Any ideas out there?

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Well... To me it seems off-balance as it stands. The centre of focus is almost directly mid-screen, and the the hand just sends my eye straight out of the picture... Initial suggestion: Move the whole view to the left, such that the hand is more-or-less in the middle (L/R - not up/down), then add something that could be a reason for the outstretched hand.. (preferably somewhere in the top RH 3rd of the pic; IE 1/3 from top, 1/3 from left, approx.) EG (trying to think and not doing it very well)... A bird coming down to land on the hand; A lover leaving; A lover arriving (hmm... that might make sense; man being created out of rock reaching for woman being created out of cloud...) (Mind has gone blank, sorry..) But hope that will inspire something... I like the way the textures merge (and the textures themselves, come to that). I think this has potential. (But I regret I'm no judge). Cheers, and good luck, Diolma

maybe use a slightly different texture for the statue?..just a thought..

Why not add a few more figures with the same texture you are using now and have them all look like they are coming out of the moutain side. Something on the line of mountain men forming. But don't have them with their arm stretched out like that, i agree with diolma the hand takes my eye off the image.

Why not have a climber who's fallen off the end of one of the fingers, maybe another climber standing on the finger trying to haul him back up? That would shift the focus, and balance the composition more. The figures would be outlined against the sky, so would be very noticeable.... It would also help to show the huge scale of the stone figure. edit to add - the cliff area to the right is very blank, perhaps you could have some tiny climbers in dark clothes climbing up there as well. That you'd see only if you looked for them.

Message edited on: 11/28/2004 02:22