Screw the rules...

[adina]

HEY! We can get rubber stamps!?!?!?

Where the heck have I been!??!

[Trevor Ash]

Communicates absolutely nothing to me. If the expression is important you should be closer. If religion is part of it, why only part of the "cross", and why does there seem to be GREEK on the cross? The angle does not communicate anything either except perhaps part of a cross growing out of the head of perhaps an eastern orthodox priest. So what?

Anyone can screw the rules and create a throw away shot and in that respect you have succeeded. So what?

Ronnoco

I actually kind of feel the same as Ronnoco here. No emotion for me from this photo, nothing. And the one "rule" that was broken here that bugs me is how many distracting elements there are to this photo including the candle, plant, and edge of wall. I really don't find this shot successful either. Ronnoco is missing tact in his critique but he did provide reasons why he doesn't like the photo. Take it for what it's worth.

A Sebastianesque approach would normally have been a vertical composition where you woudln't see the stuff at the left and right sides of the photo and would just see the person and the same portion of the cross you see here. You can't blame Sebastian for trying something new but you also can't blame people for disliking it.

It's nice to be sensitive but Sebastian is a confident enough person that I don't think he needs people defending him. I'm pretty sure he likes all the comments he gets whether interpreted as personal attacks or not.

Edit: My post is also lacking tact

[mtbbrian]

I love it.

And I'm the Captain.

Rubber stamp of approval!

I second the motion!
All in favor....
Compostionally, it is unusal, but that's what works!
I would be willing to bet that the pastor loves this photograph. What more could you ask!
Brian
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[racingpinarello]

Hi Trevor.... I have to say I agree with you that Sebastian doesn't need defending. I should've stayed away and let Ronnoco make his comments. Sebastian is thicker skinned than me..

At least Ronnoco can defend his statements, although rather blunt, and it wasn't personal.

As for the photo, it's not my cup of tea but people did get amped up over it plus and minus.

Loren