Stained Glass Window

[AlanWillis]

The following image was made at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. I have straightened the image, about 2 degrees.

Is there too much black in the composition?

Nikon D80 w/18-135mm lense @ 70mm
1/60 f 5.6
White Balance to "cloudy"
(I believe the ISO was 320)

From Stained Glass

[lputman]

Per the critique forum rules, please ask specifically what you would like critique on.

[uridiscence]

Alan, I don't think that there is too much black. I think I would crop it down some so that the window takes up more of the shot. It's pretty cool!

[Big Bazzaaa]

Yes i agree crop it so the window fills the image. Excellent colours, maybe add more vibrance too??

[tvoelcker]

Perhaps my eyes are playing tricks on me but it appears it could be straightened a tad more.
I would certainly crop in tighter to remove some of the negative space.
The stained glass is beautiful and needs to be more prominant to show all the detail.

[AlanWillis]

Thanks for the input. I cropped it and did a little more straightening (no, tvoelcker, your eyes--it turns out--were not playing tricks on you). I reposted in "share you shots" because I wasn't sure of the etiquite of reposting the re-edited shot here.