Omnipotent

[Williamson Christopher A.]

This image is of the Omni hotel Residence tower.I like the way the building is shaped which lends itself to alot of very interesting angles.I believe the architectural designers did a very good job. The particular vantage point I utilized was lying flat on my back using my back pack as a head rest,in the shade of the bus stop that you see the edge of in the extreme left of the photo...The reason I posted this photo was to see what kind of reactions I get from viewers of this work, I just hope I did justice to the designers,and see what ways I could improve my perspective to make my photos obtain that OMG factor...please only HONEST feed back, as being nice only makes people look foolish, watch American Idol and you'll know what I'm talking about..enough words now picture this.



camera used.Cannon powershot A490
default auto settings

[irieness]

Hey there!

The subject is interesting enough to be photographed, that is for sure. I think you went in the right direction to add some dynamic feeling in your architecture shot. However I think the building was placed in your shot too diagonally, my eye flows from the corner of the frame straight to next corner.

Some ways that come up to improve would be to remove the roof from left side of the frame; placing your subject less diagonally and adding a touch of more sky. Perhaps if you switch your camera from landscape to portrait then you can fill the frame with more of the building.

If you want to make your building standout, think of making the picture during the magic hours so the building can pop out due to the contrasting colors (now it's a blue building on a blue sky).
Or you can get some nice puffy clouds in the shot.

I think all in all it's a pretty good shot, and you are going in the right direction by trying hard to get the right composition. Cheers!

[Sterling]

Well,the bus stop has to go - no reason for it to be there. I think the shot could also use a bit more contrast. The sky looks a bit washed out to me. The subject suits the angled orientation.

[Williamson Christopher A.]

Thank you both for your honest critiques.What I am trying to do is show more of a three dimentional view in my compositions where as to me,it tends to be more dramatic than a regular one dimentional shot,again Thanks. Chris...

[lord xeon]

First off, this is a great photo of a unique building. I particularly love angled shots like this.

The sky is the hardest part because it does blend in too well with the building. The easiest solution to this would be to wait for a nice day with clouds - columous clouds - the big puffy white ones - as that will add a nice backdrop to the sky, and give some depth to the building. It also should reflect nicely on the glass.
I love the reflected sun on the corner of the building, I think that's a nice touch. I would try and keep the sun in the corners of the building, it wont look good with the sun right dead center. Now this might prove harder to get pictures at different times of the day because I don't know how the building is orientated with the sun, but you seemed to have nailed it at a perfect time in this photo.

As for the bus stop, I wouldn't crop it out of the picture (or future pictures), I would find the spot on the ground where you can lay and not get it in, then take all future pictures from there. It also would be interesting if you could get the full height of this building - the street infornt of it. But I'm not sure if that's possible because of either not wide enough lens, other buildings in the way, the street actually looks horrible and detracts from the picture.