kirkleatham museum near middlesborough

[nickjohnwatson]

Just the one shot from a trip out with my family today! Comments welcome!

(I tried straightening the verticals totally but it looked too strange due to the angle)



Cheers

Nick

 

[RichardTaylor]

The leaning verticles on the left and right of the whole building are distracting to me.
However the exposure looks spot on and I do like the composition.

 

[Raincloud]

Lovely richness of the shot. How did you get the sky like that? Agree about the verticals.

 

[Jao]

I like this, the slow shutter sky is very good

 

[Big Nick]

Great sky Nick

I would of been tempted to move the sign outside the building for the shot. I would also clone out the roof poking through the greenery to the left of the shot

A combination of the front-on shot on your Flickr site with some lens correction applied in PP and the sky from this one would of been nice to see

I think a mono version would look good too as well

 

[Tony8]

Nice shot, lovely colours and a great sky! I agree with the points about re small retouches, but I really like this shot

Did you venture into the Owl Centre they have there? Some interesting creatures to capture.

 

[nickjohnwatson]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I wondered if anyone would spot that the sky wasn't really a long exposure but done in photoshop.

This is the original image I used.



Its a handheld bracketed 3 shot HDR processed in canon DPP and then Photoshop cs5. I would have done a long exp but as I was out with the family I didn't take my full kit along just my camera and 10-20

Glad you all like it though

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[SoDoSoPa]

The long exposure with the sky really make the building stand out, Lots of nice fine detail, good job

 

[nickjohnwatson]

Great sky Nick

I would of been tempted to move the sign outside the building for the shot. I would also clone out the roof poking through the greenery to the left of the shot

A combination of the front-on shot on your Flickr site with some lens correction applied in PP and the sky from this one would of been nice to see

I think a mono version would look good too as well

A couple of edits of a shot I didn't post. Here's the original.....



Here's the edits!



And converted to b&w with an infrared preset and a little bit of dodge and burn and a bit of added contrast




Thanks

Nick

 

[Jayst84]

Didn't notice the sky was dropped in at first glance, but now I look, the masking around the roof is pretty dodgy. Fake sky is obvious in the last set due to the water in the fountain being frozen. The front on shot should be easier to straighten up without looking odd, looks good in the bold mono conversion too.

 

[Big Nick]

I like the mono but needs a bit of lens correction and yes the water is a giveaway