Moonlight on church

[Dave A]

Old wooden church on a grassy hill. Moonlight illuminating the front. PP for the moonlight effect. Looks much better in lightbox.

Dave

[mknittle]

I like it Dave, very nice conversion.

[rpcrowe]

Very nice image - it could do with about 2 degrees of CCW rotation?

[Dave A]

Very nice image - it could do with about 2 degrees of CCW rotation?

Thank you Richard for the comment. The church was on kind of a knoll with the grass sloping away from it on 3 sides. I corrected the rotation and distortion as best I could but the slopping ground is deceiving and the 100 year old wood building is not square anymore. I was starting to feel like when I corrected one thing the other looked off.

Dave

[Dave A]

Here are two more shots of this church from slightly different angles.

Dave

[Dave A]

Thank you Mark.

Dave

[mknittle]

I like the last ones too

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Rebel]

That is a beautiful shot Dave!

[Sailorstu]

I really think these photographs are wonderful. I have to say the second B&W is my favourite but were it mine I might just crop a tiny bit off of the left side. Great shots of a wonderful subject. Fantastic lighting for all three.

[Chri5]

All three are good images but no 1 is especially good. I love the treatment.

[Sam W]

These are very good. Well done Dave!

[Dave A]

Thank you for all the kind and helpful comments. I did get lucky when I passed by this church it was late afternoon and the light was pretty good.

Dave

[NorthernFocus]

All three shots are nicely done. An interesting old church that provides a whole range of opportunities. Good job.

[skitterbug]

All three are striking and beautifully done! I can't decide which one I would place at the top of the heap! Knowing that the church is illuminated by the moon makes it intriguing. I wonder if I could capture my church as expertly as you did this one! Now I may have to give it a try some moonlit night!

Thank you for the inspiration!

[William W]

Very nice work.

I like the idea of (and the skill applied) in the PP to emulate "the moonlight" - - -

I'd like to see you do that application to the second B&W image.

The reason being is that the PERSPECTIVE and also the COMPOSITION of the second B&W image are arguably more appealing than the first.

Especially then consider that the Church (as already mentioned) is not square, then consider in IMAGE #1, also there appears both barrel and inverted keystone distortion in the first image probably as a result of two factors:

a) using FL = 18mm - AND -

b) shooting with the camera tilted upwards.

Whereas, in Image#2, in addition to the TREE and CHURCH arguably being better positioned for juxtaposition and thus the COMPOSITION being better balanced, please note how the use of a the Narrower Focal Length Lens - AND - the different Camera Viewpoint (on the Church) creates less of an "Elevation View" and more of a "Isometric View" of the Church, which in turn provide a more natural Line to TWO VANISHING POINTS as the Viewer's eye moves along the sides of the Church.

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I note your post #4 - These two technical elements mentioned above and combined with the Church being old and thus moving from being its former "square" are the very likely reasons why, that whatever "correction" you made it still looked off to your eye. . . if you want to continue addressing the technicalities of the distortions in Image #1, then in addition to rotation, I think that you you will need to address BARREL DISTORTION and adjust the VERTICAL PERSPECTIVE to address the INVERTED KEYSTONE DISTORTION . . . here is a rough:



WW

[William W]

. . . Knowing that the church is illuminated by the moon makes it intriguing.

I think that the Church was illuminated by Sunlight - and that Digital Post Production was employed to emulate the appearance of a moonlit scene.

Dave might confirm or correct my understanding.

WW

[Dave A]

I think that the Church was illuminated by Sunlight - and that Digital Post Production was employed to emulate the appearance of a moonlit scene.

Dave might confirm or correct my understanding.

WW

You are correct Bill. The image was taken in full late afternoon sunlight on a perfectly clear day. Also Bill thank you for your help in explaining more precisely the distortions in the first image. I will be working on it some more before printing.

I also plan to work on the second B&W image to see how it looks in moonlight. This has been great fun.

Dave

[skitterbug]

Thank you for the clarification Bill and Dave!

[DougR]

Incredible subject done extremely well!