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SHALIGAComment by Ecce_Signum: Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club and congratulations on your first submission here at DPC.
First Impression: Meets the challenge description well, an unusual and pleasing point of view and the image is enhanced by the lighting and composition though does look a little flat.
Composition: If you had managed to crop to the outer part of the circle this would have had much more impact and sadly as it is it looks a little clumsy to me. Was it your cropping that missed the lines or did you miss it whilst shooting?
Tecnical: I still think this looks a little flat but tbh rather than harming the image I feel it adds a 'mood' to the overall effect. Focus is nice and sharp and I wonder if you had opened the lens up to (say) 5.8 if you'd get a more oof backgound though in honesty I don't think it matters that mush as it works well as is.
Artistic: I think its difficult to be 'Artistic' whilst shooting an image like this. Its a good reproduction of a statue and as the challenge wasn't to make this your work of 'Art' I guess its a mute point.
Overall thoughts: This is something that most people would have overlooked (pun intended) so kudos to you for spotting it. I didn't vote in this challenge but if I did I would probably have skimmed past with a 5 as nothing really screamed at me to stay and view the image. After being here for 10 minutes then it would have been a good 6 vote.
I hope this helps? feel free to get back to me if you have any questions and good look for future challenges Santos.
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