An example...

[Devin MacShawn]

I feel like a butthole for saying it, and your son's very cute, but I'd rather see this photo without a person in it. When I look at this the statues are competing with the boy for attention.

Statues are one of my favorite things to shoot. I think you've got a great photo here. I know it's not always possible or realistic to get the angle you want but I would have like to see this from a higher angle like if you were standing on a ladder to get less of the grass on the bottom, and putting the level of the trees at a higher point behind the statues to get less sky. I like the detail you got in the statues considering how bright the sun is and the fact that they are white.

[poker]

I feel like a butthole for saying it, and your son's very cute, but I'd rather see this photo without a person in it. When I look at this the statues are competing with the boy for attention.

Statues are one of my favorite things to shoot. I think you've got a great photo here. I know it's not always possible or realistic to get the angle you want but I would have like to see this from a higher angle like if you were standing on a ladder to get less of the grass on the bottom, and putting the level of the trees at a higher point behind the statues to get less sky. I like the detail you got in the statues considering how bright the sun is and the fact that they are white.

Thanks for your opinion Devin. I would like to see some of your work on statues. I think taking pictures of statues is a challenge since there is a fine line between shooting statues artisticly and taking pictures of another person's art. Thanks again