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It was a dull, grey day, and the negative required several

transformations (which I knew even before I took the shot). A red

shift was applied, and the contrast and saturation increased. The

equivalent of a rising front was applied, then the pincushion

distortion in the lens corrected. They were applied digitally, but

could all be done in a darkroom, except for the distortion

correction. I am not sure whether any of this can be classified

as manipulation the transformations were applied to the image as

a whole.

don't worry about "manipulations" ! Only result has to be taken into account, IMO !

And this result is a wonderful graphical and colorful, well composed picture !

Very beatiful abstract!!!

If this is the result on an overcast day it must really sing in specular light. What direction does this surface face? It's a really interesting composition with the bell tower and the window with the green awning like thingy.

Hi Kent

 

Thanks for the comment. It is the Parish Church of Our Lady Mary in the Castle District of Buda. It has had to be rebuilt several times since the 13th century, due to damage. The whole of the roof is covered with these glazed tiles. This part of the roof faces due south. I am sure that you are right it must look very splendid on a nice day. I would have thought that early morning would be the best time to photograph it. I should also add that the roof of the church is very steeply pitched. You need a long lens for an image like this. 200mm was all I had with me. If you go 20m to your right from here, you get a very splendid view of the Danube, but the day was too grey for any decent photographs.

This is really well composed. I like the way you located the bell-tower, which has still an "old" feeling, opposed to the window structure, of far more modern a taste.