. On positive side - sky/clouds and overall picture has some "imressionistic" look though and I like that.