I want to cry...I want to cry buckets and then leave DPC...where's my valium?
I want to say this is a really bad image..I want to give you a 1 and sleep soundly tonight..but I can't...I hate you...A lovely crisp B &W...with detail and texture and did I mention I hated you? I love the peeling paint ( and hate you)..it's graphic, it's beautiful reminds me of Lewis Hine's work and I HATE you 10:))
I like the way you filled the frame on this one. Even the fiber on the rope is visible. What iso setting did you use? I think a shot in all available ones, then choosing the least noisy one would have improved it. Also when you take several shots of the same subject, use a tripod so you don't change the composition you've chosen.
Really looks oversharpened to me (or was shot at too high contrast adjustment.) White haloing around everything hurts the inherent value in the excellent composition of this shot. Soft does not always equal bad. Just should have let this image stand on its own merits before USM was introduced. 6.