Reflected Buildings

[Jaedon]

Another shot taken while at work. Taken through the windshield as I sat through a red light. This caught my eye... so I shot it.

Comments?

[swmdrayfan]

Wow, nice reflection....nice exposure. I'd like to see the building a little straighter, but all-in-all it's a minor nitpick.
John

[MarcusK]

I like the reflections and composition... this is a nice shot...

I think more context as to off of where they are reflected might be a nice addition, but that's just me..

Marc

[Jaedon]

I think more context as to off of where they are reflected might be a nice addition, but that's just me..

Marcus,

Can you expand on that comment? I am not sure what you are meaning by that. Pictures of the buildings not in reflection? Or a wader shot indluding more of the buildings surrounding the ones that are the source of the reflection?

Thanks

Jay

[drg]

I like the structure and colors of the face of building and the reflections as components of the photograph.

It would be stronger if the tilt was more uniform or resulted in a different perception of depth. It need more of the corner and other facing side of the building along the right or none at all. This unfortunately feels like an afterthought. The building and its verticals being perfectly straight are not necessary unless you are producing a formal architectural view. Then, of course, you probably don't want to include two different buildings. But that isn't your purpose I imagine with this photo.

You could slightly trim the left so that the wide vertical provides the frame and does not have the very thin slice of more windows peeking out.

This is a type of scene that always has a lot of potential. For it to not just be a snapshot, this type of photograph often needs to capture something unique or strongly eyecatching that holds up under continued viewing. Patterns, well placed reflections, examples of perspective all are usable compositional elements.

Best wishes and hope these few comments are helpful.

[MarcusK]

Well to add on what drg said, in answer to your question:

I did not want to comment, since i couldn't quite pinpoint what bothered me about it... but basically this is what i saw:

The reflections and colors, their position is fine... when i say something is missing, i mean, this just another reflection for me... nice is the most it would get... In matters of photography for the image to be "better", IMHO, you needed to show more of where the reflections are.... or less.... meaning, show more of the structure off of which they are reflected, or less thereby giving the reflections a feeling of "digital effect" making it quite impressive.....

I hope this sheds a little more light as to what i was thinking, my problem is i can not really say anything without knowing the location and what could have been done, or could be done still...

I like it as it is, and drg's suggestions are pretty good and do actually fill up the part i did not...

Was that it? was it helpful?...i sure hope so...

Oh one more thing, i find it very effective to take many shots, from different angles and composition.... the camera sees thigns a bit differently than the eyes and taking extra shots is always a good thing!

Marc

[Jaedon]

Thanks Marcus that does help a lot. I thought you meant something along those lines but I wasn't sure. I pass that building everyday but I don't always have time to stop... or a camera with me for that metter. Fridays are usually quiet though so I will take my camera with me tomorrow and see if I get the time to stop and shoot it again. It's supposed to be sunny again so that bodes well for picture taking.

[gahspidy]

I think you have some pretty good advice/suggestions already. I think the way I would go about improving this image as it is now would be to straighten the right side vertical with the frame, and then give it some curves adj to get the image to pop a bit more.Also, I would like to see some truer blue here, even if thats not actually how it looked. There seems to be a Cyan hue here.
Shooting this from many diferent perspectives, framings, and exposures would be good.