Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury UK

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It needs to be straightened but, other than that, it's a very good shot. Well done.

nice pic, your horizon could use a little correction though

oh cool thanks, actually used a p/s SD630, im new to the site and got interested on Digital Photography, and awaiting my EOS XTi.

Nice image - your horizon, as has been noted, is a little off, but I wonder if you straighten it, how many people would then tell you the spire was crooked! As I recall, the spire has a bit of a curve to it, or have they corrected that. I lived in Bulford Camp for a few years, and used to go to South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (ah, good old fashioned education!), and remember seeing the spire for miles from the bus on the way into Salisbury.

Elisabeth-Ann wrote in post #2153737
Nice image - your horizon, as has been noted, is a little off, but I wonder if you straighten it, how many people would then tell you the spire was crooked! As I recall, the spire has a bit of a curve to it, or have they corrected that. I lived in Bulford Camp for a few years, and used to go to South Wilts Grammar School for Girls (ah, good old fashioned education!), and remember seeing the spire for miles from the bus on the way into Salisbury.

Ahhhh yes the times when they would whip you with a ruler if you'd been bad hehe... On the picture: Good shot. Not only is the horizon not straight, also the building seems to fall over backwards. There are a few possible solutions:
- don't tilt the camera
- use a tilt and shift lens
- fix in PP but remember to keep enough margin at the edges!
- dont shoot from front but more to the side. In this case that would also mean that the cathedral would hide the scaffolding on the left.

And when you're at it... Take two shots or more with the people in DIFFERENT places. Then blend in the areas that have no people in them from the alternate shots into the main shot. That is if you want to get people out of the picture.

Keep shooting! Ow, and posting!

SanderH wrote in post #2154115
Ahhhh yes the times when they would whip you with a ruler if you'd been bad hehe... On the picture: Good shot. Not only is the horizon not straight, also the building seems to fall over backwards. There are a few possible solutions:
- don't tilt the camera
- use a tilt and shift lens
- fix in PP but remember to keep enough margin at the edges!
- dont shoot from front but more to the side. In this case that would also mean that the cathedral would hide the scaffolding on the left.

And when you're at it... Take two shots or more with the people in DIFFERENT places. Then blend in the areas that have no people in them from the alternate shots into the main shot. That is if you want to get people out of the picture.

Keep shooting! Ow, and posting!

I never thought of doing that! I've sometimes spent ages waiting patiently to get a shot with no people in it - and no, I'm not, nor have I ever been, a blonde!!

Wow, how old is that thing?

The cathedral is over 750 years old.

http://www.salisburyca​thedral.org.uk/visitor​.intro.php

Colours work well. I would have made a tigher crop to really focus on the main building and to cut out the reconstruction work on the left.