Fredricksburg Castle Chapel

From a recent trip ...taken with a my little Nikon P7100 @ ISO800 - I struggled with post processing ...any thoughts? Color or BW?

Color.....

Yeah color for me as well. The struggle was worth the effort. Nicely done.

Hands down the color version is my favorite. Very nice shot. Jeff

Color !

the B&W can certainly improve if you add an orange filter , so the glitter of the gold colors is not lost

I like them both to be honest...the color one does "pop" a little more than the B&W. Great angle and content within the photos. What do you use to post process? If you have something like LR, I would suggest increasing the settings to increase the richness of colors in the first photo and on the second one play around with the shadows and highlights and use a filter like an orange filter and both of them will pop just that much more.

Why the struggle? :D

(And while we're on the subject of post-processing... is this, in fact, an HDR?)

Very easily colour.

Detail is great. love the composition with the angel statue having almost the same point of view as the camera. and the church is pretty amazing looking.

I prefer the black and white though I would do some selective density changes on individual colors. For example, that top center area (arches or whatever they are called) should be a tad brighter I think. Nice work.

G

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Originally Posted by draymorton

Why the struggle? :D

(And while we're on the subject of post-processing... is this, in fact, an HDR?)

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With a very small sensor and at ISO 800 the image noise was considerable, and it took a while of tweaking to get the right balance of noise reduction and sharpness. Secondly, I spend some time cropping and lens / perspective correcting because the original was not very straight. Color seems to be a little off too ...

And, to the other question ...this is not an HDR - single image only.

I liked both but the color just a bit more. Very nice shot however. Obviously, that isn't from Fredericksburg, VA. LOL.

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Originally Posted by chilliefalls

I liked both but the color just a bit more. Very nice shot however. Obviously, that isn't from Fredericksburg, VA. LOL.

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Thanks. I actually misspelled it a little bit. It is Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark.

I choose the color. Very nice with excellent color and depth. My one problem is the 'line' formed all the way across the image (especially noticable in the B&W) that splits it dead center. It's like a dead center horizon.

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Originally Posted by llewpics

With a very small sensor and at ISO 800 the image noise was considerable, and it took a while of tweaking to get the right balance of noise reduction and sharpness. Secondly, I spend some time cropping and lens / perspective correcting because the original was not very straight. Color seems to be a little off too ...

And, to the other question ...this is not an HDR - single image only.

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Well, great job with the post processing!

On another note, I'm not sure if I'm seeing things, but is the image leaning every-so-slightly to the right?

Really nice image, all the same.

i like the color.. great job



Unaiz

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You need color to appreciate all the details in the image

color. I also want to see more or less of the sculpture in the foreground.

I prefer the color version.

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I prefer the color version.

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I also prefer the color one. It gives it that 'European' feel to it.

The colors are nice and really give the picture another feel. Nice snap.

Color for sure. Damned nice. I really wish I could see it bigger.

I like the color version alot better, I find the BW version alittle too dull and murky.

Very beautiful interior of castle.

There is just one small critique I would like to offer, I thought that if you are able to get closer to the statue, make it more of dominant foreground with wide angle lens, the picture would look more powerful.
And I do not quite like the stand of the statue, I am not sure what it looks like and it looks abit out of place there, I do not know if cropping out the stand of the statue will make it look better.