Archway II

[Digital]

This is an actual entrance to Bowdon High School in Bowdon, Ga. C&C welcomed. Bruce

[MrB]

Perhaps crop it to the outside of the second pair of pillars, so that we don't see those distracting slivers of background between first and second.

Philip

[DanK]

A good capture. I agree with Philip: I think that crop would make this stronger.

[Digital]

Is this better?

[DanK]

I think so


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[MrB]

So do I !
What do you think?

Cheers.
Philip

[Digital]

So do I !
What do you think?

Cheers.
Philip

Philip, I like the cropped version better. Bruce

[pschlute]

I like it, the symetry works well. I think brightening up the roof would improve it like so.....

[billtils]

Is this better?

Yes it is - and I agree with Peter on brightening up the roof.

[DanK]

Bruce,

I hope this comment is helpful.

There is a consistent thread in some of the responses to your postings. It was what I was getting at with the Ansel Adams paraphrase.

There are some types of photography where well-captured SOOC (straight out of camera) images are pretty good. For example, this is often the case with well-lit sporting venues, which is why some sports photographers shoot JPEG.

For many types of photography, however, nature isn't so kind, and it doesn't give us close to ideal circumstances. This is a nice example: the roof is naturally shaded and dark, but in the opinion of several people (I agree), that isn't optimal. Another example was the old barn you posted. Because of the nature of weathered wood, those images are often quite flat if SOOC.

In those cases, the key to a successful image is postprocessing. The first question to ask, IMHO, is how one would like to change the SOOC image. The next is how. This forum is a winderful place to address the second question. People can be very helpful in suggesting tools you can use, once you know what you want to change. For example, my now-standard way of dodging and burning, which is a bit more complicated but far more flexible than the methods I had been using before, I learned from someone here (Manfred).

Dan

[Digital]

Dan, thank you for your comments. I guess my PP skills need to be improved. I did go into Lightroom, and brighten the roof by increasing the highlights.

Bruce

[DanK]

Lightroom has become a very powerful editor. If you have the patience, you can do a great deal sticking solely to that.


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