The first thing that popped into my head when I read the description of this challenge and this statue appeared in my head. I had other ideas but none would\'ve fit the challenge as well as she did.
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The lighting is not very good, IMO. I would have used a weaker flash to illuminate the statue only + a long exposition time if you want the background as well.
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.)
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.
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.
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