Join Now
Join ePHOTOzine, the friendliest photography community.
Upload photos, chat with photographers, win prizes and much more for free!
- View Large
No large version
No large version available. - Vote
Join to Vote
You must join ePHOTOzine to vote. - Comments
-
I'm still trying to learn B&W and take advantage of the time when I take photos...All comments and criticisms are welcome. Thank you.
Jasmine
| Camera: | Canon EOS 50D |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Focal Length: | 18mm |
| Aperture: | f/9.9 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/99sec |
| ISO: | 125 |
| Title: | To the Church |
| Username: | 
xwang |
| Uploaded: | 27 Apr 2011 - 9:16 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Black & white, Flowers & plants, Landscape / travel church |
| Votes: | 31 |
Comments
Delicious shadows, b&w is about forms and light and shadows are so important.
I agree with Malc's comment, re straightening and re the grass. Re the former - if your software allows, try skewing the bottom right corner out a bit as an alternative to rotating.
Moira
Thank you very much Malc.
I noticed the church tower was leaning, It looked a bit strange when I was there. I went their website:
http://www.peakdistrictinformation.com/visits/wirksch.php
I wasn't sure about the tower, so I straightened the image according to the wall...
Thank you very much, Moira. I'll try it again..
Thank you all.
Jasmine
A lovely shot Jasmine practice makes perfect and you are doing really well..Lin
I agree about the straightening, and that made me think that the whole 'verticality' problem seems to be caused by lens distortion; I tend to believe this can be exploited even further; the curves are already winding and all in all I really love the way everything gets confusing with the tower leaning towards the right and the wall towards the left 
for my taste, it would work even better if they were leaning even further apart. So from this point of view, I ended up loving the distortion.
However, I wonder if the contrast isn't a bit too high. (High contrast works great for b/w shots but it's so difficult to master properly...
)
I think that the exposure/contrast problem has been caused by the quite obviously, blazing sunny day you had, & the shot was probably taken during the middle part of the day. I'd try just easing back the contrast a little. That may bring back some of the detail in the lighter areas too.
Otherwise, a super conversion.
A superbly composed scene, such excellent light and shadows. The conversion to monochrome was a great idea
A lovely B&W image, Xwang! Nicely converted!
Cheers
Phil
Add a Comment
ePHOTOzine, the web's friendliest photography community.
Upload photos, chat with photographers, win prizes and much more.
Related Content
Join Our Free Newsletter
Awards
Current Competitions
Olympus 'Portraiture' Competition - Win £1000 Worth Of Gear!
30th April 2013 - 31st May 2013
This month, to celebrate the launch of Olympus' new micro site Olympus Image Space, Olympus are giving you the chance to win £1000 worth of Olympus gear!...
Featured e2 Photo
May's Photo Month
Check out ePHOTOzine's inspirational photo month calendar! Each day click on a window to unveil new photography tips, treats and techniques.
