the crop could use some work. i would either give a little more space around the edges, or crop further and only focus on what you find most interesting. your subject seems trapped as you have it.
The soft focus and the centered subject don't really make this as good as it could be. The colors are interesting though which gives this subject some potential.
Good scene of its type - rather bucolic perhaps. Your lighting could have been better to emphasise the texture here, like this its rather flat, and perhaps in the end its a simple figurative representation of the decoration.
Like the square framing, colors are calming and fit the image, solid image - to make it better -- lessen the crop on top/bottom (cut off part of the design) and play around with lighting to add more drama to the carved image.
I'm not sure how well you''ll score on this one, but I really like it. I think the tones of the photo combined with the subject make a lovely shot. I very much like the lighting and can see the texture.
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+ The composition fits the tranquil colourset very well.
- You borrow someone else's art and don't do something really special with it.