The Guildhall, Thaxted

Excellent use of the 'tools' here Colin. Wide angle lens and ND filter make a simple scene extraordinary - Very good job Colin ....

Colin I know you love this lens as much as me. Here you have put it to good use. These angles together with the parting sky are both attenuated nicely with this lens. Your tones in this B&W stand out too. All very pleasing...

Great wide-angle shot, 6/7

The sky is a drama, the angle of the house is great. Looks good in B/W.

David, I think Colin loves his lens more than he loves you, sorry.

Agrees with Ben ....

 

Hi Ideologue, I gave up photoshopping cars from this after the first two.

Thanks Ken, David, Jim, Cherlyn and Ben!

 

 

Ben, Ken, you are probably right about my respective feelings for my lens and David. I'm a bit confused about who loves their Volvo though....? I took one for a test drive once but does a test drive amount to love? Admiration, respect for character maybe, but love? I think not. But that lens....

 

very good and original B&W...!!!!

well colin, i want you to know that i love you more than my canon 35/2, but not as much as my tamron 20-40/2.8-3.5. i love you and my canon 550EX about the same.

Colin, I love the dramatic perspective (you know). And you make very artistic use of ultra wide FOV, the sky is superb, since the clouds formations repeat perfectly the course of the streets. Placement of the building is classical, and B&W very good.

 

You wrote that you corrected perspective partially, so I would like to know if you show the hall a bit warped intentionally, and why. I tried a bit more corrected perspective, maybe it looks more correct, but somehow your version looks more interesting. I have often trouble with the amount of perspective correction needed for this beast of a lens ;-)

 

Regards;

 

Carsten

Hello Colin,

 

I love the perspective you have achieved in this and it's clear that without that angle it would be a lot less interesting.

 

This reminds me of a building in the town centre of Ruthin in Clwyd.

 

Very best wishes.

 

Peter

Ben, ah! as much as the Tamron eh? I'm touched. It reminds me of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem 'How do I love thee? let me count the ways.' As she lived in pre-photographic days she had no way of using the lens as a measure of her devotion. I return your feelings to extent of my Canon 28-135 IS.

 

Carsten, Interesting question. I think your perspective correction is 'more correct' than mine as you have straightened up the vertical at the left. I suppose when I applied the correction I wanted to make a connection between the building and the clouds behind rather than make it look strictly realistic. But as I have it the building on the left does need some more work but I think I would leave the main subject as it is.

 

Peter, thanks, I am not familiar with the place you mention but we are fortunate in this country that there are quite a lot of these wonderful old guildhalls and market halls etc dotted around.

Lovely house, great environement. Interesting picture. Well done.

Aren't wide angle lenses fantastic when we come by such skies?

I want one too ... wide angle lense .. I've got lot of clouds ... but I'm pretty sure even if I got one I wouldn't be able to take such a good dramatic image. It's great.

Great impact. I really like the power you have given to this beautiful building!

Jan Olof, Alberto, Bente, Camilla - thanks!

Beautiful shot. Great use of the wide angle.

Superb composition and excellent black and white tones.

Very nice how u used the wide angle lens, I like it very much... Did you have to correct any distortion? Or did you tilt the camera one way to reduce it on the straight street on the right, sacrificing the left side?

 

Jiri

Thanks Baldur, thanks Henri!

 

Hi Jiri, I used some PS perspective correction as the camera was tilted upwards. Carsten's version shows a more 'correct' perpsective correction but I liked it like this :-). regards - Colin

giving me the idea it's going to step away somehow haha. I believe it where the british to invent the hobbits, didn't they?

Looks a bit like it!

Great work!!!...Saludos.