Darkness Falls...

taken first day of this year...any comments welcome...

this photo has such a foggy horror-esque quality thats truly amazing. i love the composure and angle along with the varying tones. youve taken a modern day image and made it look as if it were printed in a darkroom 75 yrs ago.. well done!

Hi Denis

 

You have created a real dark mood, your post processing is excellent as always.

 

Well done

Dark mood! Is it a real place? Good work!

BR Joergen

Thank you very much,Anthony,Paul and Hans...yes a real place Gracisce in Istria (Croatia)....

Awesome composition and b&w . really good.. Best regards

your use of colour tones, filter effects and saturation level give this image a "ruins" feel when you also add the perspective you have taken this with. the play with light on the skull, tomb stone and ground on the far right is also very effective. Having the tree (all be it darkened in soft dark tones) helps express the theme of death. for all those thing I rate this image with a 7 for aesthetics. The 6 is offered because although this may be a subject photographed often, you have provided a new perspective on it. well done Denis

Thank you Emma and Art X...this place is just maybe 60 km form place i live and i was there many times....but this last time was rain and everything around has different feel...so the scene itself it move me to this kind of picture....just expression of that particular day...i bet that it was sunny i will not event take this shot...

In spite of the gloomy theme, this makes me smile :-) You demonstrate a very clever way of emphasizing what is really important. I guess that the white part of the sky plays nicely as "heaven" against the dark stone. Even the cross is somewhat lost in a tree - again life! At first I thought that the large scull was a bit too dark, but I guess you have managed to diminish it's size importance by letting it go dark. A nice work, a beautiful demonstration in control. Thanks!

Thank you very much ,Vanja....i puno hvala...