Faithful prayer brings peaceby
sekarmalathyComment by ambaker: Critique Club Review:
Color Saturation and Hue: Colors fit well in this image, skin tones are natural.
Brightness and Contrast: Brightness is appropriate for this image. Contrast is very good, highlights are not blown out. Dark areas are nice and inky.
Focus and depth of field: Focus is nice and sharp. Depth of field captures all the subject elements well. Perhaps if the red cloth had been allowed to go soft, it might have worked even a little better.
I like this image a lot. I like the smoke, and at the same time the smoke bothers me. I love the curves and the lighting of the smoke. Very nice texture. But at the same time, the smoke cuts the image in half, almost making two images out of one.
If there is no "rule" on the placement of the incense, I think someplace other than at the bottom of the picture, perhaps where the flame is. So that the image is no longer cut in half.
As is the photo tells a very strong story. Congratulations on a well deserved top 20 finish.
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