flag and tombstone

[natatbeach]

... I think it could have benefitted from a more muted (light and distraction) background,,,but I like th overall feel of this ...input please...likes dislikes...likie--- no likie... taken with my point and shoot last weekend. converted to sepia from BW

[gahspidy]

Hey Natalie,
I think your right about it benefiting from a more muted bg. I like the idea here and it has good feel to it. I don't think I like the sepia tone for this. Would like to see this in B&W.

[GoDive30]

I think B&W would be the way to go with this, I like the shot, but to bright in the background. I like where you were going with this. I took the liberty of playing with this a bit, see what you think, I cut down on the backlighting, and added some flash.

[Elysian]

Good shot, but the background is distracting.
Sepia is for me something like "old", "going back in time", reason why would rather prefer B&W in this one.

[Troose]

I agree that the background is a little bright and somewhat distracting. But instead of cropping it out or muting it, how about a low flash on the flag? It would bring the white in the stripes up to the level of the background while keeping the contrast of the dark tombstone. I wasn't there, so I don't know if that was possible. I like the pic.