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    Stone Statues

    I tried this shot from several angles and this one is the only one that seemed to capture my attention after viewing. What are your thoughts on the composition?
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    Beautiful statues BVC and I like the lighting; it brings out the details quite well!
    What this image lacks and trust me, that's not your fault, something at the end.
    See, the eye is lead into a certain direction, it's moving all the way towards the end and that's where the problem is; there isn't that finishing touch at the end of this short 'journey'. That's just my personal view on this.

    At such a moment you don't have a lot of choices. But I do think that this image would have been stronger with more depth of field.

    Thanks for sharing it with us BVC, nice image!

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    I like what you were going for and this isnt bad, but I think if you crop the top just to the first statues head,even cutting just a bit of the first head off a bit( we can see what the whole head looks like from the others in the line) and crop the left side of the frame by the same amount,about an inch to inch and half this would bring the first statue right up in your face and make the perspective more impactful. And personally I think less dof would have worked better, just enough to catch the last statue and then all else just a blur.
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    vantage point

    I think this image could have benefitted from a slightly more extreme vanatge point but overall it is a well lit and well composed image(slight cropping on the left would be good. I like extremes...so here's my take...not the greatest but you'll get the jist of what I was aiming for.

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