Royal Crescent

Please give an honest critique. Thankyou.

Works for me. It's the composition. Great shot.

 

If somehow you can reduce the intensity (make it lighter) of the sky, the road, the field grass and let the building and the fence to be more exposed, this would be perfect. At least to me. :-)

nicely done.

Very effective composition, good tonality. Lovely. Yes, it could be brightened just a bit, as Lukman says. The placement of the fence right at the lower right corner of the frame and the rooftop at the upper left is perfect. I wish only that the nearest one or two cars weren't there. Perhaps you could dodge or paint out the highlight on the rear of the nearest car. Overall, fine work.

Excellent perspective Hanna, very good composition. I agree with the previuos comments that the photo needs to bit lightened a bit. Great job anyhow and regards, Rafik!

Thankyou all for your thoughtful comments. I debated whether or not to convert this to b&w, but it seems acceptable. I will probably follow with the coloured version for comparison. The cars here are always a problem but there is no time when they aren't present so I thought the b&w would at least minimize their impact. I'll experiment with the levels but my PS skills are abysmal.

This is a nice shot, Hanna. B&W definitely works for this, and you did a fine job with the tones. (What method did you use for conversion?) I'm sure confidence in your PS skills will come. The amount of PS you really need to know well for photography is actually fairly limited and you can definitely master it. Have you read Martin Evening's book?

Excellent composition and great perspective.... I like it, Hanna....!!!

Chris, I work in Paintshop Pro. For b&w I usually use 'colourize' and reduce hue and saturation to 10% or less. I then go to colour balance and adjust the levels to taste, generally toward the warm tones. If it's too contrasty for me I adjust that with colour/contrast or in levels although I find that one a bit tricky.

Hanna, a very good shot of Royal Crescent. The cars are always a problem. The only thing I would do is to reduce the highlights on them in PS so they are not so shiny.

 

The tones here look good though I would raise the contrast for the road and grass to make more of the shadow of the fence. (great!) Here is a quick go to show what I mean

Thanks Colin. I'm glad you picked up on the fence shadows as that was one of the features I liked about the scene. Can you tell me how to make selective levels adjustments ie in only parts of the image.

Hanna, I've sent you an email. Hope it makes sense. If not please ask for clarification!

Got it!

Hi Hanna!! I love the composition of this image! the llloooonnnnngggg curve in the building and driveway is GREAT!

Hanna, I like your original version over Colin's. Composition and balance are the key elements for this image... and the tones in your image are more pleasing to my eyes!

Lou Ann, it is an amazing bit of architecture. The building is actually crescent shaped, hence the name, so you are looking at about half of it. It's very difficult to get the whole building in one shot without forfeiting something.

 

Brad, I'm pleased you like it. I appreciate a diversity of opinion. It forces me to look at my work from others' viewpoints and realize there's more than one way of presenting an image.

Hanna, I agree with Brad, I like your version, and the nice way you have cropped the composition, very good open space that accentuate the building form. I have read what you wrote about the 18/55 Kit lens. I have it with my 300 D. and I think that it is a good lens ,for sure a good value for the money... Pnina

Interesting view. I wonder if the black and white would not be improved if you lighten the lawn in order that the fence can stant out better on it. I think if you play with the layers in photoshop you could do something like this.

Regards

Excellent composition and great perspective.

 

~~Regards~Satya~