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The "juxtaposition of a positive and negative of the same cross," as Rex put it, strikes me as almost too perfect. The abrupt transition between shadow and light seems unnatural. It's a confusing photo to look at, althoug perhaps that is the intent.
 

This is a straight shot, as it actually was.
 

Despite the obvious significance of the cross, this has a somewhat abstract feel to it, which, for me, is its main attraction. It doesn't have any great meaning for me as a philosophical tract but plays with beauty, colour, texture and light and shadow. There was no choice, but the fact that the wall is not light monochrome and smooth to mirror the black shadow on the left is a virtue in that the residual reality teases artistically. There is also an intriguing link between the rust-like spots on the cross and the wall. I like it as a picture made from observation.

You are, of course, quite right to keep the shadows very dark!!!
 

Well, I'm a fan of this one. It just appealed right from the start. Well seen John and well executed.

Now to why I like it, which is much harder. Ignoring the technical skills if I might, compositionally this one just works for me. The cross could be a projection from the "cut-out" in the wall which is great because exactly the opposite is true in that the cross casts the shadow. I guess the reason I think of this image in this backwards way is the ephemeral nature of the cross itself, suspended in the dark with no visible means of support. The shadow cross is at least rooted in the dark.

I like the texture and the colour and the fact that this image is mostly “blank” and “gets away with it”.

What don’t I like? I’ll have to get back to you on that one.
 

I had this one pegged as a composite. It is really difficult to see it as natural.

Whatever, it is very effective. Partly because of all that black space, I can imagine it as a book cover.

I don't think that it is possible to see this away from the symbolism of the cross though. These are not neutral shapes.
 

" This is a straight shot, as it actually was."

Interesting. Light can do some tricky things.

Colin's comment about a book cover is onto something. Lots of room for author and title in all that black. Perhaps this should go up on a stock site?
 

I don't see the projection at all. I see the left cross looking in to its shadow. This makes the image a little flat. I need the cross on the left to be facing out left of the frame and then I would hazzard it to be a more dynamic picture. No objection which the range of contrast though.