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There's a certain slant of light
There's a certain slant of light
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Challenge: Rural Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: landscapes
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: Dec 16, 2009
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2009

 There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.

Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.

None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.

When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.

- Emily Dickinson

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/30/2009 10:34:29 AM
There's a wonderful feeling of canvas here - as though this whole scene were deftly brushed into place by that long lovely winter light. And blessed be the 10-22, for it is a fine lens.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
 12/23/2009 09:27:35 PM
The shadow in the foreground bothers me.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 12/22/2009 08:05:54 PM
Great high contrast B&W.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 12/22/2009 12:55:29 AM
I love your title, but I wish the shadows were creeping up on the building, but not yet touching it. It takes away the emphasis of the building and takes away the tension of the story.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 12/19/2009 08:22:51 PM
Wonderful capture of this old place falling in on itself.....terrific find, perfect for the challenge....7
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 12/19/2009 09:20:53 AM
Great leading lines. Looks like it was once homey and beautiful.
Nikon D500
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 12/19/2009 04:53:25 AM
Very good although a little more of the buildings and less of the road would have been better. But it is good all the same.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/18/2009 01:25:48 AM
i feel its abit to busy to much in the image if it was closer to the subject would have been better still a good take of rural decay
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