Union Station

[slejhamer]

Architectural detail, circular staircase and ceiling, at Union Station in Washington DC. Comments welcome.

http://members.cox.net/mschlesinger/union%20station%20edit.jpg

[Don Ellis]

I love it... my kind of shot. Great shapes and proportions and placement.

If you want me to be really critical, I might suggest that there's a faint green cast to the picture, which is not a complaint because I like green.

I wouldn't have noticed except that it was a picture worth examining in detail, so I opened it in Photoshop 7. When I tried Auto-Color, the resulting image looked more like what I imagine the walls and windows look like... but, then again, I wasn't there and perhaps there was something being reflected that is tinting the scene.

It's a stretch to even mention it. This is a lovely shot and you should be pleased.

Don

[slejhamer]

Thanks Don. I haven't done many architectural shots but Union Station is a beautiful place if you look past the commercialization.

You are right about the very slight green cast, which I see too, though I had used auto-levels in PS6.0 to adjust. I have heard good things about the new auto-color feature in PS7 and perhaps need to upgrade.

Anyway, the station is fairly dim at night and the auto white balance seems to have had a difficult time. I had switched to jpeg earlier in the day to take a few test shots of something and forgot to switch back to RAW. Many of the pics I took at the station came out green, almost evergreen. This one could be slightly warmer, though my memory fails me as to the "correct" hue.

Thanks for the comment. :)