You're right. It would have been better if it had been shot a bit later. The lights would have been more prominent. I just happened to be walking by and snapped this. It wasn't a planned shoot. However, I may return one of these days with a tripod and a variety of lenses and see what I can do. Paul
> Hi Paul, > > Not much of a pic, IMO, but such images are kind of nice to have around. > One can never tell when they may be useful, and they certainly may have > some value historically at some point. However, the photo does bring up an > interesting point, and that is the best, or perhaps, most interesting, time > of day to make such a shot. With the marquee lights being on, I'd guess > that the time was early evening (oh, I see now, just before sunset), but > the sky looks a little too bright for that. There are a couple of marquees > around here that I'd like to snap, and was thinking that around sunset (a > little later than your shot, perhaps) may be a better time, affording a bit > of interest in the sky and a darker background to offset and lend more > "punch" to the marquee. Any comments? > > As for the perspective business, JCO's adjustment doesn't seem at all > natural. There should be a little taper to the marquee, and any other tall > vertical when viewed from ground level. I may be mistaken, but weren't the > columns on the Parthenon build to be a little wider at the top so that when > viewed from ground level they'd appear not to taper? > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I used the PhotoShop 81 warming filter on this after processing the > > RAW. I probably could have achieved exactly the same result by turning > > up the temperature in the RAW converter, but the need for a warmer look > > was an afterthought. The photo was taken just before sunset but the > > sign was in the shade. > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2934923 > >
