A neoclassical sculpture

Any ideas of where to go beyond this? The goal is to try to catch the

spirit of the artwork... constraints are: no tripod, natural light.

How about placing sculpture on the diagnonal. Can you place a few reflectors low down out of the frame. I don't think the sculpture demands color film. How about black & white with grain to taste. Yellow filter to bring out/brighten the sculpture or blue filter to affect the background.

I'll disagree with the previous comments. I think that it is better as is than putting it on a diagnal or using black and white. It's a good statue picture, although I'd be inclined to rate pictures of real people higher.

I tend to agree with Kevin that B&W would work better here. It's a bear when they mix light sources on you. Otherwise, nice shot for the trip album.

I rather like the color as it is printed. The muted tones add an interest to the tonal transitions (yes, it is the type of image that is easily pre-conceived in b&w, too). I would like the distraction of the off-horizontal statue base being righted, but I assume necessary taking angles perhaps caused this in the first place.

this may be an impossibility due to locality, but a wide-angle small-aperture shot from somewhat beneath and in front of the statue would be an interesting study. you could emphasize the massive permanence the statue clearly has.

Is it the scan that's a little fuzzy? This is a much better shot than the other posted by the same photographer, but of a less interesting piece(YMMV, and not the photographer's fault, he didn't make the scupltures, I presume.)

It's a flatbed scan on a poor scanner from a 3"x5" print. The print and the neg are exceptionally sharp. The screwed-up monitor on the computer attached to the scanner is also the reason for the harsh contrast.

 

Same qualification applies to the other two photos in this folder (which are all from the same roll of 10 photos.)