Experience Music Project

Gehry's buildings may not be very practical (we have a

not-very-much-loved one where I work) but they are sure fun to look

at. I cropped away some of the dark area on the right side, and a very

bright highlight on the far bottom left corner. Does it flow ok now or

is the bright bar in the center too much of a visual barrier? All

comments welcome.

what do you think?

I don't know, Carl, your cut looks ok too, but I'm not convinced it's a significant improvement, just different. Both versions are split vertically 50-50, but in mine the split emphasizes a light-dark duality while in yours it seems to emphasize the similarity of shapes on the two sides. It's a little difficult to explain in words, so I've attached a quick sketch showing how I see the two compositions.

Interesting comparison. I think the only thing I feel strongly about is the large dark area with no detail, at least on my monitor. It needs to be reduced in size somehow.

 

I don't know if a diagonal shot would have been possible. I'm now in the habit of shooting abstracts that way in addtion to horizontal and vertical.

Re no detail in the dark area -- on my monitor I can see the seams between the metal plates, but not much else. I could bring up the overall brightness and contrast of that area at raw conversion time, but there's not much else there but some rivets around the seams, so if the lack of detail is a problem even with seams visible then cropping is the only solution.

Don't know what it is, but I like the image