Thoughtful statue on the Borobudur

It was early in the morning, with fog coming up from the [not so

dense] jungle. On the terrases of the Borobudur this statue looked as

thoughtful to me and a few years later I still get the same impression

looking at the picture.

Does it convey you any such mood?

Comments on the composition?

Any cropping suggestion?

The light -maybe a bit dull- I cannot change!

Looking forward to your comments. Should you like it, try and

peek at a

href=http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2397169>this other

statue

or

href=http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2397173 > a wider

angle view of (from) the temple

.

I don't know if you could have gotten a higher angle or not, but the fog coming off the jungle looks much more interesting than the sky on this day and I would have preferred to see more of it instead of sky. The black triangle in the lower right corner is a bit distracting to me. not much you can do about that though. Nice image though. You can practically hear the peaceful silence.

The shot is underexposed.

This is nice - it does have a feeling of serenity to it. I think it would have been stronger if the subject were more to the left, with more background on the right side. This would strengthen the feeling of directionality and lead the eye a bit. I agree seeing more of the beautiful landscape would have been great, but of course this isn't always possible.

Try using a while border - the black border seems to 'negate' the image further.

I would place the Buddha to the right, a bit more. But the serenity is lovely. Nice mood. Emotion is the part of photography- or any art- that counts most. All the other details are just parts of that sum. This has the Feeling. Very nice.

Still dreaming of going to this place. Lovely shot.