Brenda Fishbaugh, QPSA
About the Image(s)
Our Photo Club topic was "Arches" and I've entered this photo taken in September 2019. The place is very busy at night and I shot three shots of 6 seconds each, hoping an HDR merge would make everyone disappear. But NO, it would have had to be a lot longer shutter speed and that was blowing out the bright lights on the arches. So I deleted everyone and all their ghosts. I used Nik filters to get a "pen and ink" type drawing, and I replaced the night sky with a deep blue, using "Select Sky" and then using the "Fill" option.
I like the gold/blue complementary colors and the "etched" feel of it. But thought I'd go to my experts and see if it needs work or whether it isn't going to do well.
The Colosseum does lean as it is shown here, should I try to straighten or leave as it is? Thanks!
Title suggestions?
ISO 100 28mm focal length f/10 6.0 seconds
Canon 5D Mark IV, Tamron 28-300, tripod
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19 comments posted
The building may well lean inwards but probably not as much as this, so some transform of the verticals would help.
Having never seen this building there appears to be a dark square repeating across the base, and it's on the original too, so was this there or was it something moving across the image?
I've also added a moon to the larger expanse of Blue, do you like it or prefer the simplicity of the sky?
  Posted: 02/03/2021 06:12:31
Liked the photo and the post process.
Tourist are not too many and not taking away focus from the main subject, but adds value to it, I would keep.
  Posted: 02/03/2021 20:50:54
(Group 32)
Good idea to eliminate the people from the shot. I like your edited version.
I like the size of the sky. I wonder if it was just a tad darker, not much, just a little?
I also like Terry's idea of the moon. Although, I find that the brightness tends to draw my eye to the edge. If the moon was slightly smaller and placed on the top right third intersection, I wonder if that would harmonize the composition a little more?   Posted: 02/04/2021 03:19:38
I prefer this edit!
The misty moon looks more authentic and the straighter walls work well! Bravo for your perseverance!
I wonder if you move the moon diagonally down and a little to the left (just enough to sit on the top rule of thirds cross-over line), it should balance the composition a little better?
Just a thought.
  Posted: 02/17/2021 04:20:46
  Posted: 02/13/2021 12:19:30
(Group 32)
My take on vertical convergence of parallel lines is strictly personal to me. I very much like this last image in that respect, for two reasons. One is that the slight vertical convergence tells the viewer's brain that this is a building soaring upward. Two is that, I think, it would look just plain funny to see the verticals perfectly parallel, as if this were a real estate advertising shot taken by a professional architectural photographer. I might add that your eye actually sees the vertical convergence, just as you eye see horizontal convergence when you look down a street lined with buildings or along a railroad track.   Posted: 02/12/2021 22:33:29