Graveyard! c&c

[5Martyn5]

Happiness in a Dark Place?...

 

[Ajlista]

I dont know about other people but personal, im not too interested in it
My eyes are all over the place, and i dont know where you want to focus on, and im not the biggest fan of selective coloring
Im not saying its a bad picture, but just not one i particularly think is a stunner
Keep shooting

 

[iolair]

For this to work, you need to do more with the composition to make the flowers a focus for the eyes. Use the lines of the gravestones to lead the eye to the flowers; put the flowers at one of the points where lines dividing the image into thirds vertically and horizontally cross;

There's not really enough separation between the flowers and crosses and the background; there are various ways you could have created it, such as a shallower depth of field or leaving more colour in the image so the stone crosses stood out against the (presumably) green background.

It actually looks a little underexposed to me as well.

It's not a strong image.

 

[amandalee]

I agree with Ajlista... instead of going to the flowers my eyes were all over the place... its weird because the tops of some of the gravestones look like they were painted in Paint with grey... (like the one closest to us and the one with the flowers... ) maybe too much adjusting? I also agree that there is nothing there to lead the eyes to the flowers (since its obviously what you were wanting to be the focus point).

 

[DyeMyEyes]

It would appeal more to me, personally, if the focus was on the flowers (colored or not) and the rest of the photo was quite a bit softer. With it so sharp and underexposed, the other items in the photo distract too greatly from the flowers.

 

[KenC]

It's an interesting concept, even though I'm not a big fan of selective coloring. Another way to focus more attention on the flowers is to make them a bigger part of the image - if you took the left third of the image you would have a simpler composition in which the flowers would be a bigger element. As mentioned earlier, you also need to back off the processing because some of the surfaces on the stones look flat. I think you might have compressed the highlights too much.

 

[UnderThePink]

Interesting concept. Not a big fan of the photo though. I also agree that it does look a bit underexposed.

=)

 

[Rebekah5280]

I love that setting! It doesn't really work as whole for me, because there are too many pictures in this one. You just need to find them - isolate/simplify your subject, use unique angles.
I'm inspired to find a graveyard like this in my area to try out some cool ideas.

 

[ultimadrift]

I always thought it was taboo or something to take pictures at a cemetery, thats why I never did XD Also the picture is underexposed.

 

[5Martyn5]

Cheers for all the comments! Im completly new to photography so im really trying my hand an everything to see what im good at, and in this case, not so.. LOL Thanks for all the advice