Chateau de Versailles...amaizing!!!

[Art]

Hi all, now let's move to Versalles palace, as you may see ALL was decarared walls and celing with paintins and sculpure in different materials, really amaizing.

This is a view of the hall of mirrors

The Palace of Versailles (pronounced /vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-sye, French: [vɛʁˈsaj]), or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, the Île-de-France region of France. In French, it is known as the Château de Versailles.

When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.


Can you please critic composition, did I capture your attention? no tripod was used

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[curelightwounds]

Not bad at all. The symmetry is almost spot on and you managed to get the tourists out of the photo, double plus good.

Only critique is that the interior is severely underexposed. It's not hard to fix overexposure as long as you shoot in RAW. A lot harder to fix underexposure.

There are a lot of pressures when dealing with a high traffic tourist attraction like this, how you mitigate that will largely determine what you can do with a photograph.

Here's what I would have done:
1) Before I enter, extend my tripod already and open up the legs just enough that it can stand.
2) Gauge the EV in another room before I enter.
3) Enable bracketing because bracketing is the most effective way I've found to deal with rooms with windows.
4) Enable live view on my camera because I won't have much time to fiddle with the view finder.
5) Use live view to find a decent composition.
6) Set the tripod down.
7) Three shot bracket.
8) Go back to step 5, repeat until I've left the place/battery is dead/out of memory cards.

Curious, do you live in Paris?

[sk66]

Originally Posted by curelightwounds

Not bad at all. The symmetry is almost spot on and you managed to get the tourists out of the photo, double plus good.

Only critique is that the interior is severely underexposed. It's not hard to fix overexposure as long as you shoot in RAW. A lot harder to fix underexposure.

There are a lot of pressures when dealing with a high traffic tourist attraction like this, how you mitigate that will largely determine what you can do with a photograph.

Here's what I would have done:
1) Before I enter, extend my tripod already and open up the legs just enough that it can stand.
2) Gauge the EV in another room before I enter.
3) Enable bracketing because bracketing is the most effective way I've found to deal with rooms with windows.
4) Enable live view on my camera because I won't have much time to fiddle with the view finder.
5) Use live view to find a decent composition.
6) Set the tripod down.
7) Three shot bracket.
8) Go back to step 5, repeat until I've left the place/battery is dead/out of memory cards.

Curious, do you live in Paris?

Steps 1-4...why? are you thinking pics are not allowed?
I agree with the bracketing and underexposure comments...This would be a fabulous opportunity for judicious use of HDR.

[curelightwounds]

Originally Posted by sk66

Steps 1-4...why? are you thinking pics are not allowed?

Steps 1-4 because, at least while I was there, Versailles was packed with people. It's not really a museum so much as it's a house on display. People are filed form one room to the next and with that much traffic all pushing in one direction, setting up saves you some time for when the tourist behind you who probably doesn't care about your picture loses his patience and decides it's time for you to move.

Besides, walking around with a tripod extended isn't super sneaky. I'd know.

[Art]

Thanks for your comments, you really know what I felt because you experienced the same on that palace

I live in Mexico, I just was on vacation as a tourist

[Art]

Unfortunatelly I did not bring the tripod, flash was not allowed


so I only used my balance to shoot

[Art]

fully agree, tons of people behind you!!

[Photologyst]

Forgive me, but this photo does not capture the feel of the Hall of Mirrors to me at all. Where are the endless reflections and the golden glow?

In order to get a decent photo with just a few tourists you simply have to wait a bit. Come early or stay to just before closing time. Those times of day offer better light conditions as well.

I agree with Philosoraptor's suggestions.

Also,taking a tripod is very cumbersome and unecessary. Besides, they bug other tourists because you take up more than your share of space. They are often not allowed. You are better off with a VR lens.

[Art]

yeah agree with you,but in the peak season almost impossible to wait a bit.

Thanks for your comments
Art