Pisa tower...

[Art]

Hi all, this is the Pisa Tower located in Pisa, Italy.
Can you please critic composition?

Thanks Art

Exif

Focal length 21 mm
f 9
Exposure 1/200 seg

[flytyer57]

I've never been to see the tower, so I don't know if it's only the tower that is leaning or is that other building leaning too? If not, I'd try to get that stratight.

I'd also try to back out some to capture the rest of that other building, or zoom in and go vertical to just capture the tower.

That other building is kind of hard to accept in the picture, espcially since it's been cropped in this photo.

[fayster]

I agree with flytyer...in reality, the tower is leaning, the church is not. I think you want to emphasize the "leaning" part. If it weren't such a well-known landmark, you might just think the entire image has a perspective problem. See if you can't straighten up the church in post.

As for the overall composition...also agree that there's no over-riding subject.

Lovely blue sky...

[Czrich86]

I love the deep blue skies in this shot, but I agree with the other posters that there isn't a strong subject. The church seems to really over power the tower.

Regarding the "leaning" of the tower, it seems like you were trying to play with perspective, keeping the tower straight and making everything else look crooked like the shots of houses that look crooked on a really steep street. If you shot from the steepest part of the tower you could have gotten a more obvious effect if that's what you were going for.

[Art]

Thanks for your comments, I'll post the complete complex
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[Art]

Thanks for your comments, yes, I was really nice blue sky
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[Art]

yeah, I'll try to post more about it, for sure my intention is to show the classic lean tower
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[Corey Thompson]

Hmm I guess I'm not seeing what the others are seeing. The church looks straight enough to me and helps emphasize the fact that the tower is leaning. I like the composition. If anything there might be some distortion with the church due to shooting at a wide angle, but it's nothing that ruins the photo for me.

I love the sky too, did you use a polarizor?

[Art]

Originally Posted by Corey Thompson

Hmm I guess I'm not seeing what the others are seeing. The church looks straight enough to me and helps emphasize the fact that the tower is leaning. I like the composition. If anything there might be some distortion with the church due to shooting at a wide angle, but it's nothing that ruins the photo for me.

I love the sky too, did you use a polarizor?

Thanks for your comments, yes I did use PL Circ
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