miscellaneous The National Theatre

Interesting take on the part-desat method, Blago. Intricate the reflection which seems perfect, more classical perhaps than the top quarter of the actual building suggests. Nice work.

Fabulous shot. The only National Theatre our president goes to is the comic book store.

A great photograph. Beautiful and sharp in every detail. Well done.

wonderfull detail. Thank you for uploading.

It is so clever.

Well prepared.

Sorry - I just don`t get it - what effect does it supposed to have the bw effect?

It reminds me of a muddy bass tone. Theres just to many differant ideas fighting for your attention. Some of the individual concepts work, but the overall photograph doesnt.

Thank you all for the positive comments.I really appreciate them. David, the B/W stripe here serves several purposes. It helps the viewer to separate the building from its reflection, there are a lot of details here and if all in color you just get lost in a "too busy" composition. Next, it underlines the 3D illusion in the picture - the upper part is vertical, the B/W part is horizontal, and the reflection is another horizontal level. An old trick - make the foreground more warmer than the background to achieve a better (pseudo) 3D representation. Third, it is easy to see the B/W stripe as a scene with actors on it, it is a theatre photo. I am not going further making a parallel between the B/W life and the colorful illusions of the theatre, it is already banal. But I really believe in the formalistic reasons I stated above.Yes, Will, ideas, I just do not like the straight shots of buildings, they are just illustrations of somebody else's architecture work.

Great photograph. Great editing. I agree that it is very difficult for architectural photography to be something more than calling attention to the artistry of the architect (although I think calling attention to the artistry of architects is a very worthwhile thing to do for both the architects and those of us who need to be reminded to pay attention to the world around us). This photograph, however, is a tribute to the vision of the photographer!

Never saw this one before.

Great work Blago.

 

Bravo!

I'm sorry, Blago, but I'm going through the 300 top-rated shots on the site these days, and I found this on my way, and I don't find it "very good". It's well executed for sure, but what exactly was the point of this montage ? I see this black and white people with color reflections and color background and I just don't see why you would do something like that. Seems a bit gimmicky to me. I saw your 2 girls at a bar counter long ago - not too sure whether I commented on it or not. That was real good photography. I'll check it out again. You have donee much better than this imo. Regards.

It is not a montage, Mark. The only thing manipulated is the partial desaturation.

The meaning of it I've stated above. Blago

The reflection is wonderful.

 

The effects applied and the composition are very effective.

 

The black and white layer in between makes for an interesting transition for the eyes to follow.