It's overall a decent image, and I like the composition. It appears to be processed as an HDR, am I right? The things that somehow catch my eye are that the building on the right appears to be leaning over toward the center and the left side of the market building seems to lean even more the further back in the frame you look. And a fair amount of purple color in the branches, I'm not sure if it's purple fringing, post-processing, or just from the pinkish/purplish color in the wispy clouds behind the tree, but it seems a bit unnatural. Also, I'm detecting a bit of haloing around the tower/building edges. I realize that with a wide-angle lens the "leaning" distortion is tough to avoid if you have to point the lens even slightly up to take in the view, and sometimes it's perfectly fine in a shot, but somehow it distracts me here.
So, for me--lots of things right, but just a couple of distractions.
Keep 'em coming.
I really like this. I think the light on the right is a little hot, maybe could have been moved further away from the wall (if it was intentional), but I love the feeling of the photo.
Here's one of mine:
Nikon D90 w/ Sigma 24-70 f2.8
1/160
f8
46mm
Studio strobe behind backdrop to camera left
Grey? Overcast?? The light looks fantastic! No need to reach for the HDR... or any other PP gimmick. HDR is a creative cul-de-sac for 95% of pix. Explore the light and the landscape, instead, and try to get things right in the camera. Maybe hide the sun behind some tree branches, 'cos a bright, blown-out sun becomes a white 'hole' in the middle of the image that just produces flare and reduces definition.
By the way I didn't mean that the sky was overcast but simply that there is a grey tinge to the whole picture. Not quite sure how to get rid of it!
I've downloaded the Aperture 3 trial and had some time to play with it today to see how far I can push/pull images (it's a holiday in Ontario). This is a re-process of a field I shot last summer. While it is over the top on saturation, I'm impressed how far it can be pushed before clipping occurs. The final image is closer to the perceived brilliance and saturation of the observed scene.
This is real nice. I even like the HDR technique you've added. Care to share a wallpaper sized version?Thanks dlegend, acearchie and barryj for your positive comments. Here is another from the broken fence series.
I don't totally dislike this, except the glow around the shack. But did you by chance zoom out and capture more of the background? I wonder what it would do for the picture.Jones Beach Snack Shack
Control Tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Quincy Market in downtown Boston at dusk (feedback encouraged!)
Here's another pic from my recent trip to Boston... Faneuil Hall at dusk...
Seacliff State Beach
Santa Cruz,CA