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So a bit of history with Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), it was build during the civil war as a hospital for the soldiers and most of the buildings now are thoes built during that time. blah blah blah blahhh..... I found the church and though I don't have my beautiful panasonic, I figured I'd try to figure out this junkie little samsung P&S.

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Or color....Personally I like the black and white one.

I just had a question. When shooting buildings, what is the best setting? Maybe I'm seeing things, but it looks like little parts of the photo have blurr spots? Is that because I'm using an El cheapo P&S?
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I do think it looks better b&w--how are you converting? It might be better with a bit more contrast and maybe bring out the midtones some. I am not seeing the blur spots, but they might be hard to spot at this size. Love the history here and you got a great photo for an el cheapo p&s as you say .
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you may also want to rotate the image a bit so that the verticals are straight.
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I like the BW one better too. I didn't really see any blurry spots.
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I like the BW better also do you have PS? If so you might straigten the tower up a little bit.
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Tack on another vote for B&W.
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I do think it looks better b&w--how are you converting? It might be better with a bit more contrast and maybe bring out the midtones some. I am not seeing the blur spots, but they might be hard to spot at this size. Love the history here and you got a great photo for an el cheapo p&s as you say .
i totally agree here to add a bit of contrast, preferebly in raw adjustment if you took it in raw...
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I also prefer the black and white.
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B&W is better.. higher contrast.. the tree silouette is fantastic..
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I too like the B&W better. It gives a sense of eerieness to the English style archietecture. Merlin and all that. lol

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