So today's photo needs a little bit of an introduction.

Three years ago, Anya and I took a trip to Atlanta for my birthday. We visited the Georgia Aquarium (I'm sure I'll be sharing photos from there eventually) and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.

Outside the Botanical Gardens was this huge sculpture that looked like a Dia de los Muertos skull. We instantly loved it, and it only got better when we got closer and realized that we could also go inside of it!

And then super awesome just got better...

Technical Data: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II at 31mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 400. No post production. Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA.

Why This Photo: The numerous mirrors inside this sculpture just made for such an interesting environment. I really am not one to take photos of people, I rarely do so, but when a situation like this happens and I can get what I feel is a creative, unique photograph of someone, I seem to grasp the opportunity.

What Works: Capturing Anya's expression in such a unique way really makes this photo for me. The fact that she is gazing up at this incredible sculpture and not paying any attention to the camera is vital. Though photographs of people usually work best if the subject makes eye contact, I think the fact that she is looking at the rest of the mirrors actually draws the viewers eyes off to look through the multiple additional captured images in each mirror segment, and yet always end up back at the original focal point.

What Doesn't Work: Quite simply, I wish I had framed myself out of the shot. I feel the image would be much stronger if I could have managed to make Anya to be the only discernible person reflected in the mirrors.

We went back a couple years after this, and unfortunately the sculpture was gone. So I didn't get the chance to go back and fix my previous composition. Someday, I hope to find this sculpture again - I think that would be incredible.

Let me know what you think! Post a comment and leave your own critique of this photo.

- Bill

PS: As a parting gift, here's the view through the mouth of this sculpture...