The Last Cradle

I was very drawn to this image. The girl looks curious and contemplative. The roots make a wonderful foreground leading your eye to the girl. Generally I don't like people looking out of an image, but I really think it works well here. Good work!

This photo is very nice compositionally, and the lighting is excellent. I love the wrinkly roots and the way the subject is posed. I just wish it weren't quite so soft.

I like it and yet I don't. Keep coming back to it though. It has (vague) overtones of Tolkein fantasy.

In essence it make one think and that sounds like good photography to this antipodean amatuer.

I think it is great, nicely done

Very nice shot, but cropping off the bottom half would make a better picture, in my opinion.

I Love your pic. it's wonderfull.

Very nice use of roots in forground giving the photo a sort of philosophical touch. A little softness enhances the basic idea. Very nice.

I found the photo rather haunting. I think it is excellent. It is interesting how the roots draw you in towards the young girl. I also like the expression on her face which you have captured well.

Impressionistic, thought provoking, and technically impressive. A picture I would be proud to have taken.

early work by Pictorialist photographers.

It's interesting that you framed it so the girl is looking away from the center of the frame towards the outside. I think most people would have not "broken" this rule, but it works in your photo. Gives it more of a dramatic sense. Nice.

I like that a young girl is looking out, toward a future perhaps, from old roots. And I like that the roots are nice and big in the foreground and then shoot up straight, very stable, protective, not going anywhere, but still expanding. She looks very at home there -- a family tree.

I love it!

Very nice shot! Looks very classic and like an painting. Very detailed as well. Looks almost like a scene in a classic scary flick!

I like the way the girl is camouflaged in the tree. Is this a pose or a natural shot?

Allmost kitch but not, as someone else commented above (Diane Sherman) it's "toward a future perhaps,from old roots". Maybe Mr. Sultan's intention was for his image to speak to Pakistans future where the subject's attention is outside the frame.

I love the overall composition of this image, as well as the fact that when you look carefully, you can actually see the childs hand, her feet and her tiny sandals. Wonderful texture, contrast and tonal range.

 

ginette greene

Great shot. I wouldn't change a thing. Hope you get some well deserved recognition. Try selling it for book covers because it's quite haunting yet beautiful.

This image stayed in my mind for days after I first saw it. What more can I say.

Very lovely and a bit haunting...

the girl's expression is perfect for the mood (as i interpret it) of the picture. great job.

Very nice picture

Great shot!

I love this picture.I like the way it makes me feel.It strikes me as more enchanting than dark.The contrast is excellent.I read a comment that you should have cropped at the bottom;no way! It's perfect.

What is she doing among those stems and roots?