Critique Welcomed Bat Building Reflection

Ronald Atchley

Ronald Atchley

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Drove up to Nashville, Tennessee last night to hear Emmy Lou Harris
give a benefit concert. As she says, she's a grand ma now but can still
carry a tune :)
We got there early and walked around downtown. If you ever see a picture
of the Nashville skyline, it will be very obvious which building everyone
calls the "Bat Tower" :) This is a reflection of the Bat Tower in an adjacent
building. Thought I might enter it in the local club's "Goemetric Shapes"
competition if I can putz around with it a little more.
Ron


263Building#1 by Ronatch, on Flickr
 
Thanks Brian.
The colors are a little over cooked but I sorta thought , for the
type/subject of competition it is intended for , I might get away
with it ?
Thanks again :)
Ron
 
Specifically, I like how the pale bluish windows of the Bat Building are framed by the orange stone, which in turn is framed by the deep blueness of glass (I guess?). No,...not over-cooked at all in my opinion.
 
Thanks Brian. The colors were actually there. All I did was punch 'em
up a little. This was , for me , one of those rare instances where I lucked
up and ws in the right place at the right time with the right conditions .
The reflection didn't just pop out at you , it assaulted you :)
Thanks again.
Ron
 
Thanks Rob,
I tried running it through SEP but couldn't
come up with anything that I really liked. Plan to try
it again when I can take more time with it. It takes me
forever to screw up a good B&W :)
Ron
 
The almost chrome nature of the reflection is awesome!

Nicely lined up as well - all those verticals etc all match between the reflection and the building it's reflecting off of.
 
Yep, you could pull out the top a little to do a keystone perspective correction to get everything square all the way up the image
 
Thanks Zooey. Like I mentioned earlier, perhaps the
extra punch in the colors will be tolerated in the competition .
Debated about cloning the leaves out but decided to leave
a thin thread of reality in :)
Ron
 
Is the photo that appears here now the one you corrected? It's not completely corrected for keystoning yet - there's an angle on the right side. But it doesn't matter - it's still a great shot.
 
Wonderful shot Ron and certainly a good prospect for the competition I would have thought. If you wanted to make it a bit more abstract for that purpose I guess you could crop the bottom just above the blue reflection on the left. It would create a simpler image that might be more of a competition piece. What do you think?
 
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