For what it's worth, I have not posted this image to get praise and I don't find it particularly outstanding myself.
I tend to be pretty objective about the value of what I do relative to what I am trying to achieve and pleasing is not really very important to me. This doesn't mean I don't appreciate people liking what I do, but that criteria has little weight in influencing my choices during capture and post-processing.
I posted this image here because I am unsure whether it works for me in the first place. It is a deviation from what I usually do:
- The B&W conversion is pretty over-done,
- The composition is not as balanced as what I usually do, in particular in terms of the conflicting heigth of the tree and tower,
- ...
Now, there are things that I like:
- The co-existence of nature and man made,
- The feeling of coldness,
- The co-existence of different lights/of the contrasty and soft light,
- ...
So I appreciate the comments.
Cheers,
Bernard