Lonely statue

[bnnrcn]

C&C are appreciated as always

[Mark von Kanel]

Lovely moody capture and i love the light, the leaning lamppost i find a little strange but im not sure if correcting would add or subtract, maybe you could try it?

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Mark Leaning lamppost is because of the wide angle (17mm) I used while shooting. I tried correcting the lamppost after your comment to see how it looks , but correcting didn't add, it actually subtracted because both the lamppost and the statue became more vertical and the image lost the entire mood.

Lovely moody capture and i love the light, the leaning lamppost i find a little strange but im not sure if correcting would add or subtract, maybe you could try it?

[Mike Buckley]

Great eye! I like the perspective distortion because it helps emphasize the height of the lamp and statue.

Having said all that, I'm concerned that though the statue is the primary subject, my eyes are drawn first to the lamps because of their brightness. I don't have a suggestion about improving this particular scene, so maybe the ideal solution is to find a similar scene or this scene in a different situation when the lamps aren't lit.

[Mark von Kanel]

I think the lamp is giving the light to the statue though mike and if it was not lit then i dont think it would work... maybe crop the lamp?

[Shadowman]

Nicely done and good capture of the light on the statue. I would try to tone done the lights of the lampposts.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you everybody I decreased the brightness of the lamps and added a frame. IMO cropping the lamps wouldn't work , because lamps have important part in the composition. I don't think there is much to do to improve the image any more. How does it look now?

[Shadowman]

Binnur, much better, I think you could get away with cropping the top lamp.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you John, I think I cropped the image at the same time as you commented When I got on line again to upload the cropped version , I saw that you had alredy commented on the same thing. Cropping both of the lamps wouldn't work but then I said to myself 'why not cropping only one' and thank you that you thought the same thing. This means that , this version will most probably work Here it is.

Binnur, much better, I think you could get away with cropping the top lamp.

[Mike Buckley]

I like the last version best, not because my eyes don't go first to the lamp (they do), but because the version has a greater sense of intimacy. It makes me feel that I'm in the scene, looking up at the lamp and statue. In the other versions, I feel as if I'm a relatively distant viewer of the scene.

The more I review all the versions, the more I think all of them would be stronger if you simply changed the caption. The scene really isn't about the statue, at least not for me. It's about the lamp lighting the statue in a way that speaks to their relationship; the lamp is taking care of the statue. Indeed, rather than the statue being lonely, the statue has company.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Mike. I'm actually not very good at writing titles May be 'statue at dusk' would be a better title. Anyway, I worked on adding canvas and applying a stroke layer style with this image for the frame and it has been a very good practise for me. I really enjoyed the scene while shooting, so I will keep this image in my file. Thank you very much for the valuable comments

[Mark von Kanel]

hi binnur ,

that works much better, well done

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Mark

hi binnur ,

that works much better, well done

[dje]

Interesting shot Binnur, well done. Last crop for me too.

Dave

PS your title is fine with me !

[Shadowman]

Binnur,

I like the last crop also.

[Brownbear]

Hi Binnur,

Just to say beautiful image! I love the lighting and the colours, and the mood. I like the original crop and the final (3rd crop)...

[deetheturk]

Hi Binnur, i'm late to your thread but i think this crop works best for me, well done bud

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Dave

Interesting shot Binnur, well done. Last crop for me too.

Dave

PS your title is fine with me !

[bnnrcn]

Thank you John, I told you that the last crop would work because we thought about it at the same time

Binnur,

I like the last crop also.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you Christina, I'm glat that you liked the image

Hi Binnur,

Just to say beautiful image! I love the lighting and the colours, and the mood. I like the original crop and the final (3rd crop)...