Smithsonian's Castle [Reflection].

Its so beautiful I'm yearning to rotate it 180D! (Sorry, I did it!!)

Nice shot. But I think Umashankar is right.

Rotate or not rotate?

One of my friends prefers to rotate. She specializes in such photos.

If you are interested, you can see her works here http://aquagraphia.narod.ru/

 

Okay, I don't agree with the rotation ... since it's obviously a reflection and you can see the sidewalk, my eye wants the sidewalk part of it to be on the bottom. But my eye REALLY does want the towers to be straightened and made quite vertical. :-) So, I did it!! :-) Hope you don't mind all of these alterations! It really is a wonderful image ... there must have been a huge, sudden downpour that day. The little bit of green grass truly anchors the image.

The rotation is out of the question for me as well, for the reasons stated by Lou Ann earlier. Concerning the perspective modification, ar first I thought it could work, but letting my eye linger longer on it and thinking more about it, I concluded that there's a contradiction between the sidewalk angle and the modified perspective of the towers. Which leads me back to the original shot, which could only get better if the levels are perhaps a bit adjusted (but that's all). A very nice shot, by any means.

Great point, D Are! The only reason that I played with the perspective is because my eye kept going to that one tower (about 1/3 from the right), almost to the point of distraction....

Here is another shot from the same day! Not a reflection from the sidewalk or a rainy day [it seems]. Nevertheless I like your version with level changes.

Please take the time to Critique &or Comment on this photograph.
Thank You.
~Julius

...agree with the straightening, well, sort of... the rotation is eye catching... the original is great just the way it is but then I really like reflections. See: http://tinyurl.com/ftfwu

OOooh - I like that other shot, too! You should upload IT for critique!!