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Alexander.Of.Oz

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A study of the shaded side of the building I entered in this weeks (architectural detail) contest. It's a single exposure, as I wanted to see how much detail I could get by opening up the shadows in Lightroom.

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Alexander.Of.Oz said:
Insert the essential caveat: I am no expert by any means, so take my comments and thoughts with a grain of salt. I'm enjoying your POV here, it's perfect for getting out a heavy duty ND filter, somewhere between 10 - 16 stops depending on the available sunlight. The water in the fore is a bit distracting for my eyes, if you had taken basically the same POV, just higher, to avoid the fountain being in the frame, it brings the building back as the subject. In regards of PP, I would back off on the contrast or whatever brought out the haloing along the roof line.
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Cheers Alexander, looking back on it, I'm inclined to agree with you on the contrast front. I must admit that I thought the fountain added something but a bit of PP to get rid of it gave the result below:


IMG_4669 by another scotsman, on Flickr

Thanks again for the feedback.
 
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anotherscotsman said:
Cheers Alexander, looking back on it, I'm inclined to agree with you on the contrast front. I must admit that I thought the fountain added something but a bit of PP to get rid of it gave the result below:


IMG_4669 by another scotsman, on Flickr

Thanks again for the feedback.
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[Insert the caveat of me being an amateur here o_O] That's a great improvement to the overall composition! The only thing (in my eyes) that could lift it again, is to have more of the left side of the building visible, but beggars can't be choosers, especially if this was taken overseas whilst you were on a holiday. I won't comment on the PP to remove the fountain as I have no idea what programs or skill-set you have in that regard. Just as something to learn from, it's perfect, as it illustrates the changes more than well enough. There is still a bit of the halo along the roof line, which may be the result of using a simple plugin or app to make the selection of the sky for you. Nothing trumps Photoshop for the most control when making selections, but it is a bit of a steep learning curve when starting to use it. One final thought, I love that the building is left with a little convergence to the upright lines, it's much more natural in appearance than having everything perfectly square and looking like it will topple over on you.

You are more than welcome in regard of the feedback. I have received quite a few tips from the folks here and elsewhere on the web that gave me those 'aha' moments where my knowledge juggernauts ahead in some manner or another.
 
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Alexander.Of.Oz said:
[Insert the caveat of me being an amateur here o_O] That's a great improvement to the overall composition! The only thing (in my eyes) that could lift it again, is to have more of the left side of the building visible, but beggars can't be choosers, especially if this was taken overseas whilst you were on a holiday. I won't comment on the PP to remove the fountain as I have no idea what programs or skill-set you have in that regard. Just as something to learn from, it's perfect, as it illustrates the changes more than well enough. There is still a bit of the halo along the roof line, which may be the result of using a simple plugin or app to make the selection of the sky for you. Nothing trumps Photoshop for the most control when making selections, but it is a bit of a steep learning curve when starting to use it. One final thought, I love that the building is left with a little convergence to the upright lines, it's much more natural in appearance than having everything perfectly square and looking like it will topple over on you.

You are more than welcome in regard of the feedback. I have received quite a few tips from the folks here and elsewhere on the web that gave me those 'aha' moments where my knowledge juggernauts ahead in some manner or another.
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Cheers Alexander - I know it sounds trite but the participants in this site have been a great source of both learning and inspiration for me without any of the judgemental attitudes that pervade other sites.

Only processed from raw in Capture One - no selections but I think the halo is perhaps an artifact from applying a corner vignette that just happens to border on that top edge of the roof - I'll have a play. Needed something to make the sky a bit more dramatic. Unfortunately it was a one-day visit to DC....the Capitol building was draped in tarpaulins and surrounded by scaffolding. Typical.
 
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kenoh said:
Looks like the one up front has taken a dip recently! :)

Great shots but cant you get in closer and more down to eye level with them? ;-)
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I would have liked to get closer, but they were out on the water and down from the boardwalk I was on. I used my 18-270 to get them. Limits of the glass :-(
 
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A close look at one of the switching boards for the first lift to be powered by electricity in Adelaide, South Australia. From recollection, it dates back to the 1880's or so. This was taken using the dirt cheap nifty-fifty lens, handheld and illuminated by bouncing an LED torch off the ceiling, setting the lens to its largest aperture of f/1.8 and setting the ISO to 6400, which gave me a shutter speed of 1/50 of a second. With those settings the DOF is pretty tight, as evidenced in the image. Quick & nasty treatment in Lightroom only.

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anotherscotsman said:
Cheers Alexander - I know it sounds trite but the participants in this site have been a great source of both learning and inspiration for me without any of the judgemental attitudes that pervade other sites.

Only processed from raw in Capture One - no selections but I think the halo is perhaps an artifact from applying a corner vignette that just happens to border on that top edge of the roof - I'll have a play. Needed something to make the sky a bit more dramatic. Unfortunately it was a one-day visit to DC....the Capitol building was draped in tarpaulins and surrounded by scaffolding. Typical.
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I've not had a play with Capture One, but I am going to get the trial to see if it's better than Lightroom for tethered shooting, which I'm doing for my architectural and landscape images. I'm too indentured to the Lightroom & Photoshop processes to look elsewhere for archiving & PP. :confused:


Cheese&Apple said:
Great lines and nice light. Good to see you back in this neck of the woods Alex.

Cheers,
Peter
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Thanks, Peter. It's good to see a lot of regulars still here and quite a few new members too. Plenty of great images to boot. I'm still envious of Doylem's gallivanting around the countryside, but at least I am now able to enjoy his blog!
 
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