The Doors

[gregj1763]

Just returned from Bali.
Spotted this building facade on a three storey hostel. I love the texture and the colours.
C&C welcome.
Cheers Greg

[Rufus]

I agree the texture and colour pallette are very nice. It looks as if this elevation of the hostel could extend on for ever.

Is it already cropped? I wonder if the image might be improved if you rotated it a little anti-clockwise to avoid the lines in the right hand side of the frame being almost parallel to the edge of the image. Of course too much rotation and you would create a similar issue the other side; and rotating it clockwise would create a similar problem with the horizontal lines).

David

[Shadowman]

Nice concept and capture.

[gregj1763]

Thanks David. Yes already cropped so there is room for some improvement and might be able to use the free transform tool to straighten things up a bit

[gregj1763]

Had another edit, used perspective warp to try to make the image look more upright. upon reflection the original looked like it was falling over backwards.

[Rufus]

Yes, Greg, the perspective warped version definitely works for me, but I wonder whether a skewed version might be an even more dynamic image. Something along these lines...?



David

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[gregj1763]

Yes, Greg, the perspective warped version definitely works for me, but I wonder whether a skewed version might be an even more dynamic image. Something along these lines...?



David

Last edit: to add example

Awesome David, I love it. Thanks for taking the time to show me what you envisioned.
Cheers, Greg

[DanK]

A great image. I was going to suggest perspective correction, but you beat me to it. I'm of two minds about whether the second or third is better.

[Manfred M]

Greg the second version where you have removed the perspective distortion is certainly a stronger image than the first one.

I also like what David (Rufus) has suggested. This is a "classical" use of the Dutch Tilt where an image with a lot of horizontal and vertical lines is rotated to create more diagonal lines; these tend to be viewed as being more dynamic than pure horizontal / vertical lines. My only comment to his approach would be that an even more aggressive rotation might be worth considering.





Unfortunately, this also means cropping more of the image out of the shot, so this type of technique is usually best when handled in camera.

[purplehaze]

Fabulous image, Greg. I do like the second version, which has an anchor in the lower right third and preserves more of the doors, but the tilted versions work for me, too.

[gregj1763]

Thank you all for your comments, I guess there is no right or wrong way just what appeals to the viewer.
I will continue to play around with it.
Greg

[Rufus]

Thank you all for your comments, I guess there is no right or wrong way just what appeals to the viewer.
I will continue to play around with it.
Greg

Yes it is all subjective, an art not a science, and no rights, no wrongs.
David