I would have like to rearrange some of the momentos, but felt it was inappropriate. Vince Lombardi died in 1970, his grave is still visited each year by loads of fans around Super Bowl time. Not to happy with the quality of this shot but,alas I waited until the last minute :-{ and the weather wouldn't cooperate.
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Overall, I think that you're more aware of the problems in the shot that I am. The earlier commentors explained most of the problems.
Compositionally, I like the use of the natural frame, the tree on the right. Otherwise, you're right, the elements are a bit haphazardly arranged. The snow, also, didn't help as it covered up your point - the mementos after decades.
Which brings me to my point. From just the title and the photo, I had no idea what was going on. If DPC were just a north American site, maybe more people would know about this guy. The name and the memory mean a lot to those who know, and the photo's power and meaning increase accordingly. For those who don't know, we only have the visuals to go on.
The border worries me. Partly because I'm not so keen on two-sided borders anyway, but more importantly because of the snow at the bottom confusing my eye about a bottom border and the tree giving a natural border anyway. The left side border is actually not that bad - I'll have to rethink my position on 2-sided borders.
The colours are fine, although the snow is overexposed. A tone curve adjustment would have avoided this if the exposure were correct initially. That is expose to get the snow showing detail (reducing the overall brightness) and increase the brightness in the darker areas using the tone curve.
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This is a very hard shot to get the exposure just right. Your snow is a touch overexposed losing the detail. The evergreens however are exposed almost perfectly! Your composition is a touch busy. A slightly lower angle might help with that. I personally don't like the Polaroid (tm) feeling of the border...
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Creative idea here. Title gets me expecting more (I don't see the three decades, the tribute - items in from of stone - are too small to recognize.) Tree in foreground and backgound on the left don't add to the shot.
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