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May 05, 2009 07:47 |  #16

great shot. really love the setting and the composition. Only thing you could change perhaps is the color of the lighting... I think a bit more yellow with a little more contrast would make this picture from AA to AAA ;)


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May 05, 2009 08:07 |  #17

I like most things about this image, except the paleness of the courtyard and far side of the building, and the sky which just looks wrong to me... the colour, the contrast at the edges, not even sure really but just doesn't work. I'd be curious to see the original... might help me grasp what's wrong, but no worries if you want to keep it to yourself. Cheers, Tony


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May 05, 2009 09:13 |  #18

Tony - for your interest, this is the original.


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May 05, 2009 11:19 as a reply to  @ Roy Mathers's post |  #19

I love it as is Roy.from the first post minus the trash in the front.


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May 05, 2009 11:22 |  #20

Thanks Gail - that's probably the version I'll go with.




  
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May 05, 2009 11:24 as a reply to  @ Roy Mathers's post |  #21

I like the step there in the foreground, it leads me into the spaces.


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May 05, 2009 11:44 |  #22

I love it. It's very layered and the love the multiple frame within a frame. Well done! I'd love this on my wall...awesome image!


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May 05, 2009 11:50 |  #23

Thank you Stacy, you're very kind.




  
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May 05, 2009 14:10 |  #24

Hi Roy,

Thanks for posting the original. Given the hue of the sky isn't from the shot, I'd suggest the blue you've picked is too green, dark saturated to fit in with the delicacy of the building below.


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I made no effort to be accurate with the area I selected for the hue change. You did a good job - removing various red areas evident in the original, but the transition from building to sky still doesn't quite look right... tricky one.

In a way, I think cloning the building up to cover the opposite side would be more flattering than the sky, and easier to get looking right, but you may feel that's a disservice to the place this was taken.

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May 05, 2009 14:16 |  #25

Very nice image, blue skies usually go from light to dark as you get higher in the atmosphere not the other way around. Not sure which is the finish product but if the horizon lines are not square near the bottom of the frame (where it's most pronouce) the image will feel tilted.


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