The Door's Of Heaven

[rylan]

heres a quick shot of the doors of a really nice OLD church in up town Saint John NB
let me know what you think about this one!

[polarbeardiggers]

the old church is not bad but i find your star burst effect on the street lights to be alittle distracting for your subject,.

[rylan]

thats true, good point! ill have to reshoot it and try it at another angle with no street lights!

[Frog]

Love the lighting.
When you reshoot, try a vertical so no tops are chopped

[rylan]

alright! i tryed tonight but i still couldnt get the whole church in the frame because it just snowed and i had sneakers on and i couldnt wade into the snow haha lol but tomarrow ill go back and try it! beautiful church though

[Ptax]

I love the shot. Very gothic. I expect to see a brooding Caped Crusader perched on one of the ledges. The snow helps create atmosphere. I agree with Frog about trying to get more of the "tops" in the shot.

"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera."
- Dorothea Lange - quoted in: Los Angeles Times (13 Aug. 1978).

[rylan]

thanks ptax! yeah i was driving down the road and looked to my right and there was this church, i was like holy hell look at that thing! made the girl friend wait in the car while i wondered up the long meandering stair way, kinda had the gothic feeling when i was up there. then it really startled me when the chruch bell rang on the hour haha

[PrevailingConditions]

As Frog says, go vertical to emphasize the nice vertical lines in the building. Also, try adjusting the white balance. Your snow looks a little reddish/orange. Looks like a great building. I wish I had something like this close by.

PC

[rylan]

they have really weird lights to light up the building tc i set it on tungsten because of these lights and this is the best it would do haha, i dunno any ideas on a good WB setting maybe?

[GB1]

I really like it, but think I would like it better if the snow was whiter. It creates a feeling on royalness, of majestic superiority. Not sure I like how the left side twists, it makes the image feel unlevel (I can't tell if it is or isn't). I also wonder would it would be like with a person in there. Nice job,

GB

[rylan]

its a wierd feeling being there lol, just a dark feeling that the church gives you. haha so much detail in the building though maybe ill take some day shots too to show you all

[Frog]

As for white balance, set your camera for raw and you can adjust in post edititng. I always shoot on auto wb and its right 90% of the time.
Personally, I think the snow is fine as it is a night shot and the snow is correct for the light that is reflecting off it.

[rylan]

yeah ive never shot in raw before and i dont really understand it haha so maybe ill try it

[JTcooper]

hey rylan, could you do one shot for me. one with alitle over expose and boost up that contrast I thinks that would look awsome man. And I do agree on the vertical shot too. ooh, it going to be cold too

[rylan]

i sure can, i get off at 10 pm tonight and its a beautiful day ill go shoot tonight

[rylan]

well im waiting for the girlfriend to get off work at 11, stoppin at subway to get a sub and then im gonna go shoot the church. Some of you suggested to shoot the church vertically, so im gonna try to go about it that way, ill try from another angle too because of the street lights ! wish me luck

[rylan]

well i made it back haha, i got 2 good shots (well i think they are good) of the church
got the whole church in the shot. as i was taking the pics a huge sheet of snow came off the roof of a near by building so i watched my back haha
heres the best shot from tonight let me know if they are any better!

[DrRoebuck]

I like the angle of your first shot better, though I agree it should be a vertical so as not to chop off the top.

In the second shot, the building behind the right gate is way too distracting.

[rylan]

i tried up close for a vertical but it wouldnt work

[Len J]

i tried up close for a vertical but it wouldnt work

Crop out the buildings on the side & see how it looks.

len

[drewphotograph]

hm.. a little bit tilted up right for both shot.
if it's possible try to fix them when doing PP.
i like the first one better than the second one

[rylan]

yeah i liek the first one too it rained today maybe ill go back tonight and stand on the lawn were the snow was