Mist over St Bartholomew's Church

I actually think this works quite well. The foreground cross is the anchor point and main lead into the frame (on a third) and it leads you to the church. There is also a balance with the dark tree on the left and it's shape/relationship to the lighter rendered church and the smaller cross and house on the right. I like it... Print it!

I like it. Has a mystery to it that draws you in.

I like the subject, the atmosphere, and tonal range. Personally I think the only thing that I'd change is the cropping. I can't decide if I'd like a portrait or landscape cropping better but I do thing a rectangle would better suit this than a square. Just a thought. I do agree with Andrew, print it!

Would be against cropping. I think in the darkroom with some creative dodging and burning you could get a great square picture from this

Great cross in the foreground with a great misty church in the back ground, Great Holga shot well done

M

From a compositional point of view I would have preferred the cross in foreground to been placed more centrally between the church and the tree on the LHS. To have achieved this you would have had to move more to your right and angled the viewpoint more towards the left. In doing this you could have avoided the building on the RHS which fails to add anything to your picture.

Cheers
TEX
Still your picture is full of atmosphere.

Perfect Holga application! I really think I agree with Martin and Andrew here. I think the whole point of using the Holga is the light fall-off in the corners, and the unsharp edges. It adds a certain mystery and character to the image that it would be borderline sinful to crop out.
I think the tonal range could be more impressive in a print, with a nice bright light from the sky behind the building, which could be achieved by carefully burning in the sky around it, a bit darker foreground could be burned in as well for more focus on the cross (which I would dodge a smidgeon). That would draw your eye from the cross and further into the scene with the church. I think you have a great negative to work with.

- Thomas

All I'll offer is that this neg. begs to be printed .....

I like your image and have no issue with composition, this is what the holga does best, I would suggest softening the image in printing by applying a light tone.

Thanks all for your supportive comments, they have really helped me consider what to do next with the negative. Appreciate it.