monotones Old Building Atop Le Chateau

Of all my photos, I probably took the least time in shooting this. There

was the structure, I just pointed my camera, focussed and clicked. For

some reason, I did not upload this earlier. Thanks for your critique.

Beautiful composition, Samrat. Is hard to believe how fast you took this photograph. The tones, light and contrast are unique. Excellent shot! Regards!

Thanks, David. Of course, I should not take all the credit. I'd be lying if I said that the photo posted is as it was out of memory card. My limited Corel experience also helped. Regards.

Samrat,

 

I like the arches of this building. It would have a little nicer if you have the sky in place of the trees for the background. That is just my opinnion.

I don't think you need to any cropping. Overall good job.

 

Please feel free to comment/critique any of my Valley Forge/Gettysburg/Antietam photos.

 

Michael

 

Lovely tonal and the light. Did you use burn effects to get this effect? By any means its really wonderful. Rgds.

Thanks,Michael, for your observation and suggestions. No, Kaushikda, no dodge and burn used here. In fact, due to my limited knowledge of software, all I use are highlight/midtone/shadow, high pass sharpen and brightness and contrast tools 99% of times in the recent past (say, last 4 months or so). I convert to b/w and sepia using the "greyscale" and "colorize" tools....I know these are not recommended for optimum effect, but going by your comment, they have worked well for me!!!

So nice warmth to the otherwise pure architecture shot. Nice way to keep the corner in the middle of view. Could have cropped more to reduce the sides a bit, but that's my personal view. The arches are fantastic. Sam, what do you think of getting the trees blurred with a change in DOF? Does this work in a shot like this?