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Shot a while ago in Moscow, Russian Federation. Cropped to 16:9. B&W conversion using SilverEfex. As always, criticism greatly appreciated.
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I like the conversion and the light on the windows. I'm not so sure a bout the sky... lose it? Is that a window cleaner? Could the photo be about him?
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This is somehow very pleasing to the eye. I love the composition. Interesting architecture.
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Since the sky is reflected in the windows, I think it is an integral part of the scene (sorry Crystobal, I hate to disagree with you
I didn't even notice the window washer, If one wanted to make him more important in the shot, leaving the color on just him would do that.
Good job
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Thank you Cristobal and Jo for your feedback. You are both quite right with your assumptions.
Originally, I tried to capture the window cleaner as the main subject, but I only had a 25mm (50mm) lens with me that day and soon realized I couldn't realize that. So I chose him to be just a little detail for those to discover who look a little closer.
The main idea behind this one was, to not view the sky in the windows as reflections, but the windows to be transparent - basically, the sky behind the windows, the building as "overlay" over the sky. This is why I don't want to lose the sky on the right edge and thus decided for an unusual perspective and the 16:9 crop. I couldn't have realized to lose the bottom (which is a little distorted with street scenery) with the original 4:3 format. I did increase brightness and contrast a little more on the part of the picture where the worker can be seen, I didn't dare to use selective colouring on him. Somehow, selective coloring ruins most pictures for me. But that - like most - is very subjective to every viewer
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I think if you split this in half.....you would end up with 2 sweet images! Cheers!
I'm not much of a selective color fan either, but I think that even if you used it, the figure would still be too small. For me, the shot works as is.
Thank you both, Taz and Richard.
Tried it, didn't like it
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