Mummy museum....impresive!!!

[Art]

Hi all, this is a mummy taken in Mummies museum in Guanajuato city, Mexico

This phenomenon happend around 1820

Can you please critic composition and light? it was taken w/o tripod, no flash

Exif Version=0221
Maker=Canon
Model=Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Color Space=sRGB
Scene Capture Type=Standard
Exposure Mode=Auto Exposure
Shutter Speed Value=1/4 Second
Aperture Value=7.00
Flash=Off
ISO Speed Rating=ISO800

[KaaPhotography]

Composition to me is ok, a little bit too dead center for me (pardon the pun) but under the circumstances within a museum setting, not a bad image. Museum lighting is difficult to get white balance correct. Good hand-held focus in a darker situation. Possibly play with white balance in editing software a bit?

[Art]

Thanks for your comments, I agree with you
Art

[EMansfield]

Composition is a-okay for me. Perhaps it would have been better if you shot this in portrait orientation or if you have cropped it to make it look tighter. In terms of lighting, given the very challenging lighting setup in a museum, I'd say you did well.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

[LeeR]

I have heard about this museum; a very strange place indeed. I don't know that there is much any of us can say about composition since this is a museum display and your options for posing and lighting are limited at best. I see the mummy is behind glass. Would the museum have allowed you to use a reflector in front of the glass to get some light into some of the shadow areas? Also, there is a faint image of another mummy reflected in the glass; did you want it there? I would either get rid of it or accentuate it if you really think it needs to be a part of the composition.

[Art]

Thanks for your comments, portrait format was quite difficult due to lens & room
Art

[Art]

Lee, yes the allow to use flash, but It will reflect in the glass so I decied not to use it
Yes I so that faint images in both sides
Thanks for your comments