Via-della-Conciliazione

The view towards the Vatican along Via della Conciliazione in Rome,

Italy is impressive, so is the traffic. I felt the processing

challenge was how to convey the grandeur of this view and simplify or

at least make less busy the street traffic. Comments and critique welcome

Hi Wayne,

A very nice scene on display here.

Good use of your lens settings, too.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

A fine image WAYNE.  To achieve your objective I am thinking that you could boost contrast and increase 'lightness' to the buildings. Just a thought!

Best regards, Wayne!

PDE

The grandeur you have captured well, Wayne. Tony's suggestions are however worth considering.

A beautiful shot with very nice lighting, Wayne!

Thanks Mike, Tony, Pierre, Rajat and Ruud.  I appreciate your commenting and help.  I think it a good idea to play more with the contrast.  At one point while processing I felt the street and buildings were too “light” and I did some selective contrasting, but when I arrived at this crop the grandeur of the place hit me and the traffic seemed to fade in importance to me.

Thanks, Jim.  I appreciate your visit and kind comment.

Hi Wayne,

  Wonderful image with beautiful details & composition.  You make me wish I was there.  Take care, Patsy

Thanks, Patsy.  Took a while to figure out how to present this image.

I do like the overall effect a lot - nice, busy, atmosphere.  The architecture is just great.  The muted colours and blur of a lot of the tourists and stalls lend a pleasing aspect.  

I do find however that the cross bands on the two male tourists in the foreground, particularly the white shirt, but also the blue, distracting.  They clash with the many verticals of the architecture.  You could photoshop these out if you agreed and were inclined.  In fact, thinking more about it, I would either change the colour of the white shirt, or blur him a bit, or both.

Kindest regards

Jim

Great analysis, Jim.  You've made me aware of just how irritating these "cross bands" and the blue and white tops are. I think you have solved my problem.  That's why this is such a great forum for displaying art.  Don't think I would have figured that out on my own.  Thanks, again.  I very much appreciate your stopping by and offering this help.

Great capture although I wish it were less centered.  I agree that the crossbands are distracting.  But an interesting composition nonetheless.

Thanks, Lynne.  I usually avoid centering but I thought this image demanded perfect centering. 

A new and clever reading of this street, my dear friend!

Thanks, Maurizio.  So you know this street can be a little tricky to image during the busy times.

Very nice capture Wayne! I like it!

Best regards/Sadegh

Very appreciative of your kind comment, Sadegh.