Saint Gennaro church. The most important church in Naples. Natural light (no flash and no photograph allowed......). Post: in rawshooter essentials down contrast in the shadows (-63) in photoshop usm,, reduce for DPC. focal lenght 30 mm
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I think you have already gotten a lot of good advice for this picture. The cropping suggestions by amieehtetoo were excellent. The main portion of the picture seems to be in shadow. The highlights on the priest on the left's robe and the floor behind him, tend to draw the eye away from the the rest of the picture. I might have cloned out the man against the wall, between the first and second priest. He is a bit distracting, and does not add to the photo.
I realize, that in this setting you were really limited by what you could do. However I'm left wondering if you would have been able to catch a front view of the priests as they turned to leave.
People tend to like to see faces. Photos from the back, tend to send a messsage of exclusion.
I would also suggest a bit shallower depth of field. If the railing in the foreground were softer, I think I would like this picture a bit better.
Nice composition and coloring here and it's nice to see different subject matter (even though I went with the boring "usual" myself! :) A couple of nits - I might have cropped a little off the left and the right (Crop Right to get rid of the distracting gold chair and Crop Left nearly up to the left edge of the doorway) and I might have desaturated the blue shirt on the guy standing in the hallway on the left - also a littl distracting. Overall nicely done. A glimpse into the life of the three individuals in green. 7
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