Judy Burr, APSA, MPSA
January 2018 - Red and White Church
About the Image(s)
During out last trip to Germany in May 2015, I spotted this church in the distance so we went to check it out. I know it is facing the wrong way with the front of the church hidden. However, the light on the rest was nice as was the setting. I had to do some climbing around to find a good spot to shoot from. I took it with my Olympus EM5 and 14-150/4.0-5.6 lens at 29mm=58mm. I have the Pro lens now, but this isn't worth much so I still have it. ISO was 400, SS 1/1000 and aperture was f10. We were probably in an area with less light or I was shooting out the car window and didn't change the settings. I processed it in Elements and CEP.
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10 comments posted
This is a beautiful photo. I think this back perspective is lovely. I want this one on my 2018 calendar. Posted: 01/09/2018 11:39:27
I think this is a nice shot. Lighting is good and the church is well defined. We go to Scandinavia quite often and these old churches dot the landscape and often are quite beautiful.
The only nit I see in this I would probably is to remove the pole on top of the hill. My eye for some reason went right to it. Very minor.
Posted: 01/12/2018 09:37:01
The only nit I see in this I would probably is to remove the pole on top of the hill. My eye for some reason went right to it. Very minor.
Posted: 01/12/2018 09:37:01
Red, white and blue always has great impact for me. Focus is perfect (says the man with blurry vision) I agree with Jim that the telephone pole adds nothing to your image. If you crop the left you would eliminate that and the white thing below it on the wall. I'd probably crop that part of the wall too, halfway through the large bush. One or two more steps to the left and you would have a full window on the right. Just wishing I were young and limber again. Well done travel shot. Posted: 01/12/2018 11:33:35
You are all right about the telephone pole, but I was thinking of it as photo travel in which case I would have to crop and not remove. I thought that might make it a bit tight on the left, but it looks OK on Bob's version. Thanks for your suggestions. I'll do some cropping and try again. Posted: 01/13/2018 12:36:12
Tam,
Se my reply below about the rules for travel images. I don't even know how to add to a picture like you did! I can crop the pole out, but then not use it for PT.
Plenty of rules are broken by individuals and exhibitions, but we keep trying. My question is whether it is worth not following rules just to win.
Judy Posted: 01/14/2018 15:28:29
Se my reply below about the rules for travel images. I don't even know how to add to a picture like you did! I can crop the pole out, but then not use it for PT.
Plenty of rules are broken by individuals and exhibitions, but we keep trying. My question is whether it is worth not following rules just to win.
Judy Posted: 01/14/2018 15:28:29
Thank you. Posted: 01/16/2018 20:41:38
All, I got the word from on high re: Travel images--
"Travel image rules question-no problem with straightening a horizon or cropping. No, you cannot fill in content, but just crop it and keep it with the new dimensions. You can also lighten or darken, or even adjust color, so long as it looks like it did to your eye when you took it. What drives me crazy are all of the super-saturated images we are seeing, especially from Asia. Trouble is, our PSA members are traveling with, and listening to, all these workshop leaders, each trying to out-dazzle the others."
FIAP has different rules but for PSA we must not make changes in the reality based Divisions--travel, nature and PJ. In PID we can do anything. I still don't know all the rules as they apply to "similar image" how does one define that??? Posted: 01/14/2018 15:25:54
"Travel image rules question-no problem with straightening a horizon or cropping. No, you cannot fill in content, but just crop it and keep it with the new dimensions. You can also lighten or darken, or even adjust color, so long as it looks like it did to your eye when you took it. What drives me crazy are all of the super-saturated images we are seeing, especially from Asia. Trouble is, our PSA members are traveling with, and listening to, all these workshop leaders, each trying to out-dazzle the others."
FIAP has different rules but for PSA we must not make changes in the reality based Divisions--travel, nature and PJ. In PID we can do anything. I still don't know all the rules as they apply to "similar image" how does one define that??? Posted: 01/14/2018 15:25:54
Are you speaking about "similar image" as it pertains to gaining acceptances? It looks like the catch all for the reality based divisions is "All allowed adjustments must appear natural."
The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene, and complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
If this doesn't include dodging and burning, they should state that. Ansel Adams made D&B the standard in B&W that we all try to live up to. Color adjustments need to be made, in my opinion, to make an image appear as it did when shooting. The human eye has a DR of about 20 stops. DSLR's get 9-14 and are more limited by camera electronics than sensors. Hasselblad only gets 13.55 at $40,000. Posted: 01/16/2018 15:04:00
The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene, and complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
If this doesn't include dodging and burning, they should state that. Ansel Adams made D&B the standard in B&W that we all try to live up to. Color adjustments need to be made, in my opinion, to make an image appear as it did when shooting. The human eye has a DR of about 20 stops. DSLR's get 9-14 and are more limited by camera electronics than sensors. Hasselblad only gets 13.55 at $40,000. Posted: 01/16/2018 15:04:00
I'd be happy to put this on one of my walls. Like the cropping of the left, but would leave top & bottom as is. Being averse to post-processing, I love "the word from on high" re: travel, nature & PJ. Posted: 01/16/2018 14:29:55