This is getting ridiculous - I only ever get your photos for the Critique Club Anna.
This is such a very literal shot, so very straight-on, and I think it's suffered for that. Sure, it gives a sense f place to the monument, but the windows and the brickwork of the building behind really draw the eye away, and make it difficult to discern any detail in the statue.
As with Pisaman's comment, I feel that you might have sacrificed too much to keep the flags in shot: and what also annoys me is that the figures in the statue look so intersting that I want ot see more detail there. I wonder if you tried a shot looking up at the figures, with the flags in the background?
I think it may be a touch over-exposed too - the highlight area, and there are a lot of them at that time of day, seem too white, blown out to me. There is also some barrel distortion around the edges - the linews of the building, and of the outer flagpoles are curved, presumably due to shooting at the widest angle: try using a touch of the zoom to correct that.
All the best
Ed |
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