St Cuthbert's Cemetery

For the effort to work on my photo. Actually, I have been pondering about your suggestion of too many objects jutting upwards and I have to accept that you may be right. However, I think that should I have to address the issue, the better option would be a drastic one: to take off the lampost and leave the other ones in, Unfortunately I just don't have the time to do it today. I have to postpone that work to Saturday. Thanks again for your interest!

Spectacular!

Hmmm -- I actually think the lampost is an important element. I took it out - just for fun and will post it. I took a hard look at it without the lamp and still feel I like it.. It does seem to lean a bit - but I think it hads balance and perspective as well as it is a beautiful shape in the image... Curvy and delicate in contrast to sharp angles and edges.. What do you think?

In my opinion the result is much better. Actually, IMO, the image's got better balance and a more focused composition now. The eyes go directly to the castle which, in reality, is the main theme of the photo, the cemetery serving solely as the baseline of it -which, besides, is quite right if one consider the hundreds of bodies that were slain fin the different battles fought under these walls-.

Alberto...the photo does nothing for me; but having said that I think that it works on another level, that being that it gets people talking.

Whatever that level might be, if it gets people talking means that the image stirred some emotions. Photography is, finally, also, about stirring emotions and not leaving people indifferent.

Thanks, in any case, for taking your time to express your opinion which adds some more insight on this picture.

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I think that both ways are completely valid; it just means that picture says two different things.

Nice shot and yes it is similar to mine. And here i was thinking i had quite an original view of old smokies castle. regards, Jim.