Trooper
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A recent photo I took of the local high school. The tree on the right vexes me, but short of uprooting it or getting a wider lens it can't be helped. So, what do you think?
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farlymac
PF McFarland
Or you could clone it, and put a copy on the other side to balance things out 😀
I haven't found a chainsaw yet that will fit any of my camera bags.
PF
I haven't found a chainsaw yet that will fit any of my camera bags.
PF
sazerac
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Ezzie
E. D. Russell Roberts
Then again, something that breaks the absolute symmetry can be pleasing. I tend to find pictures (though guilty of this sin myself) where one side is a mirror of the other to be boring.
user237428934
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Take the camera in portrait mode, take overlapping shots and stitch them to a panorama.
willie_901
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Since you asked for critique...
The frame is tilted. The left side is higher than the right side. Clients will not tolerate this. Architectural photography and converging verticals do not mix. I know a few people who can align an architectural photo without a tripod. I'm not one of them. If you use a tripod, acquire a spirit level that attaches to the camera flash shoe. This will get you square to within a a degree or so. You can fix the rest in post processing.
The photo has very low contrast because it is overexposed. It looks like there's some lens flare around the clock. There are programs that will impose the sun's position on a Google mar. This helps you plan the what time of day works best for a given location. I always bracket exposures on an architectural shoot. Sometimes I have to shoot into the sun. Lens flare can be eliminated by using a small rain umbrella. Easy to implement and effective.
Finally, the tree does not bother me at all. It's there. It's part of how the building looks.
I think you choose an appropriate focal length for this photo. I have to resist going to wide.
The frame is tilted. The left side is higher than the right side. Clients will not tolerate this. Architectural photography and converging verticals do not mix. I know a few people who can align an architectural photo without a tripod. I'm not one of them. If you use a tripod, acquire a spirit level that attaches to the camera flash shoe. This will get you square to within a a degree or so. You can fix the rest in post processing.
The photo has very low contrast because it is overexposed. It looks like there's some lens flare around the clock. There are programs that will impose the sun's position on a Google mar. This helps you plan the what time of day works best for a given location. I always bracket exposures on an architectural shoot. Sometimes I have to shoot into the sun. Lens flare can be eliminated by using a small rain umbrella. Easy to implement and effective.
Finally, the tree does not bother me at all. It's there. It's part of how the building looks.
I think you choose an appropriate focal length for this photo. I have to resist going to wide.
