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    Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    I was trying to capture the sky as a backdrop to this building, do you like it and what orientation do you prefer? I'm still getting used to white balance on digital so I'm not sure what they wider community will think of the shot.
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    Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bajan
    I was trying to capture the sky as a backdrop to this building, do you like it and what orientation do you prefer? I'm still getting used to white balance on digital so I'm not sure what they wider community will think of the shot.
    Bajan,

    I like your sky rendition here and the building have an interesting shape but I don't like how the foreground is underexposed. I think that it would either need to be dark enough to be a silhouette or more brightly exposed to display more details.

    Seb

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    Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    Bajan,

    I'm with SEB on this one - have you tried fill in flash on the foreground to bring in a bit more detail - Try the Adobe version and see what happens.

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    Smile Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    I like the forms of this picture. But, again, the secret is to correct the light distribution using curves in Photoshop. I guess you'll trying to get a silhouett of that building, right? If that's the case, than you should make the dark areas even darker.

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    Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    Are you polarizing the shot or somthing as it seems the light is really faded in places. I like the lighting maybe bring out the current lighting to give it more of a glow, at the moment the bright edges of the clouds stand out more than the buildign itself.

    -Nice composition, i like the clould sweeping and the angular blocks of the building.
    -Rework lighting and maybe bring out some of the reflection to see how it would look.
    -Could be nice to have an equal amount of sky on each side of the building?

    Laurie Priest

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    Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    The shape is nice, but I think this would work either more exposed or less exposed for a silhoutte feel.

    Nice eye, just a few things,

    Jared

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    Re: Mercedes Benz - your thoughs?

    I've re-rendered this photo and hope it shows marked improvement, your thougts?
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