Lay Me Gently at His Feet

[PixelRabbit]

Lay Me Gently at His Feet

 

[tirediron]

I'd like to see the blacks nudged up just a bit and that white thing at the bottom of the cross sort of grabs the eye unfortunately.

 

[gsgary]

It looks a bit too clean for a B+W

 

[FanBoy]

I would think about capturing the cross in color against a clear blue sky. But like tirediron mentioned, there's the composition issue with the base and other tombstones.

 

[timor]

Picture might be interesting, but is too flat with the unappealing background. Crank it a bit stronger.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks for your thoughts everyone, they have been very helpful! This is a location that I want to shoot at night so I'm shooting it a couple times to get ideas and get good daytime shots of course lol.

 

[amolitor]

I like the ambiguity of the background. My first thought it 'why are there a bunch of gravestones in a church?' since the background could as easily be a plaster wall as a sky. I'm not sure I love it, but I think it's pretty darn good.

It's not really a *pretty* picture, but it is an *evocative* picture. Obviously the Christ figure is a huge symbol, but I don't mind that.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Amolitor, the ambiguity was exactly what I was hoping to achieve, when I saw this location isolation and out of context immediately came to mind, it is on the roadside which is common to see but it is a larger site on a mound with one tree and openness/field all around, the rows of graves run opposite to this crucifix, this is not a pretty site but it has a lot to say.
I really like religious symbols of all types, I think they hold a certain energy and strength that fascinates me, I'm looking forward to shooting at this site more!