Utah State Capitol Building

Thanks for your feedback.

Nice achitecture, Ken. I also find myself drawn to take pictures of such interior. This particular take is very, very sharp. I also like the curves at top that counter acts the bottom hall way.

Just perfect light!!

I like this straight forward approach to this type of photo. Amazing how much detail there is in the frescos. Amazing they let you take a photo, did you use flash or was there enough light to take without? The multiple curves in this seem to stack on top of each other, making a perfect composition. Nice job!

Great shot.

Here's the original shot, as it rolled out of my D60. Settings are: ISO 400, 1/60, f5.6, and flash off. I was surprised at how much detail I was able to get out of the murals with PS, especially with an existing light shot.

Amazing shot once you processed. Excellent technical work.

I agree with Howard, you realy did a miracle Ken...Vive PS, and skilled photographer!.... Pnina

You managed brilliantly. The light is very good.

Love the curves, Ken. Great PS job, and well seen!

Jos, where's that music you were going to send me?

Ken, the end result of this is simply stunning. I can't believe you ended up with this from the original. Master craftsman.

Thanks for the kind words.

Ken, since you have PS why not change the perspective as it is slanted upwards. I think it's possible to narrow the base of the passageway. Great job with the clearer shadow details.

The only thing that comes to my mind is color saturation. IMHO you went way to far increasing saturation. Instead of that I would increase contract. Would that work for you?

Great PS work! Incredible detail hidden in the original shot, that you recovered. Nice composition!

I've tried your suggestions and here is the recrop. Alec, thanks for the tip on perspective and Pawel, I've desaturated it some. Do these changes improve it?

Thank you Ken, for showing the original file. Besides admiring a nice shot, it also makes it possible to learn more deeply about what can be achieved. I'm amased ther's so little noice in the lightned parts of the image.

I am totally enamored with the effects of the post processing on this shot. 'Tis a cold splash of reality to know how far I have to go and how little distance I have come. Great job.

Thanks for your kind comments. Isn't it amazaing how today's photos are starting points, are raw data for the final products? Back in the stone age of pre-digital manipulation, the color slide that I got back from the photo developer was pretty much it, especially with no analogue darkroom and no analogue darkroom skills. It's a brave new digital world.

... and less saturation. The originally posted image is most interesting to me because of the extreme low angle you took on the shot, which unfortunately accentuates the perspective distortion. The oversaturation of the reds and oranges in the murals bothers me because it muddies the detail, which is so sharp in the rest of the photo. Did you shoot this as a RAW image or a JPG? If RAW, you can process two versions (as in two different exposures) and then blend the results, keeping the best of each.