Need help!

[Ashwin]

This is what I have come up with...
What say?

Probably photograph taken in bright sunlight.

[Maritimer1]

I LOVE the impact of the red door. Very nice, Sahil. How about a square crop?



Myra

[Jim B.]

Hi Sahil,
I really like the photo and I think any of the crops offered will work.All depends on what feeling you are going for.
I'm notorious for trying to keep an entire image intact(not the best strategy at times).
Here's my take on it.

[ScoutR]

Probably photograph taken in bright sunlight.

Yes Ashwin, that looks better to me, it just needed to be toned down a bit.

Wendy

[Ashwin]

Yes Ashwin, that looks better to me, it just needed to be toned down a bit.

Wendy

And little bit perpective correction, rotated bit towards right..

[ScoutR]

Hi Sahil,
I really like the photo and I think any of the crops offered will work.All depends on what feeling you are going for.
I'm notorious for trying to keep an entire image intact(not the best strategy at times).
Here's my take on it.

Sahil: I think you might have your answer right here. I don't know how to post these images side by side, but I've viewed your original side by side with Jim's and he has really brought out the tones and textures. I also agree with what he said about keeping as much of the original as possible, and in this case I don't think it is a bad strategy at all. Like he said it just depends on what you are after. But logically you would be after what you photographed originally.

There are so many possibilities with this shot. Myra is onto something with her version too and just to add to your confusion and give you another choice, here is another square crop possibility.



The choice is yours, you have lots to work with here.

Wendy

[rick55]

Hi, Sahil;

I like the tight crop that you did based on Wendy's suggestion. The three alternatives have different impacts on the viewer, I think.

Assume you'll get the best possible colors for the composition you choose. For the tight crop, you'll accentuate the colors, for the medium and wide, you want a broad range, with the sky fixed, as Jim did. With ideal colors for all, which one tells the story you want to tell? Do you want the viewer to think, "What's behind that bright door?" That's probably a tight crop. Do you want them to see a door that's bright in a rather messy alley? That's probably medium or wide. Do you want them to see a door that's brightly painted but still a little dilapidated, with a beaten-up mat in front of it? That's probably tight or medium.

I'm sorry if I sound as if I'm teaching: it's really trying to describe what I think when I'm figuring out a crop like this, for whatever it's worth.

Cheers,
Rick

[Sahil]

Thanks everyone for the input. Its great to see so many interpretations, views, perspectives.. I am too confused...
But I think I will go with the original shot only. Will try taking care of the colours. And to my bad luck, this wasn't taken in RAW.

[Sahil]

One thing though, and it could just be my monitor, but it seems the light parts in the wall have become a bit bright, especially just above the door and at the front of the steps.

Err... You are right Wendy. I used burn tool on the walls on both sides of the door. Not above & in front of the steps.