Vista House, B&W

A B&W version (2nd of three photos of this structure). Again, the centered

composition was intentional (and really, what other options were

possible?). Comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

Okay Stephen, you do push the digital enhancement envelope to teeth-chattering limits.  But it works.  This is a take no prisoners image.  You have managed to transform an nice, innocent public building into something alive (as in the Frankenstein movie:  "It"s alive, it's alive!").  The whole thing feels like a big hungry spider about to spring at you out of the frames.  

The eerie creepy crawly effect is achieved extremely well.  I do not know if this was your intent.  But the sense of something sinister about to happen is the sense I get out of this shot.

I am not so hot about the vignetting but believe it is aesthetically necessary.  Taking it away would introduce a certain blandness to the background that would detract from the central image.  

I like the little trees and things in the background.  They magnify the enormity of the building, which I assume is not all that big and imposing in real life. 

Stephen, I agree with the above comments, except for the vignetting, to me it focussed the image and works (its actually edge burning not vignetting).

What stikes me about this image is the depth and tonal range. The building simply pops out of the image without degredating the subtle background.

You have managed to turn what could have been a very average image into a stunning work of art.

This is a great photo Stephen. If i could think of ways to improve it, my only comment would be to print down the few higlights in the stairs.

Regards

Richard

Thanks for the comments.  Alex, I hadn't considered the spider aspect, but I like that metaphor.  Yes, I wanted the building to jump off the page.  Richard is right: it is edge burning, and just before posting I saw that the upper right corner did not look good.  I tried a quick fix, and it may now look even worse.  When I burn the top and the side, the corner gets very dark; I need to find a better solution for that.

I prefer this photograph than the colored one.  Nice.  Best regards,

A symmetrical composition, working, very nice in tone and contrast. Excellent architecture image.

Cheers.

Bela