Cemetary Statue

[PrimetimePhotography]

So my great grandmother passed away last Friday (Though I miss her very much, she was 96 years old, had some medical problems, and I'm sure she is happier now.) and when we went to the cemetary there were a few statues that I thought would make great pictures. (Kinda morbid, but I love cemetary pictures.)

I took about 30 different pictures of this one statue and this is the one that I thought came out the best. Is there anything else I should do to it that would make it a little better? Or is it okay as is?



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The only few things I did to it in PS was desaturate and fix the exposure and shadows/highlights. (It was really bright outside that day and no matter how hard I tried, my picture was either too bright or too dark. Still trying to figure out aperture and shutter speed.)

Camera Info

Make/Model: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Date/Time: 2009-06-15T23:03:55T05:00
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Exposure Program: Manual
F-Stop: f/5.6
Aperture: f/5.7
ISO Speed: 100
Focal Length: 24.0mm
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[bethard728]

Awesome statue! I love cemetaries too! I like it just how it is.

[AlanWillis]

I like the composition; I wonder if you could have used a fill flash to brighten the face on the statue without blowing out the sky behind it. I don't use Cannon, so I'm not sure where the settings for that would be, but I'd be surprised of it doesn't give you options for flash power in the fill-flash situation.