i like the framing and the lighting, but the greatest drama of the shot is where the light fades off the carving and you placed that all the way down in the bottom, I wish I could watch that fading more easily. As to the grain, Im not sure if that is grain in the object photographed, or an artifact of sharpening, but most voters here are very sensative to overshapening, and will sadly assume anything that looks like too much USM was applied, must be that, rather than assuming it to be inherent in the subject.
The colors are great , but the focus is just a bit soft, but for the softness this is a very nice shot. |