Door and Window -- #43

ghinson · January 28, 2010

This is shot from the entrance to one of our lighthouses. Any comments on whether or not it works. Thanks!

1. The Entrance to Great Point

2. The Door to Great Point

3. The Window to Great Point

bfjr · January 28, 2010

#3 works for me

SimpsonBrothers · January 28, 2010

3 is good, but fix the line around the window frame where you darkened it.

ghinson · January 28, 2010

Yikes. You're right. I fixed it (I think) above. I think I like #3 too. I originally thought #1 would be the best, but #3 is growing on me as I work it.

Aspecto5 · January 28, 2010

#3 for me too. My eyes directly go to the black stuff above the window though.

MrsCue · January 28, 2010

Love the colours in 3

SimpsonBrothers · January 28, 2010

Just noticed the mystery head in #2

ghinson · January 28, 2010

That's my head. Couldn't block the window, that made everything asymmetrical, so I stuck my head in it.

tinamarie52 · January 29, 2010

I like #3. Can you clone out the black stuff above the window?

Chris

VisualXpressions · January 29, 2010

#3 is very nice... I would crop the top and left to get rid of the black stuff above the window and the sun beam on the left or reshoot tighter. You could also try cloning out those 2 distractions...

Winston

richtersl · January 29, 2010

#3 is a winner in my book. Agree with the others about minimizing that black gunk over the window frame.

DeeCajun · January 29, 2010

#3, Love the view.., I like the gunk

KevXman · January 29, 2010

I like the concept of #3 but am going to differ with everyone on getting rid of the stuff over the window. Looking at #1, the "black gunk" is actually a chipped area of the concrete. I was going to suggest going back, if possible, and reshooting at at different time of day so that the patch of sunlight is not in the picture. Also, try brightening the interior without over exposing the scene in the window. Maybe a pseudo-HDR, without overdoing it. This way you might actually be able to use that chipped area to your advantage. Either way, I like to potential that this location has for you. Good luck!
— Kevin

ghinson · January 29, 2010

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad that a few of you have come out in defense of the black gunk. I kinda like the black gunk. I also like the sun on the wall, for this challenge, but now I realize that it is because I know that the sun shape on the wall is the sun coming through an adjacent door, which means I indirectly have a door and a window in the pic. But, of course, if you weren't there, you wouldn't know this is from a door, right?

I have a slightly HDR'ed version of this pic that brought out a lot of detail in the white brick wall, and more detail in the chipped paint as well (actually showing a piece of granite underneath). I originally liked the contrast between the darker inside and the bright sunny outside. But I will go and play with that some more. Thanks for all the insight!

flametal · January 29, 2010

ghinson wrote:

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad that a few of you have come out in defense of the black gunk. I kinda like the black gunk. I also like the sun on the wall, for this challenge, but now I realize that it is because I know that the sun shape on the wall is the sun coming through an adjacent door, which means I indirectly have a door and a window in the pic. But, of course, if you weren't there, you wouldn't know this is from a door, right?

#3, keep the black. The door's presence is a nice touch.

JerryBarton · January 29, 2010

#3 is really nice - I might be tempted to crop to eliminate the left half - centering the window. Great depth in the view through the window. [being a left-brain person, I like centered pix - hoping to work on that right brain but not going well so far]

Door and Window -- #43

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