Meditation - C&C please.

As the title says, I would be grateful for any comments on this picture - pro or con.

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Nice shot. I like the composition of the image except the step throws me off a little. It appears to be off center from the doorway and so for the rest of the image to be "symmetrical" it automatically caught my eye. That would be my only critique. The step is distracting to my eye, however it is an overall beautiful image!

Thank you for your comments colby. Bearing in mind what you said about the step, would it be better with the step cropped out like this?

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Love it.

The distractions for me are the sharp lines where black meets door and window frame,
and the little thing on the floor. When it first loads on my screen, the picture doesn't
show the bottom step and the design just above it, and looks pretty good that way as well.

edit: drat, your edit got up before I posted ! cool

Roy Mathers wrote in post #7855099
Thank you for your comments colby. Bearing in mind what you said about the step, would it be better with the step cropped out like this?

I like the steps in there. I'd try photoshopping them so they are centered with the rest of the image....

I like the original photo. The asymmetry of the step works. When I first saw the photo I dragged it to my desktop (it's a Mac thing ) so I could view it in its entirety. It's contemplative.

Imho, leave it alone.

The steps are fine as they are. My only qualm is the overexposed scene on the other side. I guess it does lend a sort of dreamy quality to the seated figure. The sky is okay, but the building behind, especially, is pretty washed out. Hard to get a good single exposure on this type of thing.

What a stunner! I like the cropped version better. I think the overexposure does add to the photo by making it surreal and dreamy. I love how the clouds fit into the window.

The only unfortunate problem is the thing on the tiles. I would just clone it out.

Lovely image Roy....outside of the little thing in the first space, its wonderfully composed.

Thank you so much everyone for your comments and suggestions - I'm off now to clone out the 'thing in the foreground'.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #7857197
Thank you so much everyone for your comments and suggestions - I'm off now to clone out the 'thing in the foreground'.

Please post the completed work!

Although I think the idea of a frame within a frame is good, when I think meditation, I think simplicity....zen.

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MattMoore wrote in post #7858755
Although I think the idea of a frame within a frame is good, when I think meditation, I think simplicity....zen.

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IMO doing the B/W conversion and crop loses the dimension created by the doorway and it feels like some of the depth is lost as well.

Just my $.02

I like this! I do prefer it without the step, but that is ultimately your preference

mdineenwob wrote in post #7858374
Please post the completed work!

Thanks again everybody for your comments - here's the finished (?) product.

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