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Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

There were a couple of problems I found as I traveled and wanted to get pictures. First, my husband does not like to wait around for me to get the best shot possible :) the second, the hoards of people made it difficult to be able to shoot a picture and not have someone wandering through the shot.
Please critique.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

A good perspective that captures the imposing nature of the building. Please don't use any perspective correction on it - it looks natural the way it is.

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

Thank you R.G. for your comments - the only thing that might have changed the perspective was the automatic lens adjustments in Lightroom.

Nightski

Hello, Japakomom. Welcome to the Critique Section. Here are my thoughts. You've nailed focus, and exposed perfectly for the image. It's a wonderful record shot of a landmark. I have a suggestion for the people problem and for the problem of the fence and scaffolding. After you have the "big picture" shot, get some shots of parts of the building. Use your DOF creatively. This building is full of detail, and I think you could convey the idea of the era very nicely without having to get the whole building into the shot.

As for your husband .. if I know I'm going out on a serious photography trip, I leave mine home. We are both much happier that way. :-)

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

Nightski wrote:

As for your husband .. if I know I'm going out on a serious photography trip, I leave mine home. We are both much happier that way. :-)

I'm the same with my wife :mrgreen:

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

Nightski wrote:

As for your husband .. if I know I'm going out on a serious photography trip, I leave mine home. We are both much happier that way. :-)

Hi, Japakomom. Great colors that make the image. Change nothing.

Yep, I send my wife shopping with her friends, we are both happy. LOL! The small dent in the credit card is worth it. :shock: :-o :D

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

Its a wonderful image with as Shakey says great colors. I might just try and remove the metal fence in PP but that would just create the icing on a very nice cake.
And as an HDR man I would have loved to have taken this image. In HDR it would rock!!!! Great sky perfect capture of detail in the building. It has it all

An old wise man said to me "never mix hobbies and wives/husbands/partners because it will take the pleasure out of your pastime completely". I proved the truth of this statement by taking my wife to a football match. Minus 3 degrees on a January night in Manchester with a biting wind and she did nothing but moan!!!!! Ungrateful as hell with no appreciation of how hard it is to get tickets for a Manchester United game.

Nightski

Billyspad wrote:

An old wise man said to me "never mix hobbies and wives/husbands/partners because it will take the pleasure out of your pastime completely". I proved the truth of this statement by taking my wife to a football match. Minus 3 degrees on a January night in Manchester with a biting wind and she did nothing but moan!!!!! Ungrateful as hell with no appreciation of how hard it is to get tickets for a Manchester United game.

I'd be with your wife on that one, Billy! Unless of course I could bring my camera with! :-D

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Japakomom wrote:

There were a couple of problems I found as I traveled and wanted to get pictures. First, my husband does not like to wait around for me to get the best shot possible :) the second, the hoards of people made it difficult to be able to shoot a picture and not have someone wandering through the shot.
Please critique.

Excellent capture with good exposure and focus and effects of natural perspective.

My only dissatisfaction is with that damned fence in the foreground which, I'm sure, some more skillfull cloner than I, could effectively remove ! And i urge cloning it out rather than cropping because the composition demands at least that amount of foreground.

Dave

Nightski

And lets not forget to always work the scene. Many times you can avoid fences and such with a clever angle. This is why it's best to leave husbands and wives home. While you are enthralled in finding that perfect angle .. the spouse will definitely be bored. You won't be able to concentrate ...

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Japakomom wrote:

There were a couple of problems I found as I traveled and wanted to get pictures. First, my husband does not like to wait around for me to get the best shot possible :) the second, the hoards of people made it difficult to be able to shoot a picture and not have someone wandering through the shot.
Please critique.

You did a great job of eliminating the people. Nicely framed and gives a great image of what the building looks like. I am curious as to how much post processing you did on this image.

As for the husband, I had a girlfriend just like that. The operative word there is had. I still have my cameras, though.
--Bob

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

Just a thought.... tripod with nd filter and long exposure can eliminate people walking thru the picture..... I have the same problem with the wife... she wants to keep going... while i can sit for an hour waiting for the shot i want.... looks nice :-D

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

Thank you all! Yes, I do need to start leaving my DH at home. But the big trips, like Italy, would be hard to do. :)

I am not yet proficient enough to even understand how I would eliminate the fence. I still have a lot of learning to do. Is that something I can do in Lightroom or do I need to use Photoshop for that?

Sandra, I like what you say in regards to not having to have the big picture. Using DOF and points of interest to convey meaning. I wish I could go back and have a do over.

Bob, my post processing is fairly minimal. I use Lightroom and am not that knowledgable in all its ins and outs. My method is simple. I set the WB and make any exposure adjustments that might be needed. I tend to find that auto in Lightroom likes to overexpose for my taste. If needed I boost the saturation a little. I also check the boxes to make lens corrections and camera calibrations.

I really need to learn more in regards to post processing.

Thanks again to all!

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Japakomom wrote:

There were a couple of problems I found as I traveled and wanted to get pictures. First, my husband does not like to wait around for me to get the best shot possible :) the second, the hoards of people made it difficult to be able to shoot a picture and not have someone wandering through the shot.
Please critique.

I think you did a fine job of isolating the building from tourist and city distractions, of utilizing the nice light on the face of the columned facade, and using the close angle at its best advantage. Yes, you'll like it better if you can do the tedious task of cloning out the fence, but it'll take more than lightroom to do that deed.

As for ditching your husband, well, I understand your dilemma. For local shoots, I often go out alone, and I do some traveling with a photo buddy but my husband loves travel as much as I do so I have to find compromises as you have. I've learned to make quicker decisions, get it about right the first shot or two, and I've taught him some things about what I'm doing so he is a better assistant than he used to be. I think he is getting more patient the more he learns, and I'm getting better prepared so reducing fiddling time.