Stone Bridge

[armando_m]

Drove here on saturday, arrived a bit before noon, so light could be better, good thing there was a bit of cloudy sky


Comments or critiques are welcome

[geraldb]

Very nice capture for sure. I'd like seeing more sky equal to the sky reflection. I think sepia made the bridge and reflections lost in their busy surroundings. I'd like seeing a color version.

[Bobintx]

Nice shot but there is a little glow on the trees on the horizon and you can see it in the reflection, also I would have put a little more sky in , great shot though

[armando_m]

Thanks

here is a color version


and another shot with more sky, from the opposite side, I went overboard with the processing?

[Frog]

In this case, I like the color version better.
I don't think the straight on composition works.
The angled one is better but I'd like to see both ends of the bridge if that's possible.

[Greg McCary]

I like the last one the best and I think the color is the right choice as there are lots of mid tones in the b&w edit. That happens when there is a lot of foliage in an image.
I think you need to clean up the reflection though. This is one of those shots as well that I think it is ok to center the horizon since there is such a nice reflection to work with. A crop from the bottom would clean it up some. I would take out the garbage can too.

[LeeIs]

I also like the colour version a lot better. such nice and lush colours. I agree with Greg, that the last one is best. It's nice and wide and it has some good depth created by the angle of the bridge.

[armando_m]

Thanks you Frog, Greg and Liban

[readingr]

I really like the texture you have in the B&W but would be better with the angle of the last bridge photo to give iust that extra depth. Not saying I don't like the colour version just that the texture of the stone comes across in the B&W.

Roger R.

[GB1]

Armando, it's certainly a worthy subject, but I'm not sure it's the best angle or composition. I find the sky takings something away from the bridge, the sides of the image not as good as the center area, and the slight angle it's leaning at (maybe 1 degree CW) somewhat noticeable. All these are fixable though, I believe.

Here's a slight adjustment... Not sure it's great, just different. I like both the b&w and color versions btw.

[armando_m]

Thanks Roger and Greg

Perhaps a blend of the b&W over the bridge to bring out some texture
and I like it with no sky

[Richard Hla]

I like the colour version and second photo.

[rossi46]

I like the version of the photo which is more tightly cropped.

It looks alot better in composition, removing out the lack of strong patterns at the top and bottom of image.

With this tighter crop, suddenly this image looks good in B&W, before the crop i was unsure if B&W is the correct choice.

[draymorton]

Your HDR work is really good. I love the alternate color shot and the sepia-toned original (sans the halos). If the orig had a little more sky and no halos, I'd say it was perfect.