Wellington Home Museum

nice light! :)

This is terrific, Len! I've gotta get over ther and take some shots and quit traveling all over the country with such nice subjects in my back yard! I love the curve of the drive leading up to the museum as well as the light. Nice job!

Striking Colors! Composition: I would have liked to see a bit more of the tree on the left hand side. Standing free, it would perhaps have even better counterbalanced the building on the right rather than only framing the picture. But it's very nice as is.

 

Andreas, is this what you had in mind? Your comment reminded me that I originally composed the shot the way you suggested, then cropped the left side as I thought it distracting. Any other views? Best, LM.

yes this photo catch your eye. nice sharp shadows, warm colours, nice composition...

But why do you have this uggly candilaber in left of your pic? When look at entire pic, after great warm colours and contrast, your eye travel to the right corner of pic, and that candilaber catch your eye.

Isidor, Thanks for the suggestion. The light stand was part of the landscape so I just tried to place it where it wouldn't interfer too much. Never even thought of eliminating it. Could easily have done that when I took it. The value of this forum is revealed again! Second best solution is PS. What do you (or anyone else) think?

ps is the best tool that every one photographer can have. I think that nearly 90% of new photos are some kind manipulated in ps. Ok. it is great to have best equipoment, but some film or light malfunctions can easily removed with that tool.

 

How would YOU approach this subject and what would you do

differently? Composition? Equipment? Film? Best, LM.

Gorgeous lighting and very well composed. I immediately hated the lamp, but Isidor beat me in suggesting to remove it. I also think that your intuition to include some space on the left of the tree when you took the photo was right. I love the way there is just a hint of blue in the sky, ie not blown out.

Nice pleasant light and you were careful to make sure the sharp tip of the building does not merge with the leaves.

 

I'm not sure if cropping the lamp post and revealing more of the left side of trunk on the left side of the frame would strengthen the composition? Just a thot.

 

 

 

Next time, I should read all of the previous comments before putting in my own. :-)

Well, Len, I can see why you wanted to leave the lamp in, given that the right side of the photo is otherwise very strong.  Removing it with Photoshop would actually be quite a pain for the full-sized file, and I rather think that I would either leave it as it is or crop just enough to remove it.  It is not that much of an eyesore, and the trees behind it are very nice.

This is a beautiful scene, and you have done very well with it.

--Lannie

Thanks to your digging to get to this oldie I decided to revisit it myself.  With the accumulated wisdom and (hopefully) increased PS skills of about 10 years since my original posting I have decided to part company with Isidor and Frank and leave the lamp post in since I think it has value in breaking up the expanse of grass in the right bottom corner.  I originally placed it there on purpose. I now think my initial instincts were right.  Since the original scan was from a 4x6 print on an entry level flatbed I decided to re-scan with my Minolta Scan Dual ll.  Your call as to whether you think it's an improvement.  I certainly think it is.  Also addressed is Aurthur's suggestion to reveal more of the tree on the left.  I guess the lab cropped it severely with the original printing.  Today, I only allow 'processing only' by the lab, preferring to print only after I've run the file through Photoshop.  Don't be a stranger!  Best, LM.

Excellent composition. The tree on the right with the shadow of its trunk coming towards the viewer, the winding road leading to the middle of the picture and the clock tower on the right adds up to text book pic. However I must say the later improved version looks better.

Thanks for digging through my oldies to comment on this find.  Better quality on the latest version?  I agree, but to be expected when scanning the original neg.  Good of you to take the time.  Best, LM.