wyogirl
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Cemetery angels are an obsession of mine. We had a lively debate about them recently.
On a purely technical nature is looks like you shot into the sun which washes out the pic a bit... if intentional, ok, but something to keep in mind.
On a non-technical My -personal- opinion is this...
Pictures have to have some kind of impact. A single image of a statue is just a capture of someone else's work, in a scene that you generally are not going to have a lot of control over. There's no real emotional impact. If you also happen to shoot a picture of a very NEW statue, then there isn't a lot of interest in textures and materials because they're just too new. (texture is another way to develop interest)
Now what I do with my angels, is I essentially try to pose them as if they were real people. I look for the angle that works best and I shoot that. (in one of them I actually brought a 10' ladder to the site and stood on it... you should have seen the looks I got that day)
I also try to get times of day or a season that is going to give us something interesting for the background. Fall is an obvious one, but in another I actually ran down to the cemetery when there was a MAJOR storm coming in and got an AMAZING sky.
You have to find what works for you, but by and large... pictures of statues tend to fall pretty flat. Even the ones I work very hard to capture, are mostly enjoyed by me. Very few people see them and say "wow". There are a few people who love them, but they're pretty rare.
I'd post mine here as examples but I don't want to steal your thunder. You can find them on my site if you're bored.