Little White Church - Cheapside TX

redleash

I'd seen this church in photographs but never knew where it was. I found someone who had posted its location, so I headed out early last Sat morning. The red phlox were not as pretty as they were a week or two earlier, but they still made for a nice setting.

I really tried to work on my compositions during this outing, so your C&C is appreciated. Note: I removed the power pole from some of the shots but not #4.

Thanks,
Lauren

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3. 3-exposure HDR


4. 3-exposure HDR


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6. Perspective

Nikonic1

I really like 1 and 3. The perspective in 3 is awesome. Nice comp in #1

RuiMLopes

All very good. I specially like #2

redleash

Thanks! With #2 I was going for a very simple and clean composition.

schmoo

I love #3 and 4 the best. They really fill the frame with what my eyes really want to see. The flowers look gorgeous there and I'm glad you found your mysterious location!

rgphoto

schmoo wrote:

I love #3 and 4 the best. They really fill the frame with what my eyes really want to see. The flowers look gorgeous there and I'm glad you found your mysterious location!

couldn't have said it better myself

redleash

Thanks, Schmoo! and rg!

mr peas

Love the colors (I think this is why I roam the landscapes forum most ). Here's my $0.02, ready? Go!

On #3, the composition is great but one should watch out for lens distortion thats most apparent on the right hand side of the building, you can fix this by simply using a longer focal length and stepping back some in order to cover the same frame.

On #1, I would crop out the sky as well as a portion of the left hand side to have a closer frame towards the right, using the grass as weight, by doing so, the eye will follow the road towards the church and your image will flow much more nicely.

#2 I like the way you enjoy framing the object of purpose towards one side or the other, I do it all the time. However, by cropping closer and removing a piece of the sky and the left portion of the frame, you can have a 2/3 or 3/4 frame with the church as your subject and it will be a much stronger composition.

On #4, I like this because it is the opposite of the images before, you put weight on the grass and less on the sky. I'd crop this closer again, remove the left hand side and a portion of the sky again to show more impact on the grass.

I love the DOF on #5, making the church taper off in the distance. However, it would be nice to have composed this image by showing more of the church and using it as a clear background, this can be done by increasing your altitude and side-stepping a bit to your left (from that POV).

#6, I love yellow. That is all on this one.

I really enjoy your DOF control, you must have had to picture this prior to taking each image, kudos. I must emphasize however on cropping closer. It is however a good idea to not crop too close because its better to be able to crop after than not; to remedy this problem from occurring, I usually shoot the way I want the image to be cropped and then step back, bringing home at least 2 shots of the same frame.

I hope this helps. Thank you for sharing and I'm looking forward to more from you!

shniks

#5 does it for me.



Cheers,

black mamba

Hi Lauren,

I think these shots, taken as a whole, are testimony to your growing skills. #'s 2, 3 and 4 are my favorites.

Tom

Snowgirl

Nicely done on all of them. My favourites (to break with the trend) are 5 & 6. I like the emphasis on the colourful flowers with the church a mere suggestion in #5 and relying on the windows in #6 to tell the viewer what it is.

Leave it to me to want to be different

We don't have flowers yet - but I did see some green grass starting up in a hayfield when Hoover and i were out walking this morning.

cmkultradome

My favorites are #3 & #6. #3 because of the vibrant colors, the HDR doesn't look overdone it just really makes those colors pop. #6 because I love close-up flower shots with the blurred background and I think its neat that you can tell its a church because of the window's shape. Good job!!

Stephanie

redleash

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate all the comments and suggestions. For those of you who don't have spring weather yet, I'll post some more shots from this morning's outing later today. Had to cut my outing short due to rain and church, but I think I got a couple nice shots.

dlplumer

Beautiful set Lauren. You did well

I agree about cropping out part of the sky on #1

Dan

Awais Yaqub

Very beautiful set of photos !

redleash

Is this better for #1? I liked the big sky in my original, but I see that it does make the church look awfully small. Maybe this pano crop works a little better--or should it be narrower still?

grosda

RE: Little White Church
I like the subject, and combination of foreground colors in the flowers and blue sky backgrounds. One reaction to the composition of #1: I don't know if the lighting would have allowed, but I would love to see what the image would have been if you had moved camera right and made the road be more of a diagonal across the frame.