Texas State Capitol
by MEJazz

Comment by MEJazz:
Thanks Bill, was just wondering what's wrong with it and you helped explain it. Appreciate you taking time out critiquing it.

Texas State Capitol
by MEJazz

Comment by wbanning:
Hi Mansoor,

This is Bill Banning comment as part of the DPC Critique Club. We're all caught up on current challenges and now a few of us are taking on more recent requests that didn't get covered. So..

This is a competent photo that shows a building for what it is. Your timing worked well to avoid distracting elements in the shot and as Melethia commented, the mirrored cars are a cool part of the setting. The exposure is right on and the afternoon (or morning?) light is good, too. For me, what's lacking is any compelling interest other than the building itself. There's also some typical wide angle distortion going on (both the converging verticals at the far sides and some central distortion causing the image to appear to be bulgiing outward. This can be fixed in current versions of LR or PS or even with Adobe Camera Raw. But the bottom line is that even if the distortion were completely gone, it there's still not much interest in just a straight on shot of a building, even a beautiful historic one like this.

R-O-A-R ...or not (Just dropping by from QUIET challenge to say Hi)
by MEJazz

Comment by tnun:
shoot. that's the cat they always put me next to at dinner.

R-O-A-R ...or not (Just dropping by from QUIET challenge to say Hi)
by MEJazz

Comment by mindbottling:
Is that cat drooling?

R-O-A-R ...or not (Just dropping by from QUIET challenge to say Hi)
by MEJazz

Comment by jgirl57:
LOL! He did not look happy to see you like.. you again.. ok get it over with..

R-O-A-R ...or not (Just dropping by from QUIET challenge to say Hi)
by MEJazz

Comment by Abra:
Hehe

Texas State Capitol
by MEJazz

Comment by Melethia:
I've been there! I like the sorta matching cars.

Over Troubled Water
by MEJazz

Comment by timb:
Not a bad shot, but some of the colors ( brown water and grime on the bridge ) really become distracting. JMO :)

Over Troubled Water
by MEJazz

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I like that you're getting a low angle.

Over Troubled Water
by MEJazz

Comment by LindaLee:
Wow, this is what it looks like near me, in Texas, right now.