Maisonneuve Monument Detail - Place D'armes - Montréal

[Marko]

Feel free to comment or critique any aspect of this image.

[Iguanasan]

Love the detail but I find the image is overall too dark for me. I like that the more I look the more I learn. At first glance I didn't realize what it represented until I started noticing things like the feather in the hair. It's a bit of a miss for me overall though. Maybe it's too artsy for my brain but I would have expected to see a face or something.

[Matt K.]

Nicely done, Marko. I like the light a lot, and the way the background is lit as well. Only thing I find a little confusing are the shadows created on the hand. Maybe if the light was coming more from the direction the face is pointing? I dunno ...

[Marko]

Appreciate the comments guys.
I too find this a wee bit dark...but for me it has a 'mood'. I missed the blue hour and this was shot at 10:30 pm. The statue was lit partially by a spotlight and partially from the lights from the fountain it is attached to... and I had a hell of a time burning hotspots.
The building was lightpainted. My flash-light needed to be 2x as strong for this task....or I need to do more PP.

[Iguanasan]

I really gotta stop looking at photos at work... it looks much nicer on my home screen. :) I like it a lot more now :)

[Marko]

glad my explanation convinced you - LOL.

[Iguanasan]

glad my explanation convinced you - LOL.

Seriously, my monitor at work sucks... at home it looked much nicer. I'm looking at it again on my work screen and it's kinda bleh but at home it was very nice.

[Hillbillygirl]

I like the "mood" represented here, and would def. like to see more shots of this statue if you do have any, or have another chance at it. Looks like an amazing work of art.