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Hallett Wall

Postby xorl on Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:07 pm

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I found the deceptive lack of symmetry in this shot interesting.. Any thoughts?

Took a while, but I finally made my 150th anniversary post. I'm amazed how prolific some people can be ;).
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Postby Geoff on Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:24 pm

Congrats - 150 posts!

I like this image but I think it would be lots better if you ramped up the contrast in this one.

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Postby xorl on Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:26 pm

Sure, go for it, I'm open to new ideas :).
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Postby avkomp on Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:36 pm

strange shot, almost looks like a catalogue from a window company rather than a real live building!!

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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:56 pm

Most bizarre. I guess one part got ren'od and the rest didn't.
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Postby Geoff on Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:06 pm

Just increased contrast a tad and played with the curves a bit. At the end of the day there's not that much difference really:

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:41 pm

Very unusual image. I like it.
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Postby LostDingo on Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:47 pm

Good image but if you have an opportunity return either without the reflection or possibly something else in the reflection will really make the image.
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Postby marcotrov on Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:50 pm

Unusually appealing image Mark :) As Lost Dingo has said great potential to have another crack with different lighting/reflection
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Postby xorl on Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:40 pm

Personally, I like the individual reflections in each window. I won't be able to change the reflections much since the buildings involved are fairly immobile ;). I might try varying the camera angle slightly to see if I can improve them a bit tho'..

Thanks for the feedback, it gives me some things to think about.

As mentioned in another thread this image required some perspective correction. I was already as wide I could go on my 18-70mm lens, so I couldn't compose the shot and crop to get the desired perspective on the final image - i had to perspective correct in the image editor. Perspective correction is a lot more fun with digital than printing film.. :). Here is the original for comparison:

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