Church

[CallumW]

This is my first picture i have posted here i don't think its too great myself but im still learning.
Please give me your comments so i can improve and tell me what you think.
I also edited it with photoshop as it looked a bit to plain but i don't know if thats turned out good or bad.
Took with: Nikon D40x, 18-55m lense.


Shot at 2007-08-11

[MrEastSide]

I like it. It seems a little dark, but that's probably just my monitor.

[jkriminger]

this is a different perspective which is a good start..If you could move to get more of the right side of church..same angle. To get more of the alley brighter you will need to shoot in darker conditions..so as not ot blow out the sky too bright...night shot!..set a slow shutter speed and high aperture..16? or so..tripod of course....might turn out real nice. Good luck!

[Frog]

I don't mind the darkness of the alley as it gives the mood. A tad brighter maybe but not much. I don't like the color of the church...Is that what color it is?

[KenB]

I think this shot has a lot of potential. It's an interesting perspective. I agree with the rest of the comments and would add that you may want to either straighten the shot (it's leaning slightly to the right) or tilt it more to emphasize the effect -- but I think I'd just go for the straightening.

I also like the mood the vignetting and the tone set.

[CallumW]

I don't like the color of the church...Is that what color it is?

Yeh thats acutally the color not too nice really it just looked like a good shot at the time.
Its a tiny bit brighter through editing but you can basically see its original color.

[GB1]

Callum - Welcome. The way I see it, you have a good idea here in that you are trying to show a diamond in the rough (so to speak). It's partially successful.. the yellow building does show up reasonably well though it is perhaps a shade darker/more overcast than ideal (hey, but it was in the UK, right??) The building is partially obscured by the stairs and the right side building there, so you perhaps could have gotten a better angle. However, sometimes low angled shots are much more interesting than flat ones (imho). Notice that the building is rotated too, about 5 degrees or more to the right. You can rotate it in PS to correct. I would then consider cropping out the bottom 1/3 of the shot -- the stairs, etc -- and see what you get.

Hope to see more of your shots in the future

GB

[Didache]

Hi Callum and welcome to the forum from a fellow Brit (London now, but I lived in Gateshead for a short time). The others have pointed out the various issues pretty thoroughly, but I just want to add that I like your attempt to do something a little different. Really inexperienced photographers would rarely try an angle like that, and it shows you have the "eye" and a willingness to find your own approach. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Cheers
Mike

[CallumW]

Thanks for all the comments guys i think i will go back to that place, take a few more shots. Different settings different angles stuff like that and see what i get then ill post a version 2 church and see what you guys think. But yeh thanks for all the comments very helpful tahnk you.