May God has mercy on us

[Antonio Correia]

To me, the image has evident human element in it, as the structure and symbols could only be imagined, designed and made by humans. The building has balance and grace and power and the faint symbolism gives an air of mystery. But, I feel the textural overlay is far, far too strong and almost overwhelms the underlying image. I would reduce the opacity of the overlay somewhat, so that more of the underlying structure becomes visible. Sometimes, less is more.

Thank you Kit
I hope somebody else post more of these composite images .

[mastamak]

These are all intriguing images, Antonio, and superbly executed. The more you look at them the more you see. At first I didn't recognise the shadow of the handlebars in the first image and what is that he is standing in. Is it a distorted map of Australia, or Borneo. perhaps? And then there is the tiny man captured in the forks of the bike. And the building; it is like an ancient parchment. As for the despairing man - he looks like he is in a cemetery, perhaps a war cemetery. There is so much to contemplate here. Really interesting work. High Art, I would say. The blog translates pretty well in Google Chrome, by the way.
Grant

[Antonio Correia]

These are all intriguing images, Antonio, and superbly executed. The more you look at them the more you see. At first I didn't recognise the shadow of the handlebars in the first image and what is that he is standing in. Is it a distorted map of Australia, or Borneo. perhaps? And then there is the tiny man captured in the forks of the bike. And the building; it is like an ancient parchment. As for the despairing man - he looks like he is in a cemetery, perhaps a war cemetery. There is so much to contemplate here. Really interesting work. High Art, I would say. The blog translates pretty well in Google Chrome, by the way.
Grant

Thank you Grant
They are not both nice images. The first is far better than the other one.
But it is curious your observation regarding the original image.
On the first image is just one of those I referred to in the blog and the other is a hole on the wall. Yes. A hole on the wall I had shot some time ago with the iPhone. At the moment I liked the color of the wall and the rusted pipe.
Well but you know, images composed this way are opened to interpretation. In my small group here - 8 people - I asked the opinions. One is "It's nice but should be centered" another is "... the wheel of the bicycle - it is not correct but you understand what I am referring to - is bended. I don't like that"
Poor comments so far. I want. No, I would like to receive better comments. Stronger. I will on our next weekly Wednesday meeting.
Thank you so much for your substancial comments.

[Antonio Correia]

[mastamak]

I will write about your flattering comments later on as I am going out.
Meanwhile I leave you with this one of the series.

I don't think I agree with you that this image is not as good as the first. I think it shows a desperately sad man. As I mentioned before, he seems to be sitting in a cemetery and perhaps he is remembering the war. His memories surround him with fiery images of the battlefield. Maybe this was not your intention but that is what I see in the image, and is is very moving.
Grant

[mastamak]

Thank you Grant
They are not both nice images. The first is far better than the other one.

I still think it is a map of Australia (slightly distorted)
Grant

[Antonio Correia]

I don't think I agree with you that this image is not as good as the first. I think it shows a desperately sad man. As I mentioned before, he seems to be sitting in a cemetery and perhaps he is remembering the war. His memories surround him with fiery images of the battlefield. Maybe this was not your intention but that is what I see in the image, and is is very moving. Grant

He is in fact in a cemetery and yes, may be he was remembering the war (Portuguese were in war in Africa - Angola, Mozambique, Guinea - for some time - too long - and many of my generation have been there myself included) but that is what you read in the image.
I thank you for the interpretation you made.
This is what I like most: freedom of interpretation, the "reader" interprets the image according to his feelings, experience, culture.

As I thought this (the one above) was not very bright (I still do), I re-worked the same image but differently. Post 24 shows the new version using the same texture.
Thank you for your comment