Cathedral

[armando_m]

Governor's building top hall view of the cathedral towers

Downtown Guadalajara

[arne saknussen]

Really nice shot! I like the angle and everything that is included. I am wondering if the foremost pillar were a wee bit more to the right, ie, angling yourself to the left. That pillar just a little too close to the center. But I don't know what would be lost with a reposition.
But I really do like this shot.

[armando_m]

Thanks Arne

yes I could have moved a bit to the left and still the 2 towers through the same arch

[hminx]

I really like this armando, but I wonder what an adjustment with the perspective tool would achieve, I dont think you would loose too much detail.
That aside nice shot.

[gahspidy]

Love this shot. Lighting is great as well as the processing. i agree with Pete about trying to straighten the image from the lens distortion. Well done

[armando_m]

hmnix, Gary, Thanks for the comments

Here is a subsequent version, I Worked on the perspective, interesting to see the image with a few guidelines, it was quite crooked, also added a border so if I print it 8x10 it fits without cropping

A couple of observations:
I think colors are a bit better on this version, the image got converted from the adobe rgb that photomatix used to sRGB that GIMP used. I need to remember to use sRGB with photomatix from the beginning.

Resized looses a bunch of IQ even when doing it in a few small steps, sharpened a bit , but I was starting to see halos, one day I'll learn how to resize properly for the web

[gahspidy]

Better, looks good. I do see some halos around the edges of the columns where they are against the bright sky, but they are not too bad and I know that they are exagerrated upon compression for web, so I don't feel they are too big an issue.
love the shot, nice work.

[armando_m]

Thanks for the sticky !!!!

[ksbryan0]

Congrats on the sticky Armando. I thought the original was good, but your revised image is outstanding. Great perspective and forethought on composing this and the PP is great.

[draymorton]

Excellent shot, well-deserved feature.

The edit is fantastic!

[arne saknussen]

Hooray for the sticky!!
The edit is fantastic.

[armando_m]

Bryan, Dray, Arne, thanks !

[hminx]

Congrats on sticky, well deserved.....:thumbsup:

[LeeIs]

Congrats on the sticky! well deserved shot. love the 2nd version. great lines, angles and shapes.

[armando_m]

Thanks hminx and LeeIs!

[GB1]

Really effective geometry, Armando. The columns and the way they come together really draw the viewer in. The dark sky and steeples add a lot to the shot also. My only nitpick is that I wish the center steeple wasn't coming so close to the center column. That is, if you could have moved a little to your left before snapping, I think it would be a more relaxed photo (but that would also move the left steeple closer to the other column). Another small nit pick is that I wish it was just a little bit wider, both vertically and horizontally (this is why I got the Nikon D700 with the full frame, I was running into this situation too often with the 1.5x magnification factor on the D200). Overall, one of the strongest geometric shots I've seen on the site in awhile.

GB

[daq7]

They are both great. The second one is better. Better colors. Grats on the stick.

[armando_m]

Thanks Daq

Thanks GB1, yeah wider will be nicer, it was shot at 18mm with the 18-200zoom , and then I loss a bit from each side after the perspective correction. I didn't have the 11-16 zoom with me at the time it would have been nice to shoot at 11mm

[Frog]

Well done! Congrats on featured photo.

[armando_m]

Thanks Frog !

[PrevailingConditions]

Very nice Armando and a very well deserved sticky! The second is a very nice improvement over the first.

PC

[armando_m]

Thanks Mike!