what would improve this shot?

[mattym]

I took this today with my new 300d, its a whole new ball game compared to the Fujis5000 i had.

the shot is cropped and ive cloned out a small bit of building from the lower corner, but what could i have done to make this better?

http://www.pictures.quickanet.net/canon/statue2.jpg
Settings used, ExposureTime : 1/80Sec, FNumber : F5.0, ISO : 100

[Radtech1]

The obvious thing is the White Balance is off, wayyyyyyyyyyy tooooooooo cyan. Try this:

http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/78486/Canon/statue2.jpg

This is a very easy fix in Photoshop Elements. So easy, in fact, that even though I have CS, I still use Elements for Color Cast problems.

Radd

[billsh]

Nice perspective. I do think the white balance is off, as Radd said. Still it makes great imagery for me.

[mattym]

thanks guys, i did nothing but crop it, never thought of the colour balance

[Bodryn]

From an artistic perspective I rather like the bluish cast - a matter of taste, perhaps? I like the drama of it - both classy and classic.

[sheye]

I tend to agree with Bodryn, I like the look of the bright blue background - to me it loses something in the corrected photo.

[aardwolf204]

I liked the first one also. Just my taste.

[mattym]

this is the original picture, resized so it isnt so large so quiality suffers, but you get an idea of the lighting in general...it was mid afternoon on a cold day in England

[imanewbie]

ya, I must say, I like the blue better, too. :)

[Mark Kemp]

Does it look any good in black and white?

[skyphix]

I, too, like the one with more cyan :D

Great shot :)

[skifly]

I like the first one better. The "correction" seems more like it was taken at a different time of day. It's really a subjective call though.