my photographic journey: 2011 - 2013 The Secret View

A place in ruins, the site of 1001 horrors for the mentally ill and criminally

insane from the Civil War era to the 1960s... located in Weston, WV. Full

of "rust, rot and ruin." I moved a piece of wood from in front of a broken

pane of glass to get this shot of the asylum clock tower.

Comments/suggestions welcomed. I thought about cropping the bottom a

bit to reduce the black roofing cap on the lower right, but then the photo

lost the sense of depth created by the long roof line. Yes or no? crop or do

not crop or other suggestion?

The image speaks!Very well composed!Compliments and regards from Rome.

Best

PDE

I am going to guess that you are very happy with this shot. I certainly would be. I do wish the glass was a tad sharper (pun only slightly intended.) I look forward to seeing more of your work.

@ Dave-  I love your pun. The glass blur  was a DOF choice I had to make - no way to get the glass and the clock tower, hundreds of feet away, both in acceptable focus - the broken glass was just too close. I suppose I could have taken multiple shots with varying focus points, but I wasn't thinking in those terms at this point.... but I opted for a bit of soft foreground for a bit of 3-D effect ... overall I am happy with the photo, but would like to go back and try other options, provided the glass is still there!  Thank you for commenting.

Giuseppe, PDE and Sergio - thank you for your comments

Sandra,

It's all about appropriate composition and I must say it is well framely cut.  Through the clock, inexorably, time still goes on with a needle pointing to the sky but who could hear those voices from the barred windows of reclusion and your broken glass really is a scream.  Interesting and well conceived photograph.  Regards, 

Bachir - Thank you very much for your comments,  and for sharing your feelings and perceptions that this photo awakened. It means a lot to an artist when someone truly connects with his/her work.