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Hi Kerry,

This is a nice crisp scene (I love snow...) but is the horizon a little low to the right?

It seems that the building is not quite straight? This could be me though

W00DY

W00DY wrote:Hi Kerry,

This is a nice crisp scene (I love snow...) but is the horizon a little low to the right?

It seems that the building is not quite straight? This could be me though

W00DY

Thanks for the coments, Woody. ummm, dunno if it's crooked or not. Prolly is if it looks that way to you. I can't decide, too tired to pop it into PSP to check.

Kerry - well executed shot, the tower looks straight to me. Would be interest to know what the building is. It reminds me of a shot tower used in the old days to form cannon balls by dropping them from a height.

Hmmm, must be my eyes then

Sorry about the comments if it is straight, and in that case excellent shot

Woody - I could be wrong

sirhc55 wrote:Woody - I could be wrong

Well it is either yours or mine as it does look crocked to me

heh, I hate to do this, but I put a straight edge on the windows of the facing wall, and it's as straight as can be.

The building is not square, the ground slopes down to the right and the trees are leaning to the right as well, so I suppose that it's just one of those optical illusions.

Anyway, thanks to both of you for the kind comments.

sirhc55 wrote:Kerry - well executed shot, the tower looks straight to me. Would be interest to know what the building is. It reminds me of a shot tower used in the old days to form cannon balls by dropping them from a height.

This is a memorial in one of Detroit's city parks. I don't recall the specifics of what it memorializes though, sorry. You can see the wrought iron fence around it, which is supposed to keep out the vandals, I suppose...

Kerry,

Nice shot, how does it look in B&W.

I've got a thing for it at the moment.

Mic.

mic wrote:Kerry,

Nice shot, how does it look in B&W.

I've got a thing for it at the moment.

Mic.

Hi Mic,

Well, judge for yourself how it looks in B&W. It's just a quickie, done from the small upload version, not the original.

I love it

Maybe a bit more contrast for my taste but I like it better than the colour.

Mic.

That Tower is great, love the design of it.

Looks like a scene from Lord of the Rings

mic wrote:I love it

Maybe a bit more contrast for my taste but I like it better than the colour.

Mic.

That Tower is great, love the design of it.

Thanks, Mic. Your comment about the contrast is rather humorous tho... After seeing the contrast in your surreal seascape, I put an extra bucket of contrast on this, figuring it still wouldn't be enuff for you.

KerryPierce wrote:heh, I hate to do this, but I put a straight edge on the windows of the facing wall, and it's as straight as can be.

The building is not square, the ground slopes down to the right and the trees are leaning to the right as well, so I suppose that it's just one of those optical illusions.

Anyway, thanks to both of you for the kind comments.

Having a closer look I think your right

I think what threw my (and still does) is the trees leaning to the right in the middle. I was looking at them first then moving to the tower which then looked like it was leaning

Oh well, good to know it is staight, I am going to book a time with the optometrist

Yeh, it does look like that Tower out of LOTR's.
Thought I'd seen it somewhere before. Mooooorrrdorrrhhhhhh.

These are great, Kerry. Love the colour and the B&W. Looks like a beautiful place...particularly in the snow!

stormygirl wrote:These are great, Kerry. Love the colour and the B&W. Looks like a beautiful place...particularly in the snow!

Thanks stormygirl. It can be pretty at times. The snow is almost over, for which I am quite grateful.

When I first looked at this I thought wow, that's sharp! But when you osted the B&W version that added a new dimension to the feel of the image... That's a good example of the difference B&W can make to the feel with the "right" image... Much prefer the B&W for this one...

W00DY wrote:Having a closer look I think your right

I think what threw my (and still does) is the trees leaning to the right in the middle. I was looking at them first then moving to the tower which then looked like it was leaning

Oh well, good to know it is staight, I am going to book a time with the optometrist

Dunno if you need an optometrist... This image is a jumble of angles. On the left side is a lamp post, which also appears to be vertical to me, but everything else is anything but vertical or horizontal.

Another thing that I noticed, after looking at several of the images I shot of this building, is that having a curved screen instead of a flat screen, will change the verticals, depending on how square you are to the screen when viewing it.

mudder wrote:When I first looked at this I thought wow, that's sharp! But when you osted the B&W version that added a new dimension to the feel of the image... That's a good example of the difference B&W can make to the feel with the "right" image... Much prefer the B&W for this one...

Thanks, Andrew. I'm going to have to experiment with B&W more often, I think.