Wandering around downtown Ft Worth looking for something "Extraordinary" I remembered that I had been wanting to go to this beautiful Methodist church and take pictures there. I had never seen this statue before but I loved it and so it became the focus of my shooting. Hope you like it.
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Composition
The statue is clearly your primary subject and I like the way the branches on the left and the trees on the right provide a frame. The camera position means the wall is sloping away form the viewer and this provides some interesting diagonal lines. Maybe the window behind the statue is a bit distracting but I'm not sure what you could have done about that. Maybe I would have cropped a little less on the bottom, to retain the whole of the plinth or at least the first step.
Focus
The statue itself is in focus - there is deep depth of field which is fine, although a wider aperture with consequently less depth of field might have softened the background to some advantage.
Exposure
Capturing white subjects in a generally dark background is always difficult. You have overexposed some of the statue, losing some highlight detail, which is a pity but had you reduced the light by smaller aperture or shorter exposure you would have lost details in the shadows. Maybe the statue was more important?
Challenge
This was a good subject for the challenge for those with the appropriate religious understanding (and convictions).
Overall
The religious theme will spark an interest from some of your audience - others may react against it. It is a very reasonable capture of the statue. Wander around some more and take your camera with you!
Hugh
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good concept. The lighting could be better as the highlights seem a little blown. A different angle might have produced a more unteresting composition and provided a more uniform background.
its only extroardinary if your religious. in my opinion this does not fit the challenge. I also think it would have looked better with a tighter crop on the sides and a little on the top.
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