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The photo was taken in the slightly later in the afternoon, I adjusted histogram to reduce the strong contrast of sky and dark bridge, perspective correction and a bit tidy up.. I wonder that if there is anything else I can do about it.All your comments , criticisms and MODs are welcome.Thank you.
| Camera: | fujifine pix8000 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Foot bridge |
| Username: | 
xwang |
| Uploaded: | 25 Mar 2010 - 11:22 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Carving;heads;architecture, Landscape / travel, Photo journalism, Street photography |
| Votes: | Voting Disabled |
 | Critique Wanted |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
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have had a dabble for you (see mod) as you seem to have lost a lot of detail....exposing with such a bland sky is always a problem
I've just lifted the light and played around with the colour temperature and a slight crop to remove that block of flats on the RH side
hope you like it 
This looks like a wonderful subject but it's a shame about the position of the sun. The front of the dark wooden bridge is in shadow and, from the direction of the shadows, the sun seems to be just out of the frame to the top left. That means that there's quite a lot of flare and ghosting across the dark face of the bridge, which becomes noticeable when you try to lighten it much further.
If the bridge is near to where you live, it might be worth trying to retake the photograph earlier in the day, when you're not shooting so close to the sun. That should let you get more detail in the woodwork. If you do find yourself having to shoot into the sun like this, using your free hand to cast a shadow over the front element of the lens can reduce the glare — just make sure you keep your hand out of the shot!
Well, I think this is a first for me, Xiaoli, but I haven't done you a mod because there is so much degredation on the bridge, as mentioned by Dave. If the original is any better, I'll have a go, if you'd like to put it up as a mod.
Pamela.
Thank you David, I'll remember my left hand .I really didn't know what I was doing..
Thank you Pamela, I remembered that it was the light on the top(middle)of the bridge,attracted me to take the photo....Just had a look,it was taken on Oct.11,2008.F/3.2;S1/800;Local time 16.05:50.Location: Luzern in Switzerland.Here is the original.Thank you very much.
xiaoli
Well, Xiaoli, your first mod is a massive improvement! There's still a bit of glare but it's very much better than it was and the bridge is clearly visible, now. The problems with the sky are unavoidable and I think you'd be better keeping the water from the first version you posted, since the modded version has lost all the detail that used to be there. Looks much better, now, though.
I don't think that I could do better than your own modification, Xiaoli, well done.
Thank you Pamela, I couldn't do any of these without your help.
Thank you Astyag, my ISO had been forever 200, I just learned from Rahul not long time ago,that I should set at 100.I'll remember.Thank you again.Nice to hear from you again.
xiaoli
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