The Door.

Comments welcome.

I'm always a pushover for a well observed abstract. The screen version looks a bit soft or out of focus on the left side and is distracting (to me anyway). I think this might be more powerful in a square format with the vertical element placed off-center. The color is good but I'm not sure how I feel about the two holes because they seem to draw too much attention in the current rectangular crop.

I realy like the abstract image and the colors, but I kind of agree with the square format suggestion.

Well, here you have it. I'm not sure, guys. Well...yes, maybe you are right.

Dont know why others rate this one lower? This is well spooted / well captured detail.

These colours combine well. You've chosen to place the vertical more or less where I would have - so I like that aspect. The eyes do tend to hover around the 2 holes and the thick line of white paint, however, there's also some good texture above the left hand hole.

I would always capture something like this fully in focus unless I shot at some weird side on angle to emphasise distance - by having the focus fall off. I don't think you've made the most of the texture offered, Walter. If this were all in focus and sharp one would really be able to sense - at a tactile level - the cuts and grooves laid down by the years.

I would usually introduce shadow zones through burning to obtain greater contrast; sometimes - while set up - I 'arrange' shadows making use of the Sun (preferably) or whatever light source; it's more rewarding doing everything in camera I suppose.However, that's just something I do and not really relevant to the image before us.

In summing up, I think this image does a good job of reminding the viewer the beauty in the simple things we so often take for granted.