Comments welcome: George Washington at Independence Hall

10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago #360955 by garyrhook
The statue isn't a person, and the building isn't really the subject, so I figured this image went here.

Reactions and observations welcome.

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10 years 1 month ago #361031 by Stealthy Ninja
Looks cool. Only thing is I think it's leaning a little.
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10 years 1 month ago #361083 by Roy Wilson
Let's see, you have the lines from the two pipes on the building, and then the difference in textures (shinny statue vs course brick).  I like the shot, it's interesting.  

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10 years 1 month ago #361333 by Don Fischer
I don't like to criticize but I will a bit with this one. To much depth of field. The statue appears to be the focal point and the sharp background is a distraction.  


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10 years 1 month ago #361491 by garyrhook

Don Fischer wrote: I don't like to criticize but I will a bit with this one. To much depth of field. The statue appears to be the focal point and the sharp background is a distraction.  


I agree. This actually has some (post) lens blur on the building, but I want more. It will take some more PP work (:huh: ) to get it looking good. I also want George's details to pop more. So back to the 'shop.

And, of course, it's leaning. This is how LR5 adjusted it, but some more tweaks are called for.

Thanks for your candor!  Appreciated.  I think I've got a good idea here, but it needs more work.


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10 years 1 month ago #362055 by Tristan R
Someone break out the blur tool and let's see how  this would look with shallow DOF.  I find it to be an interesting shot, but will stand in line with the DOF statements.  


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10 years 1 month ago #362131 by Shadowfixer1
Move to the right so the statue is in front of one background, in other words the statue should be between the windows and not have a window casing coming out of his head. 
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10 years 1 month ago #362155 by garyrhook
:agree:  with all of the above. Since I"m going to work on blurring the background I might as well fix the composition while I'm at it. I'll post an updated version here when I get it done.

Thanks all!


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10 years 1 month ago #362235 by JeremyS
Nice photograph, at first glance it looks almost surreal. Just the way the colour and the greys are in the bricks. Overall good composition but I agree with above and with the suggestion of tinkering with the position and also the DOF. if the lines are a little bit more straight and geometric looking it could look interesting (I'm not sure exactly how it would look, it could turn out terrible) but its potentially pleasing to the eye. 

Nice shots!


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10 years 3 weeks ago #367347 by Nathaniel Witmer
agree. dof and the position has to improve. you can experiment with the lines as well.


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