This picture is a tribute to my late wife, Debby. The crystal figurine is a statue given to her by her grandmother, a month before I lost Debby to breast cancer. The reflection in the mirror is a picture of Debby the summer before she found she had breast cancer. "Angel", by Sarah McLachlan, was her favorite song.
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I think this is an excellent 'abstract' image. I'm not familiar with the song involved, so I don't know how well the image represents that.
I think the blue cast in this image may be slightly overpowering. I think another improvement on this shot would be in the use of background. The one little dark spot on the right edge of the frame is somewhat distracting. I usually try to avoid this unless there are many contrasts near the edge of the frame. A single element of contrast along an edge will be considered distracting in a lot of cases.
The perspective of this image, IMO, needs some 'base' so it does not give the impression that your subject is floating in mid air. Ther is some element of 'base' here but it is not very strong. I have had good luck in situations like this using darker backrounds and use my lighting to illuminated the base area a little more.
One thing I can definitely tell from this image is that you have a great emotional tie to it. There is a love displayed here that only you know and understand. I hope that the commnents and score you received by posting this image here were not hurtful. You have to take these responses with a grain of salt and keep on plugging :)
Nice photo (sorry, but I feel this is mostly somebody else's art, but you have added some to it, so I won't be too hard on you) Glass statue seems slightly out of focus. 6 Swash
Very touching, sorry, but I missed the photo in the mirror. I should have seen it. My bad. Score upgrade to 8. Swash
The angel doesn't seem like it's the main focus in this shot. I look mostly at the wording behind the angel. It also seems like the words are more in focus than the angel, but it could just be cause it's glass/plastic. Definately depicts the song, or any of the may many songs with the same title. Very nice color. background is not distracting at all. good luck in the challenge.
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