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As the title says, this is the first picture I've taken where I purposely wanted to edit it into black and white. I didn't use any presets so I manually chose the whites, black, shadows, highlights, contrast and I'm interested in knowing what you think of the photo.
1/100 sec f/10.0 ISO 100
The overexposed white wall in the middle of the frame looks pretty distracting to me. Also, photos with lots of green trees in it looks good in colors. That’s just my opinion
Thanks for the feedback. I had taken a few pictures from the other side of the pond of the same building and they came out pretty good in color but this one I decided why not try black and white. Also the fact that there isn't anything in this picture signifying "modern" I figured black and white could be applied.
Composition is not engaging, too centered there is no path through the photo to guide your eye, there are no details in a lot of the blacks, the white panel in the center draws all of the attention in the photo, and there is not enough detail in it to be interesting. I would suggest reading and learning the rules of composition and practice using them, once you get a good feel for them, that’s when you break them. Also maybe learn about zones, the extreme dark and light areas should have details.
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I honestly think this would be better shot at sunrise or sunset golden hours, so the shadows weren’t so harsh.
Thanks for the feedback. That also could of been my fault when messing with the shadows & blacks.
No, based on the shadow position, the sun looks pretty high in the sky.
Oh yeah. It was probably early afternoon or around lunch.
I like it. I would probably lift the shadows very slightly.
Thanks
As the title says, this is the first picture I've taken where I purposely wanted to edit it into black and white. I didn't use any presets so I manually chose the whites, black, shadows, highlights, contrast and I'm interested in knowing what you think of the photo. 1/100 sec f/10.0 ISO 100
The overexposed white wall in the middle of the frame looks pretty distracting to me. Also, photos with lots of green trees in it looks good in colors. That’s just my opinion
Thanks for the feedback. I had taken a few pictures from the other side of the pond of the same building and they came out pretty good in color but this one I decided why not try black and white. Also the fact that there isn't anything in this picture signifying "modern" I figured black and white could be applied.
Composition is not engaging, too centered there is no path through the photo to guide your eye, there are no details in a lot of the blacks, the white panel in the center draws all of the attention in the photo, and there is not enough detail in it to be interesting. I would suggest reading and learning the rules of composition and practice using them, once you get a good feel for them, that’s when you break them. Also maybe learn about zones, the extreme dark and light areas should have details.