
In contrast to many of the images here, this is a simple and clean frame with no artifice - just a well seen and decently executed frame. I like that the figure is surrounded by grasses and appears almost 'relaxed'. The image's strength is its surprise: a reclining (or fallen?) figure in a graveyard. I think that the exposure (via a little too much contrast I suspect) is a little off - some overexposure - but that's a minor quibble. Well done.
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**This contest is open to photographers ranked 1001+ in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** Grave markers in the form of tombstones, headstones and gravestones range from the simple and understated, to the ornate and exuberant. Graveyards and cemeteries are special places, and popular for photographers too. They have a feel all of their own - quiet, contemplative spaces where past lives are all around us, honoured in stone and words. The challenge for the photographer can be in producing imagery that is original, given how familiar we are with them.
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I think that there's a cracking picture in here but the framing slightly loses it. I think if the photographer 'anchored' the frame a little higher and excluded the rather distracting half gravestone, frame left then the flowers would still be visible but the hand of the angel would dominate. Nicely exposed however. Well seen.