Greetings from the Critique Club!
This is a very well done shot, I gave you a 7 in voting. I like the loneliness implied here and it's eerie that the date is one day before my birthday, November 27th.
There is a great range of tones here; there is also a few cluttery items behind the cross that are a bit distracting. Don't know if you could have moved them or not, but they do draw the eye away a bit. The vignetting at the corners might not suit all tastes either. The comp plays very safe with its centredness - shooting more from the ground up might have made for a more impactful image. Don't be afraid to hunker down and shoot up at a subject, especially one like this.
Overall a pleasing image, sorry that it didn't do better. But as has been suggested, it could have easily been entered in All Alone, too.
Feel free to PM me.
Susan |