Gates of Education

[Gratefulhog]

I took this shot as part of the fences assignment. I started driving around our campus and saw the gates on either end of the football stadium. I parked in the taco stand next door, walked out in the middle of the street and took one shot and this was it. I took the photo handheld with a Canon 55-250mm IS f/4.0-5.6 and a 30D. A newb appreciates your feedback.



ISO 400
100mm
f/13
1/500 sec
Lightroom

[windrider86]

Is there anything specific you want help with?

[KansaiGreenie]

Hi Gratefulhog,

This is a nice image. I really like images with strong symmetry like this. I love the repeated gates and the lines in the pavement, the 'tree tunnel'. It's nice.

Two comments for making it better. First, I think that the horizon line is tilted to the left. For images like this with strong graphic elements, I think that it is really important that everything be lined up perfectly. This is an easy fix in post processing.

Second, while I like this image being made on a cloudy day with soft light so that there isn't any detracting shadows, I think that it would look better if it were taken at a different time of day. In general, I think that street scenes like this look much better at twilight. Especially if there are streetlamps in the image. I think the strong graphic lines created by the streetlamps would be emphasized when the lamps are turned on.

Those are my ideas.

KG