US Custom House

[Sam W]

Practicing with monochrome. C&C welcome.

[Ziggy]

Nice shot. Is that in Charleston?

[Shadowman]

Nicely processed.

[Mike Buckley]

Great conversion and perspective! The only thing that might improve it is providing a little negative space on the left.

[kdoc856]

Take a bow, Sam, that's a beauty- perfect exposure, great perspective distortion correction, the scale feels right. Just a superb architectural shot.

[Manfred M]

+1 to what Mike has written. The your conversion is great.

I find the crop a bit tight and that really doesn't leave you the room to fully correct the perspective.

[Wavelength]

Excellent

[Sam W]

Nice shot. Is that in Charleston?

Yes, early November.

[Sam W]

Great conversion and perspective! The only thing that might improve it is providing a little negative space on the left.

Thanks Mike, I agree.

[Sam W]

Take a bow, Sam, that's a beauty- perfect exposure, great perspective distortion correction, the scale feels right. Just a superb architectural shot.

Thanks Kevin, I'm impressed that you noticed the distortion correction. Perhaps it is oblivious to someone with your expertise. Thanks so much for the complements, good to know I'm on the right track. Best regards - sam

[Sam W]

+1 to what Mike has written. The your conversion is great.

I find the crop a bit tight and that really doesn't leave you the room to fully correct the perspective.

Thanks Manfred - I agree I won't make excuses :-) I appreciate your review and comments - Best regards, - Sam

[Sam W]

Excellent

Thanks Nandakumar, glad you liked it. - Best regards - Sam

[Sam W]

Nicely processed.

Thanks John! Best regards, Sam

[Donald]

Just adding my note to what everyone has already said. That's an excellent bit of B & W work. You've got amazing clarity into the structure of the building.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Sam,

I see this was shot on a Nikon D750 at 27mm, f/16, 1/30s and iso 100.

If you could, I would have shot a little wider, to allow for some perspective correction in Post Processing.

I agree with the suggestion of the shot needing more space on the left - the 'face' of the building is well over the left hand side and what's on the right is of less interest. As an alternative, you might perhaps crop this on the right.

If I had snapped this, I would take the following actions in PP:
a) slight rotation clockwise so that nearest part (corner) of the building is the the part that is vertical
b) crop from right to leave some tree in, but remove right hand 'side elevation' of building completely
c) investigate if some correction could be applied to mitigate the tilt distortion which the crop will have made more obvious, dealing with the effects of correction may require extending canvas and cloning more sky to prevent it feeling too constrained, so the key would be to achieve a good compromise, not to get everything vertical, which is unnecessary with your shot.

I also like the conversion and it's so nearly a great shot is why I'm being nit-picky with these other issues.

I hope it helps, Dave

[Sam W]

Just adding my note to what everyone has already said. That's an excellent bit of B & W work. You've got amazing clarity into the structure of the building.

Thanks Donald - good to know I'm on the right track. I appreciate you comments/complements. Best regards - Sam

[Rebel]

That is an excellent shot and conversion Sam.

Great PoV, so sharp and nicely processed. Well done!

Did you use a tripod?

[Sam W]

Hi Sam,

I see this was shot on a Nikon D750 at 27mm, f/16, 1/30s and iso 100.

If you could, I would have shot a little wider, to allow for some perspective correction in Post Processing.

I agree with the suggestion of the shot needing more space on the left - the 'face' of the building is well over the left hand side and what's on the right is of less interest. As an alternative, you might perhaps crop this on the right.

If I had snapped this, I would take the following actions in PP:
a) slight rotation clockwise so that nearest part (corner) of the building is the the part that is vertical
b) crop from right to leave some tree in, but remove right hand 'side elevation' of building completely
c) investigate if some correction could be applied to mitigate the tilt distortion which the crop will have made more obvious, dealing with the effects of correction may require extending canvas and cloning more sky to prevent it feeling too constrained, so the key would be to achieve a good compromise, not to get everything vertical, which is unnecessary with your shot.

I also like the conversion and it's so nearly a great shot is why I'm being nit-picky with these other issues.

I hope it helps, Dave

Dave - this helps a lot and the more nit-picky the better. Now I know to pay more even attention to verticals and shoot wider. At the time I was not aware of PP adjustments for distortion...also because of the setting and lens, I think this was a wide as could go.

I attempted to address your comments in the update below except extending the canvas and cloning more sky. So I'll have to live with the image being constrained. Thanks again for your time and help. Best regards -Sam

[Mike Buckley]

Your second version draws me into the scene; I literally feel as if I'm standing on the street looking up at the building. It also makes the building seem more imposing, more dramatic. Love it!

[Sam W]

That is an excellent shot and conversion Sam.

Great PoV, so sharp and nicely processed. Well done!

Did you use a tripod?

Hi Matt, you are making my day! I need to also thank Mike Buckley for all his B&W conversion suggestions provided in a separate post.

Hoping to get a tripod for Christmas...but I was able to find a something solid upon which to set my camera. Best regards - Sam