St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by Rebecca:
Hi Alex!

This looks like a beautiful old church (basilica?)! No one does it quite like the Europeans, I think. Excellent choice of subject here. I like the aged b/w treatment.

There are some blown highlights on the face of the building and I think it's a diffuser or a polarizer that would help with that? I honestly don't remember which since I don't own that sort of equipment at this point. I wish I could see the top of the temple or, as an alternative, see a tighter crop with less height - at least then it would look like a more deliberate choice, less like you just ran out of camera space. In the lower left there's a darker gray strip of road or sidewalk that is a little distracting, I don't think anything would be lost by cropping it out.

Daddy and son visiting London
by alexgarcia

Comment by ederontiveros:
good idea. Maybe I would have cropped teh picture a with a little less sky.

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by margiemu:
From CTP2:

I commented during the challenge, but I'll look a little closer Ü.

I like the duotone effect in this. It works well. The subject you picked is good - lots of interest. The statues at the front are sort of growing on me, but maybe if you would have included just a tad more of them, so they didn't look so cut off? And somehow lit them a little more so they weren't quite as dark? I like what you were trying to do, though, and they do give the photo some perspective.

Overall a nice shot.

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Good choice on color treatment. Composition-wise, I like how you included foreground and background elements which gives the image depth and interest. I'm not sure I like the perspective of the building but I'm not really sure how you could fix that within this particular composition (with the statues) or using basic editing.

Btw, I do like the statues in there and they are level so it equalizes the building tilt somewhat. Other than that I like the photo. The color and detail is pleasing. The statues themselves add some contrast and a focal point that leads you up the image.

Message edited by author 2006-05-17 16:07:59.

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by Oddfrog:
I like the way the statues look alive!! Not so sure on the angel. I keep turning my head to see it straigh LOL!!

But it is very nice:)

Daddy and son visiting London
by alexgarcia

Comment by amandalore:
cute, good focus, nice background, maybe if the statue/carving on the right weren't in the picture that would help, good DOF and smooth picture, nice work

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by YourBuddyFlo:
very nice image, it really looks like the statues are real people, until one looks closer.

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by Gabriel:
Nice color

St. James arriving to the temple
by alexgarcia

Comment by Lilhoop:
nice duotone

You can't judge a book by its cover
by alexgarcia

Comment by blackenedwhite:
From the CTP MkII

Okay, I'll be trying a different crit format for this particular entry. To keep it short and sweet.

What Works:
The lighting's great, the exposure's great, the subject's funny. This particular mix got it placed where it is right now.

What Needs Improvement:
The shallow DOF. And the page misalignment. But I guess you know of these by now. These prevented you from placing higher, IMO.

Summary:
Minus minor nitpicks, it IS a great entry for the challenge. Congrats on your current PB.