Lighten our Darkness

Critiques are welcome

A very forceful and convincing image. Your use of underexposure here was very successful. And it does convey the sense of a magical and rare moment, not arduous processing to achieve an effect. The highlights from the "God rays" in the background are quite literally scintillating.

I can't help but think that this is the kind of image that demands viewing as a fine print. The Internet is great for sharing, but it is frustrating not to be able to also feel the power of memorable images like this in their most fully realized form.

Fine work and real poetry.

 

 

This is super. I think you have worked very hard to achieve this image and have managed to get the final exposure spot-on. The only quibble I have is with the mound under the cross, in which there is not enough detail that the nature of it can be determined (nor even if it is near and small or distant and large), but there is enough detail that intrigue is raised and this does tend to steal the attention, I think. Still, this gets a 7 from me!

Great light (slightly underexposed and fortunate environmental conditions) and composition (very good placement of the cross in the frame).  For those who are religiously inclined, this will be a very powerful photo.

This is indeed a powerful image.   I agree with Mac that this is an image that should be viewed as fine art.  Congratulations on a magnificent effort

Wonderful balance of light and dark, along with a simple yet powerful composition.  I don't think more detail is needed in the mound beneath the cross, as I think it really is there to support the cross provide a visual break to the horizon.  A really wonderful image.

Well done Ron

Very powerful image and beautifully done. Thank you for sharing. :)