Don't be so tough on yourself! I think you were heading in the right direction in capturing something significant to your town. I think maybe it's just your pov that falls short. Now, granted I don't know the lay of the land- you may have had to take this on a busy street and didn't have a lot of time. But I think a few steps to your right would have brought the front of the building more into view as well as the (grave) stones. Also I think building up a little more contrast between the sky and the building may have given it a little extra umph too. Well, something to play with again I think but I could be totally wrong!
I actually find the photo a little interesting. I find myself drawn to look at the memorial stones near the flag pole and the architecture of the town hall.
I agree a little with Paul above. I am drawn to the flag pole and then towards the tree. Like its angle - at least your posting! I must post something when I get home this evening cx
@olivetreeann I like your suggestions although I intentionally moved to the left to get more of the tree in the shot! We'll call that artistic preference but how do I increase the contrast in the sky? Post processing or in camera? @maggotx recommended a polarizing filter. What do you think?
@maggotx Umm maybe! sometimes it is just a square filler and that is what I thought about this one! I will have to try a filter and see what that does. I think I have one for my camera which isn't a real DSLR but a bridge. Thanks Mag!
@vstap What a nice thing to say! I guess something that is familiar to us seems less inspired than something we don't see every day. Thanks for that support!
I actually really like your pov on this. I think if I was taking it, I would have framed the tree exactly how you have for the added contrast of the dark bark and leaves. I also like the flat and head stones in the fore ground. You did a great job Katy!
I have enjoyed reading all the suggestions you received. They helped me see different things in your picture. There is no right way to do it but I like what you have here.
@dishaparekh176 I am so pleased that you like it so much! sometimes something that seems bland resonates in a way I couldn't imagine! Thanks for the nice coment Disha!
I've read the comments above with interest. I also keep coming back to the headstones and flag. I find buildings from this angle so tricky - they always seem to be falling over backwards! Overall, I like the b&w street image of your town.
@kwiksilver thank you my dear! I am so glad you like it! I know what you mean about buildings falling over backwards! This one is no exception. I'm not quite sure how to avoid that either! Maybe somebody will read this and tell us all how to do it! ?
@grammyn Yes, the polarizing filter is good (I have never used one, but have heard folks in my camera club talking about them). You can also do that in post processing. But it's always best to have it there before you upload, so if you have the filter use it. I've also heard that ND filters do that as well (neutral density filters) but I may have heard that incorrectly so asking someone on here who knows more than I do is probably a good idea!!
@olivetreeann thanks Ann! I did try to couple shots with my filter and it seem to be exactly as you said that it makes the contrast a little bit better but nothing different than what I could achieve in postprocessing. So that makes me wonder why you need to filter
@grammyn Well, here's my take on it... I think that those who have come from the film era, and especially those who did their own darkroom work, are much more particular about the looks you achieve "in camera". Most of their artistic work on a shot took place before it was "processed" (developed). They are somewhat of what I would call a purist. Post processing to them is literally changing the picture, rather than developing it. So they gravitate towards filters which, shall we say, do "in camera" processing. The rest of us, who've really been brought up in the digital era, see all the pre-shot work as a lot to think about. We'd rather do the thinking ''in-computer" than "in-camera", so for us it seems unnecessary to put a filter on when we can just fix it later. But, that being said, either way you spend time on your picture- so it comes down to a matter of WHEN you want to spend that time on it- on the field or in front of the computer. So there's my thoughts- right or wrong!
@grammyn Do you have LightRoom? It can be done using the Upright Perspective lens correction. Hope you don't mind but I've played with your shot and while it straightens the building it does skew the flagpole slightly. I'm sure there's a way to correct that but I don't really know LR very well - am still trying to feel my way around it.
Will email it to you as don't know how to insert a pic here without uploading it to my album (which is obviously not the objective here!)
@kwiksilver Sorry this has taken so long! i don't have LR so that is my first obstacle! thanks for the e-mail with the correctons! you did a smashing job and of course I don't mind you playing around with my pictures!
February 16th, 2016
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I haven't thanked you for the follow yet either! Thanks Paul.
Will email it to you as don't know how to insert a pic here without uploading it to my album (which is obviously not the objective here!)