Wings of Love

[Shadowman]

I deliberately shot and processed for a stark look.

Wings by JOHN, on Flickr

[mugge]

You have achieved what you set out to do. There is certainly no doubt that the shadow is a shadow.
Cheers Ole

[Shadowman]

You have achieved what you set out to do. There is certainly no doubt that the shadow is a shadow.
Cheers Ole

Hi Ole,

Thanks for commenting.

[royent]

I think I would have laid down to shoot from ground level to remove the background
roy

[Shadowman]

I think I would have laid down to shoot from ground level to remove the background
roy

Hi Roy,

I did do one shot from knee level pointed upward and was rewarded with a soggy knee. I'll process later and post. Thanks for commenting.

[Manfred M]

In my experience, deliberately underexposing an image usually does not work because of the tonal range compression one gets. The shot looks like the photographer has not exposed properly. That happens to be the case here.

Exposing correctly and then pulling down the mid-point detail in post usually produces a superior image as the image then has the full tonal range.

Neither work as well as actually taking the shot at the end of golden hour or better yet at blue hour, because the light is so much better.

[Shadowman]

In my experience, deliberately underexposing an image usually does not work because of the tonal range compression one gets. The shot looks like the photographer has not exposed properly. That happens to be the case here.

Exposing correctly and then pulling down the mid-point detail in post usually produces a superior image as the image then has the full tonal range.

Neither work as well as actually taking the shot at the end of golden hour or better yet at blue hour, because the light is so much better.

I did both, exposed correctly but like this version better as it lends itself to the symbolism of the statues, regarding shooting in better light the cemetery is closed during those golden hours so not an option unless I decide to undertake a bit of drone photography.

[Manfred M]

regarding shooting in better light the cemetery is closed during those golden hours so not an option

That is unfortunately the way things sometimes work. Opening hours and photographic "needs" don't necessarily overlap.