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    Courthouse Nightshot

    I struggled with this one..not sure I'm happy with it. Maybe its the flag pole?

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Looks a little distorted, and slightly rotated to the right.

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Looks Scary to me ...
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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Overall I like the shot and the composition is great...what I thing ruins the shot is the distortion...I´m sure it will look much better if this was corrected in PS.
    The pole well, its in the way...and the flag not moving doesn´t aid much either...cloning might be hard to "disappear the post" but maybe adding a flying flag?

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    I like it but you might try skewing just a touch of the keystone effect out. Maybe next time get further away and zoom in on it.
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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Thats a great shot especially including the moon there I like it and yes the lens distortion isn’t helping there but what the heck its still a nice shot.

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Just straighten out the distortion, which should not be a proble,m and you have a wonderful shot.
    Really nice.
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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    The distortion wouldn't bother me at all except for the fact that it's asymmetric (more on left/less on right). The flag pole would be tough to eliminate, but if you darkened it up to match the tonality of the building more closely it wouldn't jump out at you as much.

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    the treatment is like a backdrop from a 1920s b/w film.... really nice. I like how the building pops out.

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    Re: Courthouse Nightshot

    Thanks for the replies everyone. I am going to correct that distortion, its been driving me crazy.

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