View, Varlaam Monastery

Comments, ratings appreciated on b&w monastery. Tried to take a

different angle on this--climbed up some rocks to get this

perspective. I liked the repeating crosses (I have a fetish for

crosses, churches, and most religious iconography, though I have no

use for religion). Thanks.

Very nice. I wish the tower was straighter...

Nice tones and unusual angle !

Jim, I didn't notice the leaning tower.

 

Rina, thanks for your comment.

the tiles are cool. I would have (maybe) tried to get a little, tiny bit lower, to bring the left cupola just a wee bit higher, to bring it just a little more above the mountains in back of it, where it now seems to blend in. Also, wishing for less blow-out in the brighter parts of the sky.

Having another look at this, the slight lean is not a problem, and in any case, you're not going to fix it without some digital manipulation, because if you straighten it then the closer one will lean to the left. Love it.

Jim's right. But a digital correction wouldn't be too difficult. The above took about 2 minutes.

 

Made a duplicate layer of the original image.

Selected and cut the picture out.

Pasted the picture back in as a third layer.

Moved this third layer underneath the empty frame it was cut out of.

In Adobe Photoshop, used Edit>Transform>Distort on the third layer to stretch the bottom right corner outwards.

Flatten.

 

Actually, writing about took longer than doing it.

Jim and Doug, thanks for your comments on this photo. Jim, you were certainly right about the lean and Doug thanks for your workflow on how to fix it. I'm really a PS hack, so all help is appreciated (Doug, your fix didn't load into the discussion).

 

JIm and Rina, I'm glad you liked the photo!

 

Doug, thanks for your comments about the sky--you're right, of course. Parts of the sky are way too hot. This was shot in RAW and there is detail in the RAW file, so I can go back and work on this again make some selections, and maybe do some masking or layers. One negative part of traveling with family (wife, and twins age 10) is the family's schedule and the photographer's schedule don't often mesh: hence this was shot in early afternoon in very bright light. Doug, thanks for your perceptive, critical eye.

 

 

it didn't load because I forgot to load it!

 

This time, I remember.

"One negative part of traveling with family (wife, and twins age 10) is the family's schedule and the photographer's schedule don't often mesh..."

 

HAHAAH! Don't I know it!