Response to Extreme Contrast (Response #56)

Uploaded 181 Days Ago by Wint3r - 14 comments

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CraigMartin said 181 days ago:

I find the composition of this doesn't work for me. Hard to articulate all the reasons why - the tip of the steeple and the edge of the lower roof (bottom left) and lower right of the roof (upper right) are all too close to the edge, too much and yet at the same time not enough of the church are in the shot. ..it seems either the whole church should framed, or such a small part that it is clearly a shot of some part. This feels like something in between. Sorry, this has not probably got across my thoughts very well.

Wint3r said 181 days ago:

I do have an understanding of what you're saying here, my original intent for this picture was to take something fairly common and try and get a new angle on it. I've taken plenty of church pictures - especially night shots like this one - and I find that after so many I really need to experiment with different angles and framings to get something new out of the subject.

smkpl said 181 days ago:

high marks

smkpl said 181 days ago:

and having read CM's comment I might add ... I like the cropping and the slightly crammed feeling

nattfodd said 181 days ago:

Great perspective and interesting subject.

Nick said 181 days ago:

I like the angle and perspective.

flipthom said 181 days ago:

I'm curious how you did the lighting on this. I probably would've chosen a different composition, something a bit simpler. But the lighting is surprisingly even. Do tell.

Wint3r said 181 days ago:

This shot was taken a little after midnight (maybe 12:30 or 12:45) and the only light was from the full moon. I believe the shutter was open for between 2 and 3 minutes on this particular exposure.

Thank you to everyone for the kind words!

pursang said 181 days ago:

Although there is high contrast between the building and the sky/windows, this image suffers a bit from the subject matter. The building has some interest, but is not compelling in a way that would mark it as a photograph which holds my view. The composition is unbalanced and some of the upper thresholds in the lower right don't add to the image. In addition, the image would benefit from a high pass filter to bring out the texture of the wooden structure.

CraigMartin said 180 days ago:

This is the kind of dialogue that I always thought so productive on WS...I learn a lot from them.

Mark, what is a "high pass filter", by the way?

pursang said 180 days ago:

Craig, Tracy showed me about High Pass. Duplicate the primary layer and select Overlay as the purpose of the layer. Then go to Filter/Other/High Pass and set the slider to around 7.0. You can then move the layer slider from 0-100% to achieve the amount of sharpness you like. Very effective for something like this. BTW, drop you sister a note, she misses you.

Wint3r said 180 days ago:

Thanks for the info on the High Pass filter, I will give that a shot when I get home tonight.

Wint3r said 180 days ago:

Side note - 3.416...I was close! It would have been nice to get one more picture featured before this site goes away.

Beamer said 180 days ago:

This is great for subject/relevance. The B&W conversion is great. The composition falls down a lot tho... Way too tight on 3 sides, top, rigth and bottom. Makes the image feel very restricted.

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