first critique on here

[ange2348]

Hi, my name is Ange. thought i would try this critique forum out as a lot of my images i seem to be undecided about and i dont always trust my judgement. i have photos that i have thought were absolute rubbish that other people have really liked so here we go

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r141/ange2348/080223_5948-Edit.jpg

i took this as the sun was heading towards sunset with a quite moody sky and i think that i adjusted 2 stops down

canon 400d
EF-S17-85mm
ISO 200
1/100
f22
53mm
cropped, adjusted levels, curves in PS

does it interest you or just boring?? there are things that interest me but i'm not sure if it is really a strong enough image.

thanks in advance

[kmorgan]

I think it's a really cool shot. I love the feel, but I also like the variations you can get just with autolevels and autocolor adjustments.

BTW, what is the significance of the letters on the clock face?

Good work,
Kevin

[joedlh]

I think you did a good job. I like the effect of the underexposure. Did you think of trying a vertical shot?

[PBeeee]

It is one of those subjects that has good potential and probably not easy to capture that potential on the first run. The post processing shows some choices but I think the original needed better exposure to capture detail and that would have been a good thing all around. There are a couple things like this in my 'mental portfolio' that I still have not gotten 'just so'. The only thing to do is keep going back.

[Flo]

It is one of those subjects that has good potential and probably not easy to capture that potential on the first run. The post processing shows some choices but I think the original needed better exposure to capture detail and that would have been a good thing all around. There are a couple things like this in my 'mental portfolio' that I still have not gotten 'just so'. The only thing to do is keep going back.
I agree totally.Lol..I have a huge mental portfolio:o

[ange2348]

yep i will add that street as "one to go back to, i have another photo from there that i LOVE but since i didnt take my time it bothers me each time i look at it. thanks for the feedback everyone

joe - i do in fact have a vertical shot as well i will work on it and post so you can see..

kevin - the letters are the name of the shop Dimmey's, i think it is a bit of a Melbourne icon thanks for the rework ideas

[ange2348]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r141/ange2348/080223_5949-Edit.jpg

different version - played with levels and curves again but i cant help but think it isnt straight. i have used the grid lines to try and straighten it - maybe i am cross eyed?

[kirkt]

@ange2348:

I took the liberty of trying some lens distortion correction (PS CS3: Filter>Distort>Lens Correction), particularly the Vertical Perspective and Remove Distortion sliders. The vertical perspective slider sort of simulates the effect of a tilt-shift lens, which helps bring the parallel vertical lines of the edge of the building back to parallel. There was also some rotation of the image that I took out. All of this required more cropping to get rid of the uneven edges resulting from the correction. Is the attached image less visually disorienting?

Hope this helps - nice image BTW. i sort of like the uncorrected (original, distorted) image better - the perspective sort of makes the building loom, especially with the foreboding background. maybe just rotate the image a tiny bit clockwise so the building doesn't appear to lay back toward the left of the frame so much.

Kirk

[ange2348]

thanks kirk, i am absolutely hopeless getting my lines on building straight but yours looks pretty good!