Winter evening at Amerongen Castle

All comments are welcome. Dou you like what you see? Can I improve

the photo?

Thanks,

Bram

Hey-I know that place (sounds familiar?:)

I like the picture-a nice view of a not too nice building.my suggestions:I'd cut the whole right part of a picture-it's dark and not neccessary

would be great if the border was a bit to the right of a bridge-so that you would have a tree to fill an empty space and create a border but not as much of it as now; I would also cut it a bit from top

I hope my remarks were usefull

Not being emotionally involved with the photo, to me the most interesting shape and the nicest light is on the tree cropped to the right and the reflections below in in the water. The castle sits dead center (but its reflection is cropped). The highlights are blown in the windows (and their reflection), and I find these very brigt spots distracting. If it was possible, I would have tried positionning myself to eliminate the sun reflection, and tried to capture more of the reflections of the tree in the water. Maybe by using a wider angle lense and being closer, or by moving back further with the same focal length.

Thanks for your comment. I agree with your opinion. But it was difficult to step back because there was a ditch just behind me. But I have could stepped to the right to make sure there was less reflection from the sun in the windows.

hoy bram, ik ken dit kasteel ook, het wordt beheerd door een beetje vreemde man die aangetrouwde familie van mij is. de compositie vind ik niet zo gek, wat licht door de bomen zorgt vootransparantie, als je gaat croppen ben je dit kwijt en wordt het beeld zwaarder. de blownout reflecties zijn juist prettig het verstekt de realiteit van de waarneming. ja verder is het een saai object, vanuit die gedachte vind ik het goed verlevendigde ( kan geen goed Nederlands zijn ;~) foto. groet, mike.

Dank voor je commentaar. Stom toeval toen ik er langs kwam. Zon stond laag en weerspiegelde in de ramen; een heel romantisch plaatje. Op de oorspronkelijke foto staan de bomen aan de rechterzijde in volle glorie tegen de blauwe lucht. Eigenlijk vind ik het zelf best een aardige foto. Heb 'm op A4 fomaat geprint en ingelijst. Dan lijkt het heel wat, zegt mijn bezoek.

Jij boft met zo'n familielid. Warm houden die relatie ;-)

 

groeten,

 

Bram

ach ja familie, ik vind myzelf al zoveel. groet, mike

I like the composition, and I won't crop the right side cause it provides the contrast between the right and left, but I agree with Antoine, the reflection on the windows is distracting, all in all it's a good photo

Thanks for your comment. In fact the right side has been cropped. On the original photo one could see the reflection of the trees on the ice. Maybe I will uncrop (?) the photo again or upload the original.

 

Thanks again.

 

Bram

Well it depends what you have cropped but I think I would prefer a less symmetrical composition.