Another trip to the cemetery. There are some amazing old tombstones from the 1800s that really get me thinking about life. This one caught my eye because of the nice statue and a warm morning sun coming just over the top... seemed rather heavenly and "faith-like".
Post Processing
Camera Raw - exposure, blacks, recovery
crop
sharpen
noise reduction
tweak colors & saturation
curves
gaussian blur @ 30% opacity
add border
save for web
Statistics
Place: 27 out of 83 Avg (all users): 5.7297 Avg (commenters): 6.4444 Avg (participants): 5.3611 Avg (non-participants): 5.8188 Views since voting: 1105 Views during voting: 271 Votes: 185 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
Color Saturation and Hue: Colors are natural and within expected parameters for this type of image.
Brightness and contrast: Overall brightness and contrast are done well.
Focus and depth of field: Focus is very sharp, and depth of field is used to good advantage to isolate a distracting background.
Shooting this image at a bit of an up angle without correcting the perspective makes it look like the statue is leaning a bit.
Using the sun for the halo is a neat idea, however it looks like it got away from you a little bit. The upper part of the hand and the cross are starting to wash out a little. I suspect that the religious tone may have hurt a bit in the voting, I would have thought this would have finished a little higher.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
