A place to remember

This seat is often used by relatives to contemplate there memories of loved ones lost. The bright warm autumn colors contrast starkly with the cold black gravestones. I think I may have over sharpened?




A place to remember by SFB579 , on Flickr

Looking at the above it seems a bit over sharpened, here is a slightly softer version, thoughts?



A place to remember 2 by SFB579 , on Flickr

Hi Stephen

Assuming you have LR3 or similar I would de-saturate the sky. It really conflicts with the feel of the rest of the image.

Carl

Did you use and nd grad Snappy:

I like the shot but the sky, if I am being uneccessarily critical, does look a bit dark

The composition of the shot is lovely, but I'm not sure about the overall 'look', mainly as mentioned in the other comments above it's the sky that looks a bit odd.

Regards
David

I'm with Carl

Not sure if the large border is required either, it detracts from the picture and makes it appear smaller because of its domination. Less is sometimes more.