Challenge: I think this met the challenge great from your perspective. Unfortuneately, there are alot of people who did not fully understand what the objects were, so they were a little confused. Maybe including a little more of the cross would have helped.
Technique: The colors here are gorgeous and I personally like the cropping with the white space. It's a creative approach, and obviously well-thought out. There may be just a little TOO much white space to the right.
Overall: A sensitive subject that was sure to get mixed reviews. It also has alot to do with the way people view the death of Christ - some would feel despair, some gratitude, some indifference. Being a Christian myself, I appreciate you going out there and trying this.
Okay, this is the 10th time I've visited this image and I finally got it. ANd I like the idea, too. If you had used nails or spikes other than railroad spikes, it might be clearer. And a bit higher perspective would accentuate the image of the cross, though I do like a lowish angle. Keep tweeking and it will come.
Focus seems very sharp, cropping - cutting off part of the subject is probably not a good thing, esp. with all the open space at the other end. Being a non-christian person, this image does not offer me any dispair type feelings, but I would think this more lends itself to hope than dispair. 4 Swash
Awesome! Message and picture. I think compositionally, it may have been a little stronger if the entire bottom nail was in the frame, OR if it was diagonal through the frame. Great work though.
I really like this alot and I appreciate you stepping out and touching on this subject in so thoughtful a way...other's tried and failed, unfortunately, to capture this emotion. You hit the nail right on the head, figuratively and literally! Awesome...I hope that people "get" it!
Is that a "War Hammer"? Pretty good.. I don't like these really long and skinny images however. You should have put a small puddle of blood below the hammer and turned the hammer around so the blunt end is toward the camera.
This is a well composed photo and the unusual cropping actually enhances it in my opinion. I had to think about it for a while to get the relevance to the "despair" challenge, but I got it in the end from your title, the nails and the cross image. Good luck on this one and I hope everyone else will understand it.
I think i'd like to see the end of the nail to the left. Otherwise, I like the cropping/framing/ the negative space to the right is good, and I like the closeness of the vertical crop. the focus and clarity are good. color and lighting appear to be ok as well. i guess my only minor complaint is the crop to the left. overall a nice shot. good luck in the challenge.
Interestingly conceived and done. I must admit that I would prefer to have all of the horizontal spike showing, and IMHO the cross-lying top spikeshould be in focus at the sharp end rather than the head. An extremely good concept on the 'despair' theme, though!
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