medium format Church, Sydney, 10pm

Hi,

 

I was going for the gloomy, imposing look, somehow it didn't work.

Any suggestions on how I can improve this?

 

Cheers

 

Dave

It's actually a nice image, but not gloomy at all. Pretty hard with a brightly lit church in clear air. I'd try bringing a bit of fill flash on the statue - not much - but enough to allow the building in the bg to tone down somewhat - and see what that brings you.

I just noticed the exposure time. This present more opportunities for entertaining experiments - stop it down one more, keep the 30 secs, and try illuminating the statue with a strong flashlight by walking around it, and another hitting it with a couple blasts from an off camera flash.

what a house. :) looks so impressive in black and white. I like it. not so sure about the statu in front of it though. would love to see the house by itself. :)