this is a house that once belonged to Marcel Duchamp.
a tough challenge, I hope people think this qualifies.
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ok, I did not shoot this for the challenge. skewsme suggested it might apply. I just felt like the vines were becoming part of the wall, so it made me wonder about that transition, from life to stone. What links life to death? My processing was planned to make the roots seem as stone-like as possible.
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As I recently lived (and hope to live again) in a place where sights like this are very common, I'd have seen the "link" right away - the parts now missing where the vine was trimmed away. Of course, that may not have been what you intended, but that's what I see with respect to the challenge. Beyond that, I really like the picture.
First of all I just want to say Huh? I am sorry, I just don´t get this shot, or rather, I don´t get how it ties in with the challenge and thus I probably would have voted it a 4 if I had voted in this challenge, knocking off a couple of points for my own lack of vision on how it ties in with the challenge. At least I am honest :)
I guess you were going for that life (the branches) and dead objects (the stones) don´t have a link cause they are alive and dead? Best I can come up with, sorry dude... :P
Aaaaanyway I do like the shot, only gripe I have with it is the tie in with the challenge. It´s well exposed, got great b/w tones and I like the clay like texture you were able to bring out in the stones, whole shot looks like the branch and stones were covered in mud wich I like about it. I probably would have voted this shot a 6 if the challenge had simply been black and white. Composition is not what I would call good but not bad either, a little bit shot too much straight on the subject or an ordinary vantage point, maybe another angle would have appealed more to me personally but like I said, it´s not bad.
I don´t know what else to say buddy so I´ll just say kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.
My lord, Marcel Duchamp once lived in Tewksbury NJ? The things you learn on this site. :) Very nice range of tones here, and I like how the vines branch up and slowly spread through the frame.
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