Quiet Comforting Icons
by rajron

Comment by Nathanael_G:
It's a bit cluttered to me. The pews in the foreground, the lights on the ceiling, the wall elements, the alter and back wall decoration, it's all competing for attention. Adjusting your position, the light, focus, etc, might have yielded a more 'focused' image.

Quiet Comforting Icons
by rajron

Comment by briantammy:
good: perfect idea for challenge. i like the low angled shot which gives a little more "awe" to the feeling. also i like that it was taken from a worshipers point of view. it makes the silence more personal.

bad: the colors seem muted (not necessarily bad though) and the lighting is quite flat. i don't know exactly, something else seems off somehow.

Quiet Comforting Icons
by rajron

Comment by ThingFish:
The image conveys a feeling of silence but I feel that it would have been more effective if there were less light. It's too brightly lit for my liking. The feeling of silence would have been stronger if the interior had been darker. Possibly it would have had more depth and been more dramatic also if you had moved back a bit further. 5

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by JimLucas:
O, now I get it.

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by vtruan:
loose the contrail next time, it adds nothing but distraction.

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by Lutchenko:
Great DOF, nice zones of exposure, fits the bill well.

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by Bear_Music:
note to self: add comment later

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by treimee:
Nice photo, but it needs to be black and white not sepia!

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by MsAmbrosia:
I relate to what you were going for in this shot until my eye hits the 'dash'. I would have cropped it.

Cabezon Peak dot dash
by rajron

Comment by hahn23:
The sky gradient is somewhat posterized. And, it would have been easy to clone out the contrail. I do like the scene and the half moon.