Free parking.

[Fovea]

At the Pole Worx.

[Boo_Radley]

1. I like it

I like the composition and subject matter. There's something missing from it, though. I can't figure out what. I think it's that the color is a little flat in front of the building where there wasn't enough light.

I'm trying to learn to deal with color correction, myself. I'm taking a class in it, so maybe I'm just finding what's on my mind.

I like the shot itself, though. Good eye spotting that, and nice job framing up the picture.

[Fovea]

2. I have another version of this shot

with insane saturation and a push up.

I think I like it better, but some might think it gimmicky.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobscura/94364731/

[Boo_Radley]

3. Both

I like the top part of the first one better, but the bottom part of the second one better. I'm probably just looking for trouble, because I'm in a class for this, so it's on my mind, in all honesty.

[Fovea]

4. Do you like the bottom of the first one for its

value, or saturation?

Or put another way, is this what you had in mind.

[Boo_Radley]

5. Exposure, mostly

Mostly for the increased exposure, and a little for the saturation.

I looked at that before I left for work, and since I had time to kill, and I need practice, I opened it in Photoshop and tried to edit it some. I ended up (I'm not very good at that, the reason I need practice) with a horrible gaudy looking thing, because I went too far with it, but what I did was to use the dodge tool to increase exposure a little, and used the sponge tool to add a little saturation. I ended up with something similar to the second one you posted, but not as good. It did satisfy my curiosity, though.

I think it's the exposure more than the saturation, though a little tiny bit more saturation in it wouldn't hurt. Not so much as to make it look like a colorful new building, because it's aged look is part of the appeal of the picture, but enough to try to match it up a little more with the top.

Note that I'm *very* new at this, at the touch up/darkroom emulation part of things, so don't take me too seriously on it. It's just what appealed to me.

[lakemonster11]

8. How about this?

[Boo_Radley]

9. Whoa.

Jesus. You did a great job blending those changes in. Looks extremely natural.

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. How did you get the perspective right?

It looks like you're standing at street level, but the building isn't leaning backwards.

View camera? Standing farther back than I think and using a long lens? Photoshop perspective correction?

[Boo_Radley]

7. Shift lense?

I'm just guessing. Either that or PhotoShop.

I'm thinking of investing in a shift lense, myself, because I do a lot of ground level shots of buildings when I vacation.

He did do a good job with that, whatever the method was.

[Fovea]

12. it is ps

crop, perspective adjust.

[TahitiNut]

10. That building is acutally wider at the top than bottom.

:evilgrin:

Sirius=ly, it looks to me like the photo is being taken from the roof of a 2-story building (or parking structure) across the street. That's the sense I get from the shadowing.

[hvn_nbr_2]

11. I don't think so

but an interesting idea :-)
It does have an odd bulge outward, at the lower part of the fourth floor.

What about the shadowing makes you think it's a 2-story roof perspective? I'm not seeing anything and not understanding theoretically how the shadowing would change based on the viewer's location.

Here's what I see from this cropped view with brightness and contrast both increased:


The viewpoint is obviously above sidewalk level, since you can see the top of the sidewalk. It's also above the level of the landing at the top of the stairs in front of the entry door, since you can see the top of that too, although less clearly than the sidewalk.

Now look at the lines above the recessed doorway. The dark lines of the "flanges" directly at the side of the top of the door appear to go up from the horizontal dark line at the top of the door. That shows that the viewer's perspective is below the top of the door. If the viewer were above the top of the door, those "flanges" would appear to go downward as they go away from the door.

[Fovea]

13. It is a tripod shot

with the POV at about 5'.

I think the wide angle lens may be what you are seeing.

[CC]

14. I like this. You are very good at

seeing great photos in everyday things. A lot of people would walk on by and never think to take a pic. I also like the other pics you have up.