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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Location: Necropolis, Springvale, Victoria
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2007

Viewed: 691
Comments: 40
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 LOVE the lines of this building. The clouds on the day were just a bonus - SMILE!

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 05/12/2008 03:40:59 AM
I have done what, maybe 30 or more funerals here, but I have never noticed it like this! You really captured some great shapes ... clouds are fabulous
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 09/26/2007 07:41:36 AM
great curves. those lines make this one pop.
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 05/05/2007 09:49:13 PM
Great angles, great lines, great composition and love the contrast and tones!
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 05/05/2007 12:12:51 PM
Great geometric patterns. That is one great sky to look at. Nice job.
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 05/03/2007 10:17:25 AM
I love how the lines seem to point to those beautiful skies. Very nice!
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 05/02/2007 08:14:06 PM
That building has great lines and you've captured them very effectively.
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 05/02/2007 07:27:07 PM
Strong composition and magnificent sky. I would like to see the grass a bit darker. Good job.
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 05/02/2007 06:01:06 PM
Great variety of high-contrast shapes, and the sky has a good tonal range which keeps it from looking too "flat". Nice angling in the composition.
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 05/02/2007 02:29:25 PM
Interesting image, nice angle, and the clouds are just great.
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 05/02/2007 09:30:35 AM
That's a great building. Lovely contrast.
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 05/02/2007 06:24:35 AM
Great clouds and I love the lines on the building.
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 05/01/2007 10:08:52 PM
Great sky.
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 05/01/2007 08:21:28 PM
This is a great subject example for a very good bblack and white image.
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 05/01/2007 07:50:13 PM
Very interesting architecture. The shapes are very eye catching and good contrast. The little squares inside add some interest to the darkness that I find appealing.

the poor little tree is overwhelmed, in my opinion, and gets lost against the strong details of the wall. I wish it was down on the left side where the wall leads your eye. I probably would have cropped off the side where the wall ends, to make it look as if it goes on and on. but thats just me.
The clouds are nicely moody, but the blues are just a bit to dark in the background. However, the sky did not attract my attention at all. I had to go look for it.
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 05/01/2007 06:13:01 PM
The lines of the building are very nice, but I am wondering about maybe a stronger angle (you closer to the building) and a different part of day, so the gradulant of the light on the building is gone. For me it just doesn't balance the image very well. Personally I also think the sky is a bit dark. However I find that tree marvelous beyond compare.
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 05/01/2007 05:18:52 PM
Wonderful subject - the clouds are great as wel as the leading lines.
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 05/01/2007 03:20:27 PM
Nice leading lines, great clouds, and good use of full tonal range!
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 05/01/2007 03:04:19 PM
very strong composition. wonderful in b&w!
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 05/01/2007 01:37:18 PM
what a great shot with the lines and the clouds
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 05/01/2007 11:11:07 AM
There are 3 things I really like in this B/W, the sky is very beautiful, the light tree in front of the building offers a good balance to all the man-made structures, the shadows inside the arches (look like little windows). I find the angle at which you took this a bit odd, and I find the grass in front a bit too much of the same (and maybe, just maybe, slightly too bright - sort of like it needs more texture). However, the gentle texture of the cement walls is beautiful.
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 05/01/2007 10:29:59 AM
I love how the architecture of the building leads you right thru this shot. Very nice.
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 05/01/2007 12:29:18 AM
You have great tonality here. Crisp white and dark black. The varying textures are very nice. The clouds look beautiful. You've chosen a great composition on this. The eye keeps moving in naturally. Very well done.
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 05/01/2007 12:06:00 AM
very very exciting composition
so much to look at
the newborn tree is absolutely perfect as the centerpoint
great clouds
great great!!
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 04/30/2007 10:53:31 PM
Beautifully dramatic. You chose a good angle.
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 04/30/2007 10:34:32 PM
I love the patterns in the wall openings. The clouds contrasting with the sky is gorgeous! I like the tree too - but it seems to get lost against that wall.
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 04/30/2007 10:29:10 PM
Nice mixture of manmade and natural. I like the geometry, symmetry and GREAT clouds.
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 04/30/2007 10:19:52 PM
I love the lines too! And I LOVE that dramatic sky! And the contrasting shades of your whites. Verrrrry nice way to start iam :)

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 04/30/2007 08:36:45 PM
I really like the play of shapes and objects in this scene. The tonal ranges are good. As good as the composition is I think the arrangement can be stronger with a different angle. IMHO I think the composition would be stronger if you moved position to show us the little tree 'contained' in the freestyle arch shape of the building. Symbolically I would read that as nature being 'contained' or struggling to break free of the man-made structure to reach up to the sky above (which would be the backdrop of the image).
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 04/30/2007 07:19:17 PM
Great shot - I like the lines AND the tree, which for me breaks up the symmetry in a slightly uneasy way, quite edgy. Strangely it is the clouds and the chimney which I find slightly distracting. It looks Islamic, which is not what I'd expect in Virginia.
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 04/30/2007 06:35:51 PM
Great tonal range here, I love the diagonal and the repeating shapes, very nice!!
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 04/30/2007 06:24:26 PM
I like the little tree. I like that the sky is so black and white and the trees leaves are so white but the building is greys. The clouds and the tree are curly and unruly in contrast to the regularly repeating curves of the cement. Nature is more vibrant than man made. I agree that the tilt, real or illusion, is distracting.
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 04/30/2007 06:18:36 PM
love the lines on this building too! I love the sparse leaves on the tree with the highlights (very IR looking)
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 04/30/2007 06:16:37 PM
i like the repetition of the pattern a lot, graphically very appealing composition. the dramatic sky and the tree trying to survive in the necropolis is making this picture really work for me. very nice.
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 04/30/2007 06:13:46 PM
Congrats on being number one in this challenge, more congrats on the quality of the image. I love the building lines and the minamalism of the tree. The clouds give the shot a wonderful 3D effect

If all the pics in this challenge are this good then its going to be a great 30 days

J
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 04/30/2007 06:00:22 PM
Nice repetiton of a shape, but the trre and the building in the bg distrcts a bit.
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 04/30/2007 05:55:57 PM
has an infra red feel to it.. the lines are working for me, the tree distracts a bit and i might of been tempted to recrop the shot. tones are great though well done
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 04/30/2007 05:53:36 PM
well, i really like this i just wish i didnt know what a where it was as i hoped to never have see see it.
but what an amazing way for it to be presented to me.
a very dynamic way to start out this challenge :)

nick
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 04/30/2007 05:53:25 PM
Just a little insight, this is actually a cemetary - so the tree, young and struggling, is a powerful symbol to me.

Roz - don't worry baby - comments are what make us grow - I NEED input - positive and corrective to make me a better photogrpher - BRING IT ON - SMILE!
 04/30/2007 05:48:11 PM
hey lisa ... great image ... love the perspective and the sky contrasts so well with the hard edges of the building .. i personally find the tree a distraction in this image, but that's only my opinion ..
give me hell when you comment on my images!! ..:)
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 04/30/2007 05:30:39 PM
This is a nice dramatic B&W. It looks tilted a little bit, I might rotate it to the left a bit (but it may not be tilted, it could just be an optical illusion caused by the perspective). I love the strong shadows behind the arches and the sky is great!
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