Belfry Windows
by GeneralE

Comment by LadeeM:

Originally posted by LadeeM: Being new to "long exposure" myself, it's taken me a bit to understand how and when to use it. When you use it to take a photo of a regular object, you get an extra bright object. Long exposure doesn't work well for this photo. Perhaps if you had taken it at night, we would have gotten a better feel for the subject. Good luck!

OK ... so I feel like an idiot now. :)

Belfry-HiKeyVig_IMG_7230-DPC.jpg
by GeneralE

Comment by p2jvr:
Really like this version much better. I wish it were possible to have hindsight early!

Belfry-HiKeyVig_IMG_7230-DPC.jpg
by GeneralE

Comment by Rikki:
I like the blue pass on this version Paul. The only thing that bothers me a tad is that there's hints of a slight orange/red color from the leaves. Since this is a high key image, I suggest using a frame to keep the eye from wandering elsewhere. Great job!

Belfry-HiKeyVig_IMG_7230-DPC.jpg
by GeneralE

Comment by aboutimage:
Ooh, now that's VERY nice.

Belfry Windows
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:
Here's the high-key version with a vignetted treatment.


Message edited by author 2005-08-08 02:34:01.

Belfry Windows
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by briphoto: how is this long exposure?

This is a long exposure in that it is longer than what would be "normal" in a deliberate attempt to isolate the windows within the white-on-white (high-key) building against the blown-out sky. I wanted to hold just the barest possible detail in the columns while making the windows look relatively normal. I guess I should have left out the "dark corners" and just made it a pure high-key photo.

However, it is not "over-exposed" it is deliberately exposed for longer than would be normal ... which I thought was the point of the challenge.

A "normal" exposure would have looked more like this:


Message edited by author 2005-08-08 02:09:45.

Belfry Windows
by GeneralE

Comment by briphoto:
how is this long exposure?

Belfry Windows
by GeneralE

Comment by LadeeM:
Being new to "long exposure" myself, it's taken me a bit to understand how and when to use it. When you use it to take a photo of a regular object, you get an extra bright object. Long exposure doesn't work well for this photo. Perhaps if you had taken it at night, we would have gotten a better feel for the subject. Good luck!

Bay Window
by GeneralE

Comment by TheStick:
I'd crop more off the bottom.

Bay Window
by GeneralE

Comment by blondmcfly:
The tree in the fore-front of the picture is slightly distracting