Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by Counselor:
The dark contrast in the back is affective on the statue.

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by Melethia:
Nice composition with the light seeping into darkness on the right. Light on the plant on the trellis is strong and the plant itself doesn't add (which ai realize is not something that could be removed.)

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by davmct:
the backlighting is nice, however, I feel that there is a bit much glare on the actual statue which is causing some loss of features (especially in the face). the orange glow in the back is very nice, as well as the fade into negative black space on the right.
i'd also might have cropped a little less so as not to bring her hands so close to the bottom of the picture.

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by vadvirag:
Great composition and viewpont which shows Her full of mercy. i also like he background fading to dark.

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by Tammer:
To me, the orange light cast behind the statue is a bit...funky (sorry, I'm not a technical person). With the statue being vertical, I wonder how this would look if cropped into more of a vertical image as well.

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by rufty:
superb photo of the statue - rated on that only - any other rating would be getting into my philosophy of religion :-)

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by Krisby:
well i dont like the tree in the back.. and the lighting kind of isn't making it..

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by sherpet:
The back lighting works so well here.....

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment by Kaizer:
Background makes this photigraph. Well done.

"I am one with the tree"
by garrfoster

Comment by garrfoster:
Thanks to all who commented, very much appreciated! I had alot of fun with this and think I've learned just how addicting it really is to check the site to see my score go up and down! lol
I was above 6 for awhile but was happy to place in the top 100. I didn't expect that. I'm glad to see I didn't have too many 1, 2, or 3s.

I'll work on my sharpening for the next competition.