Response to BIG (Response #67)

Uploaded 502 Days Ago by groen65 - 9 comments

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duncmc said 502 days ago:

I like the colours - that sky really pops. A tighter crop left and right might make this a stronger image.

rosedaddy said 502 days ago:

i get more a sense of vertigo with this shot; it is missing something to show size of subject relative to another object or . . .

George said 502 days ago:

That's quite the blue sky. There seems to be something unnatural about the edge of the building against the sky. Maybe it's a product of sharpening? I'm curious to know where this is.

groen65 said 502 days ago:

@rosedaddy...you and I, the viewer and the photographer, show the size of the building by looking up at it. It towers over both of us.

@George...This is Les Invalides on a very sunny day in Paris. The sky and the edge of the building are real - the only thing I've done is burn the building in a bit.

Thanks for your comments!

CraigMartin said 502 days ago:

I very much like the tones and colours in this, but I don't think the composition really works.

groen65 said 502 days ago:

Thanks Craig, I've now cropped following duncmc's suggestion above and it does make it stronger...and bigger :-)

King said 502 days ago:

I like. High ratings. Where is this?

King said 502 days ago:

Nynke...ah, Paris.

I agree with you about being able to sense the size from the image, although movie makers are *very* adept at fooling us with models, using the same technique...may have been the impetus for rosedaddy's remark (although I don't presume to know that).

Good for you to try duncmc's suggestion!

groen65 said 501 days ago:

@King...It's Nynke so it has to be Paris :-) Whenever I go I do take lots of pictures, which come in handy sometimes. I can't wait to go back this year and do loads of big, bridges, looking up, reflections, signs and anything else that could crop up as a theme in WS. But first Amsterdam at Easter for water, bridges and architecture!

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