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The lighting and colour are pretty much perfect here... The tapering effect of the light as you get closer to the camera, and the two main colours being black and a rather unpleasant hue or orange add a rather grim effect.
My only criticism comes from my experience with locations such as this. Though to most, this appears to be in a rather shocking state of disarray... It ends up being rather average to me, and I'm well aware that it gets much more grim and shocking than this (I assume that this photo is aiming to be beautifully grim).
Secondly, the feeling of has-been luxury does come through from the photo. The feel of a certain amount of class is definitely there.
The third thing I'd like to mention is the warm light coming in from the window and the grey peeling walls. This brings out an odd but resonating effect of the mixtures of light blending in together harmoniously. The lighting is sort of a delicate balance between yin and yang in my opinion. Also, fixture of lighting isn't quiet harsh despite the clarity of detail.
The only tiny issue with this photo I'd like to point out is the right bottom corner. Although the chair was a good touch to add to the photo, the piece of metal (?) and the corner in general just throws the photo slightly off. I understand it might be slightly less focused than the rest of the photo because it simply wasn't meant to be the focus of the photo. Don't understand my point? Well, breaking it down, I see a highly detailed photo with a blurred right bottom corner. The photo should either be only focused on one thing (eg. the bed) or completely focused on the whole frame. This means either the bed is the only thing that pops out at you or that the whole photo should pop out at you at once, not just three quarters of the photo. It leaves too little a percentage of the photo unfocused and a part of the photo feeling unfinished.
This could very well be an oversight because naturally, your eyes would only be drawn to the walls, the bed, the floor and the draping light (?).
Next time it would be quite worth it to take a photo from different angles, playing around with the point of views.
Overall, this is a brilliant photo, one that is worth a DD. Like the others have said, it makes you wonder what happened there. To me, it also make me wonder what other sights did you witness in this building? What made you pick this particular room or if this room looks like this, what does the others look like?
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