Frans Gunterus, QPSA
About the Image(s)
Welcome Monument, Jakarta – Indonesia
Canon 6D Mark II, 1.3 second, f/11, ISO 100. Canon EF Lens 24-105 mm L IS USM at 40 mm.
Welcome Monument (or also known as Hotel Indonesia roundabout) is one of famous and busiest spot in Jakarta Indonesia. I have to wait for less traffic and do trial and error with low speed shot. Actually, I took this image as a background of my composite image for Street Powder Dancer. Most Indonesian knows that was impossible to conduct powder dance in that location. I composed it to attract juries attentions for Grand Indonesia Circuit. However, this is a standalone version. I add water reflection and edited using luminosity mask.
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8 comments posted
There's a lot of lightness on left side drawing me away from central theme; perhaps consider cropping in to keep the reflective edge of black building.
Good job eliminating people and vehicles to just subtle blurs of tail lights.   Posted: 05/10/2021 08:12:10
  Posted: 05/10/2021 17:35:33
The additions of the wet street reflections is a good idea. I do notice that, e.g. the reflections of the building beneath the dancers appears brighter and perhaps sharper than their counterparts above - something that rarely happens in reality - and something to beware in oompetition photographey.   Posted: 05/18/2021 10:41:05