Wrecked Angles Thoughts & Comments Welcomed

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A play on words, this is a residential/condo building on the west side of Manhattan, quite interesting design.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, must be quite a sight when the sun is setting.

[ShaneS]

Jack I like this one a lot but I wonder if a crop that includes more (or none) of the upper left corner would be more effective?

[NorthernFocus]

I like the angle that you used for your composition. And I agree with the prior comment that the size/patterns at upper left disturb the overall symmetry. Overall nicely done.

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Thanks John, I think you'd have to be across the Hudson in Jersey to appreciate the sun setting on it.

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Shane & Dan, thanks. If I decrease the crop the upper LHS corner is just blank sky, so I increased the crop a bit more to reduce the upper LHS in the first image.

[ShaneS]

I like your revision better but do you?

[Manfred M]

Nice shot, Jack.

On top of the shapes, I like the way the reflective glass interacts with the window frames. That adds some intersting textures to the whole image and I think adds to the overall abstraction.

I was thinking along the same lines as the others considering the crop; I would probably be even more agressive if it were my image and would crop everything above where the top left corner of the building starts to curve.

[FootLoose]

Good subject, Jack and nice composition. I also was distracted by the upper left corner, but rather than crop it out, I would replace it by cloning the adjacent windows.

[GBO25]

Looks like the architect overdosed at Starbucks:roll eyes:
But he left you with a nice photo op and it's a good composition. I like it.

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Shane, to my mind the crop doesn't take anything away from the image and to be honest I think the revision is an improvement.

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Thanks Manfred. For this particular image I don't know that cropping more from the top would work (any better). On the other hand I always have the option to re-shoot the building so next time I'm in the area I'll look for another angle.

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Thanks Greg. Not sure about cloning because then I would be adding something to a building that doesn't exist. Like I told Shane I think the second version works well.

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Thanks Graham. I image the construction was a massive headache. From what I read of the building it was months behind schedule and over $50 million (US) over budget. But it is an impressive building (one of many in NYC for that matter.)

[Barbara Ponder]

Very interesting subject and nicely shot.

[Manfred M]

Thanks Manfred. For this particular image I don't know that cropping more from the top would work (any better). On the other hand I always have the option to re-shoot the building so next time I'm in the area I'll look for another angle.

That makes sense to me. Working the scene is something I like doing whenever I can.

[Manfred M]

Thanks Manfred. For this particular image I don't know that cropping more from the top would work (any better). On the other hand I always have the option to re-shoot the building so next time I'm in the area I'll look for another angle.

That makes sense to me. Working the scene is something I like doing whenever I can.

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Thank you Barbara.

[IzzieK]

Love the image Jack, especially the edit. I like the reflections upon reflections on the whole image itself...Nice find and nicely done...

[Mark von Kanel]

cool shot cool edit