Challenge:Free Study 2012-08 (Advanced Editing VII) Camera:Nikon D90 Location: San Francisco California Date: Aug 29, 2012 Aperture: 5.0 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/250 Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2012
I really like it the way it is right now. I gave it a 7 during voting - absolutely loving the birds.
I can see where nam is going and upping the contrast to expand the tonal range, but I like the richness of the grays throughout. I actually tried it, and had I been able to 'see this shot', I would have like entered a much more pimped up and contrast-y version.
Yeah, this is a superb image and had it not been a free study would have been up there in the winners enclosure.
So many good images in 240ish although must admit in my eye this should have been higher.
I meant I thought the blacks could be blacker and the whites whiter. I know it's impossible to take this kind of shot without lens distortion. I was suggesting that you might be able to correct more of that distortion with a transform tool in post-processing. I gave it a try on the tones and the distortion. I used levels and the skew tool in Elements 7. The warp tool would also have been useful but is not available in Elements.
For the critique thread:
I like that the column and its base are off center and I also like the bird flying into the frame on the left. There may be another bird in the center, but I can't tell. You have some lovely comments, but for me the image is boring. Since the perspective is head on here, I feel all the verticals and horizontals should be parallel to the frame. I would like a wider tonal range (feels flat to me) and more texture, but these are personal preferences.
Honestly, I love this. It reminds me of a still from a classic movie or something. My only guess as to why it didn't score well is because it's in a FS. In an architecture challenge I could easily see this ribboning.
I think one unfortunate thing about FSs is that people will sometimes speed vote because of the large number of entries. I could see people taking a quick glance at this shot and giving it a 5 without noticing things like the birds and the awesome light show.
My only critique would be that it might look a little better if the words on the pillar were'nt cramped all the way down at the very bottom. But, that is just a tiny nitpick.
I like the processing in this image good composition and sharpness i like how there is a comparison between Architectures and the lighting adds too the image ..Well done
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: Love the hook here - I see the column and then the building and then the birds! On spotting them the image comes instantly alive. It's like a visual magic trick. I love that. Once I was hooked, I found the windows compelling - imagining the stories behind each of them.
Critical stuff: Nothing really.
Overall: So much more than the sum of its parts. That's the trick of a really compelling image.
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