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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: -Tom- on February 03, 2013, 02:05:47 pm

Title: Jesus cross
Post by: -Tom- on February 03, 2013, 02:05:47 pm

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8442331438_07328a087f_b.jpg)

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: WalterEG on February 03, 2013, 05:20:40 pm

Grand treatment of a grand motif Tom.

Fittingly, for so soon after Maundy Thursday, the soles of His feet are still very clean.

Cheers,

W

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: RedwoodGuy on February 03, 2013, 11:31:40 pm

Some interesting lighting - particularly the bottom of the feet - make it a nice POV. I don't think most of the left side of the photograph is pulling it's weight.

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 04, 2013, 03:51:02 am

Quote from: RedwoodGuy on February 03, 2013, 11:31:40 pm

Some interesting lighting - particularly the bottom of the feet - make it a nice POV. I don't think most of the left side of the photograph is pulling it's weight.

That's an interesting point and I agree. A crop which removed most of the left-hand side, moving the cross close to the edge, gives a more powerful image.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: Rob C on February 04, 2013, 04:52:07 am

The space, left of the cross, makes a grand zone for copy.

You see the residual mindset benefit of shooting stock?

;-)

Rob C

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: francois on February 04, 2013, 05:30:54 am

I love how the light illuminates the balls of the feet and the undersides of the legs. It gives some warmth to the scene.

I can see Rob's point about the left side!   ;)

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: WalterEG on February 04, 2013, 06:53:46 am

My reading is that the centrality of the crucifix and corpus adds a vitality and force to the symbolism which would become repose if the left were to be cropped off.

Title: Re: Jesus cross
Post by: Rob C on February 04, 2013, 03:34:47 pm

Quote from: WalterEG on February 04, 2013, 06:53:46 am

My reading is that the centrality of the crucifix and corpus adds a vitality and force to the symbolism which would become repose if the left were to be cropped off.

Added to which, borrowing the mantle of the pixie-peeper, the lens (af or otherwise) performs best in the middle! Usually.

Rob C