First I want to thank you all who commented on this shot. BL> To me it looks like the image that just is. It does not have much BL> emotion or meaning in it. It is just an image of a nice looking BL> building unfortunately taking on a day when skies were rather dull BL> looking.
It was taken intentionally on an overcast day. So it is not a snapshot, neither was taken on a trip, it is right here in Oradea;) I wanted to take it on an overcast day to eliminate some very unpleasant shadows. So I had to say bye-bye to the nice looking deep blue sky. It was a compromise, but I thought it is better to sacrifice the sky rather than the nice small arhitectural ornaments. BL> I think I would take out the little antenna just on the right to the BL> flag on top of the building. With all respect Boris, I wouldn't do that... it is just part of it, and I don't feel it right to take it out. But I may consider "faking the sky". ft> I must say, it's a well executed snapshot. Nice and sharp, the colours of ft> the tower are nice. As Boris said, however, the sky is really washed out ft> and not at all attractive to me. It needs to be blue. Or there should be ft> some clouds or something angry to make it interesting. Thanks Frank, but as I wrote before it is not a snapshot. Maybe I don't know how to make good arhitectural photos, that is. You and Boris made me think to correct the sky in Photoshop. But I'm still not sure... I am reluctant to digital alterations. All this reminds me a joke I read earlier on PDML. An american couple went in Ireland on vacation, and the wife yelled that 'Ireland does not look like photos of Ireland'. The point is, I don't intented to make it look nicer than it actually is. g> Frank is not much into architecture (GRIN). I think it is a nice well done shot. g> Sometimes a clear record is all that is wanted, not all photos have to be artsy. g> Some of the folks on the list ought to look at a good book on architectural g> photography, but not one on advertising architectural photography which tends to g> be artsy pictures of buildings. Thank you Graywolf, at last some encouraging words, so I won't give up to shoot architecture:) I am not much into architecture myself, but I think it is an interesting subject, and I want to learn more. Attila
