Angel of Grief

SLRdude

One of my favourite all time sculptures, called the Angel of Grief.
You can read about it here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_grief

The sun was very very bright, and I probably should have used the flash to fill in and eliminate the shadows. But I did not have it with me, and now I have a reason to go back since the shadows were just horrific.
I'm thinking about doing it at dusk and using a tripod.

I was also experimenting with different processing... not sure which one I like best.

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Couldn't resist having my car in one of the shots.

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adbsgicom

wonderful series. I think #5 works best of all the angel shots.

SLRdude

adbsgicom wrote:

wonderful series. I think #5 works best of all the angel shots.

Thank you Andrew.
I also tend to lean towards number 5, but I also like the slightly colour/sepia based number 1.

adbsgicom

#1 was my wow out the chute, just love the image overall. Then 5 just popped. That charcoal sky and contrast just works so well. The image works on two levels, one serious and another not so much. The angel herself is a powerful image and I can see why you love it so much. On a less serious note, the flowers at the base make it look like she dropped them and just put her head down like, "I can't believe I dropped the flowers..."

GoofBckt

I'm with Andrew on these. But I'm partial to #10 as well. I love photographing headstones too.

Richard

1, 5 and 10 all work well for me. The blue sky ones are not nearly as moody.

run_kmc

#12 should be your favorite.

Problem solved.

Roadkill

I can see why it's one of your favorite sculptures, I was not familiar with it untill your pics which are great by the way..

I really like #5

gtixlr8r

I like #12 the best. It would be a slam dunk if the masking around the wing top and statue base was tighter.
nice series!