Stairs

[CraigVTR]

Shot from the top of the stairwell at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Handheld, while breathing hard, after I had just climbed to the top via some 270 steps.

D300 24-7- at 24mm f2.8 125sec 3200iso

Does the cropped shot work better?



Original

[biggerry]

Does the cropped shot work better?

yes, but you need to move the origin of the crop to teh right a bit imo, the reason being to maintain that curve on the right hand side.

Processing wise, I like this desaturated slightly warm shot (possibly due to the high iso) and would even consider pushing this style even further, ie more contrast and less saturation.

[NeoTiger]

Love this shot, the cropped one does work better.

I probably would've liked to see a slower shutter speed to see more motion blurring of the walking people, but not sure how difficult that handheld shot would be.

[aim54x]

I am undecided about which is better. But I would definitely explore a contrasty monochrome conversion

[CraigVTR]

Thanks guys. I will try your different suggestions and repost.

[CraigVTR]

Love this shot, the cropped one does work better.
I probably would've liked to see a slower shutter speed to see more motion blurring of the walking people, but not sure how difficult that handheld shot would be.

Thanks. Tried a slower speed but could not get a steady shot.

Does the cropped shot work better?

yes, but you need to move the origin of the crop to teh right a bit imo, the reason being to maintain that curve on the right hand side.

Balanced up the crop, but it is now not square.

I am undecided about which is better. But I would definitely explore a contrasty monochrome conversion

How does this one look?

[aim54x]

this crop works well. I am not currently on a calibrated screen but the black and white does look promising