"And they knew not how to love their God otherwise than by nailing men to the cross!" -- F....

any comments are appreciated!

I wish I could award bonus points for obscure Nietzche quotes (I want to say this is from Beyond Good and Evil, but it's been a while since I dusted him off), but I can't so I'll stick to a critique.

 

I think that I might try cropping this photo down vertically by losing a good bit (1/4tr to 1/3rd) off the bottom. The brown grass and small rocks are having a hard time holding my interest against the blue-ish mountains in the background and silhouetted cross.

 

I think that a sort of wide-angle framing would emphasise the vista that you've captured without losing too much in the way of composition...

 

My $0.02.

It looks a little dark, but still has good detail. If you are going for more emotional impact, bring the cross in closer and move it more off center.

thank you for your comments.

 

the first critique proposed to use a wider angle lens, if I understood it correctly, but it was a 24mm which is the widest I got.

 

If I kept the 3:2 picture format, I can't crop much to get less foreground and the small summit top does not leave much choice from where to take the fata morgana cross.

 

> bring the cross in closer and move it more off center.

 

I went there a few weeks ago and the cross was no longer there. only some wood relicts remain.

so next time, I'll carry some wood and nails to construct a new cross on Pic de Tete.

 

maybe I could increase the luminosity a bit.

(the picture shown is the unprocessed batch scan result.)