Death & Lossby
AlexSaberiComment by LeeD: **Critique Club**
Revisiting this photo I am again impressed. I remember this one well and thought that it would place better than it did. I had stated during voting that it might "do better in B&W with higher contrast". Typically when you see cemetary shots, they are higher contrast and in black and white. Your image would probably have appealed more to the masses had you taken this route, but you chose a different take on the "norm" and here I think it works.
The colors of the gravestone give it an almost sepia tone, but the greens in the grass add an interesting element of color. I really like the muted colors and personally feel that they add to the overall feel of the image. IMO the tilted perspective on the gravestone adds to the feeling of Loss in the image. The composition is good, but may be improved a little by off centering the gravestone to the left just a
tiny bit.
Personally the only thing I can find that I
don't like about the image is the blown out sky. Maybe some creative burning of the "hot spots" would have helped, but honestly I think that had you have taken the
exact same shot just a few minutes later with a little different cloud cover, it would have placed much better.
Overall I do like the image and I stand firmly by the well deserved 7 I gave you during the challenge.
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