Reflection Oldham Manchester

[moon]

I played a game of squash in this building yesterday and captured this image on the way back to the car park.
I took a few photos some with tree shadows on the grass in front and at different exposures.I only use ixus 80 but it does allow you to adjust 2 stops either way.
Would it be best to expose for the glass or a mid ponit?
Does this picture work at all?

[Preacherman]

Don't know the answer to your Q Moon. I do know the shot looks good to me. I also know the building and the church. I like the angle and viewpoint you have chosen here and wonder if you composed the image in any other ways for comparison. thanks for posting this.

[romas13]

Reflections are always interesting.
If I understand correctly reflection is main subject here. So I would recommend to overexpose a bit since reflections in glass are always darker. Another suggestion when shooting architecture is that verticals should be vertical. You can do this with post production or by shooting horizontally (this also means moving back or zooming out to get subject into frame) and cropping after for composition.
These are just suggestions and I'm not sure they would work but it's something I would try in your situation. Hope it helps.

[moon]

Thanks for both your comments and your time taken viewing my photo. I will take that a confidence booster if you think image looks fine "preacherman". I did take a few more pictures but unfortunately from a similar position.I should have walked around I guess.I do tend to feel self conscious when stopping to take photos so I tend to forget what I have learnt off the forum and rush to much.I don't know if this is something other people suffer from or just me.

"romas13" Point taken about verticals, I have straightened to the best of my knowledge here, I don't wether it is an improvement.
I have posted a few more sorry if not allowed more than one I can remove them.Or you can just click the original which links to flickr.

original straightened


Also straightened with shadow


Also straightened with tree visible.I could either have tree straight or reflection?



Origianl version strightened with blue and levels adjusted. I think I like this best.



Please tell me if you want me to remove these and leave the one here.

Thanks
Gary

[Preacherman]

Yep, that final version straightened etc. looks much better. And hey, just ignore evryone when shooting. Drop into your own little world and get the shots that count. It's all worth it when you get home, download and see the results. I was in Lyme Park, Disley a couple of weeks ago and saw some minute little fungi. I got down flat on my belly in the middle of the field to get a few shots and found myself surrounded by curious onlookers who obviously thought I was bonkers. But the shots I got were great. Who cares!

[wishvam]

yeah "Origianl version strightened with blue and levels adjusted. I think I like this best." you are right.. its best hmm may be to me.. and you..

[Roo13]

Hi moon, I too think the last one looks the best, well done.

[leviathan]

Interesting idea, and I really like it! I wonder if there is a way that you could isolate the reflection of the castle/church (whatever it is) and boost the exposure a tad so that the details of it can be seen a little more. Otherwise, awesome creative shot!

[LeeR]

I look for this kind of thing all the time. It is a great way of layering ideas as in this case, juxtaposing the modern against the traditional. Yes, I think some straightening is in order but the bigger probelm is that you need more direct light on your subject. Remember, you are losing at least one, if not two, stops in the reflection process. The fact that you are shooting on the shady side of the building helps but some direct light on the church would help even more.