"Sliced Arch"

I finally decided to deal with this one from almost two years ago. The color version was

lacking, but a mono conversion coaxed a little more elegance from it. A simple study

of an over-photographed work of architecture. Thanks for your assessments!

Simply excellent! Out of curiosity, did you try a slightly contrastier version, i.e., a slight darkening of the left side of the background limb? It might enhance the visual separation even more. Superb vision to see this one, Mark. Cheers! Chris

Thanks Chris. No, I didn't get that far, well, I actually did darken the shaded side of the far arch, but only to this point. I should coax it a little more!

You know I'm a huge fan of your St. Louis Arch shots, but if hadn't known about them I wouldn't be able to tell what this is. It's an amazing abstract.....I'm sure I never in a million years would have considered this angle. I played with it and I agree with you and Chris.....darker in general works better for me. It takes on less of a metallic look and more a masonry brick look as it gets darker.....at least to me. And that will keep people guessing even longer as to what they're looking at. :-) I also tried this with a dark bold framing treatment, and I thought it enhanced the photo....see what you think.