The apartment building where I live is next to a grave yard. I live on the top floor, so I thought this would be an interesting POV of a graveyard. Conveniently the fire escape is right over it and it was a fairly easy shoot. I also shot it at 3 different times to see which lighting I liked best. The submitted photo was taken around 09:00am. Shot in program mode black and white. The idea here is that the tree in winter with no leaves resembles its roots that are running through the underground of the cementary and the contents therein.
Post processing in PS elements 2.0: Layer adjustments for levels and brightness/contrast. Unsharp mask and jpeg image repair (Alien Skin Doctor) applied to the entire image. Resized.
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Initial thoughts/My opinion Great point of view, right on the topic. Took me quiet some time to get what it is though.
Content/Composition This is of course a very special point of view you have form your apartment! The view to the trees from far above is already very special by itself, but the grave stones just top it. Very good choice.
However, the image is a little confusing: it takes some time to get what one is looking at: first there is the network of the tree branches and then one sees some rectangular bright "thinks". Only at the very top one can see that there are actually grave stones. Then, after reading the title the image becomes of course clear.
A more clear, easier to get portion (maybe just the top) and a tighter crop or more zoomed in would have been better.
As mentioned by others, the image appears to be a little bright/low contrasted. Darkening it would probably improved it a bit.
You mentioned that the trees should resemble their roots under the grave yard. While I do see the intention, it didn't work well for me: even if I try to imagine this, my brain switches back to the inverse, real scene. Doesn't matter much though.
Camera work - Technically Focus seems fine although the image is a little fuzzy due to the many branches, but this is not important. Exposure see above.
Digital Processing - Technical You did a good job on sharpening: not too much, just right.
A border might have been nice.
Awesome shot! I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking at, but it appears to be a shot from way up high onto a cemetary viewing tombstones/gravesites? I like the contrast of the geometric shapes of the stones with the branches. B&W perfect but it could use some more sharpening and contrast, imo. Very unique image and POV. Well done!
Wow, definitly a perspective from a diffeent vantage point. You have a very intrigueing shot here. The overlying tree branches add a earie feel to it, but yet I almost feel as if there is something missing. I can't put my finger on it, I realize it is a busy photo, but I'm not sure it's that, maybe it simply needs a border, I'm not sure. However, regardless, you get an 8 from me!
That is cool. Beautiful bird's eyeview ... it took me a while to figure this out. But that is the beauty of the picture. It really invites you to explore its elements ...
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