First time in critique - Alberta Legislature building

[atulsc]

Hi all, I posted this initially in Share your shots section and had a very good response, thought this is perhaps my best time to enter the critique section and get some some comments from experts. Any advice is welcome.



Location: Alberta Legislature building, Edmonton,AB,Canada
EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D60
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Focal Length: 20mm (30mm equivalent)
Exposure time: 1/50 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Flash: Not used
Exposure bias: 0.0

I've been shooting with my DSLR for 11 months now and I can certainly notice improvements in my photos and DPS and its readers have been the biggest contributors by far.Thanks to everyone for that.

Here is a link to the album for the people who are interested http://picasaweb.google.com/atulsc/A...eat=directlink

[Murtasma]

Excellent use of reflections and symmetry, good exposure, interesting composition, lack of converging lines.

I wouldn't change a thing very nice image

[wmbtaylor]

I like it very much but something seems slightly "off" to me. I am not sure if it is a problem with my eyes or shadows but the roofline does not "appear" to be horizontal. I tried taking the picture in to Picasa and straightening it and low and behold it was straight. It must be an optical illusion.

Other than that it is an awesome shot.

[thomasfolkeandersen]

I too really like the symmetry and straight lines in this shot. If you were open to editing the content a little bit I would clone out the little bit of greenery (top of a tree?) that is merging with the frame on the right-hand side of the image (along with top of the building to the right) as it serves as a slight visual distraction (at least to my eyes), but it is a very minor detail. You could also just crop in just a touch to get rid of it.

I suspect the image could maybe look good as a B&W rendering as well?

On overall a very nice architectural image.

P.S. If this building is lit at dusk it could perhaps also be an interesting subject around dusk (before it gets pitch dark).

[atulsc]

Originally Posted by thomasfolkeandersen

I too really like the symmetry and straight lines in this shot. If you were open to editing the content a little bit I would clone out the little bit of greenery (top of a tree?) that is merging with the frame on the right-hand side of the image (along with top of the building to the right) as it serves as a slight visual distraction (at least to my eyes), but it is a very minor detail. You could also just crop in just a touch to get rid of it.

I suspect the image could maybe look good as a B&W rendering as well?

On overall a very nice architectural image.

P.S. If this building is lit at dusk it could perhaps also be an interesting subject around dusk (before it gets pitch dark).

Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the detailed and meticulous critique. Even I thought the picture would look great in b/w so i just did a basic one touch editing with Picasa. Here is how it looked.



And Yes the building is lit at night, but i'm not very sure if that's done every day or on some days in a year so i'm planning to go there again few more times to capture the building at different times and seasons. Thanks again.

[atulsc]

Originally Posted by Murtasma

Excellent use of reflections and symmetry, good exposure, interesting composition, lack of converging lines.

I wouldn't change a thing very nice image

Thanks Murtasma, Even i love it the way it is, i actually could not believe myself when i saw it first time how decent it turned out.

Originally Posted by wmbtaylor

I like it very much but something seems slightly "off" to me. I am not sure if it is a problem with my eyes or shadows but the roofline does not "appear" to be horizontal. I tried taking the picture in to Picasa and straightening it and low and behold it was straight. It must be an optical illusion.

Other than that it is an awesome shot.

Thanks wmbtaylor for you detailed study. i actually know what the problem is i guess, one of the DPS members actually pointed it. I was not exactly opposite to the building instead i was at a very small angle, you'll notice that if you observe the lines in the pond or the flag staff at the top of the building, i should've moved slightly to the left to be exactly perpendicular to face of the building that's probably you foud the roof line not be straight. you caught me any way

Thanks guys.

[thomasfolkeandersen]

I really quite like this 'one touch' B&W conversion, but the colour version is not bad either (you could actually push the golden yellow/orange and blues even more to play off those two colours off each other).

However I think I like the B&W most.

Cheers