Lourve

nemesis32 · 4th August 2005

Hi guys...

Another shot of something iconic to Paris... Lourve.... I was thinking of converting to b&w but decide not to do it 1st. Appreciate any comments, good and bad

. I will post more later on why i like this pic and why i took this pic. Cheers!

eikin · 4th August 2005

The proper name should be Louvre Museum (and Palace) though there are versions using the word 'Lourve' it is probably a 'popularisation' of a wrong spelling?

you try to juxtapose the curvilinear stairway with the angular trusses and framed the two human elements in. IMHO the intention may be an interesting one but the shot is too tightly cropped and looks very flat as an interior shot. the crop cuts away the stairway, making it a framing element rather than the primary object, and it frames an empty white space with trusses running across. the two human elements seem to be 'trying' to give some sense of depth and scale but failed because of the inharmonious coming together of the lines with little shadow details. this seems also to be an inappropriate use of the rules of third as i can't see whether the lower 2/3 is 'supporting' the upper 1/3 or the other way round, both seems just as important, or just as unimportant.

nemesis32 · 5th August 2005

Interesting... any other comments...

4th August 2005	#1
nemesis32 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,483	Lourve Hi guys... Another shot of something iconic to Paris... Lourve.... I was thinking of converting to b&w but decide not to do it 1st. Appreciate any comments, good and bad . I will post more later on why i like this pic and why i took this pic. Cheers!

4th August 2005	#2
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	The proper name should be Louvre Museum (and Palace) though there are versions using the word 'Lourve' it is probably a 'popularisation' of a wrong spelling? you try to juxtapose the curvilinear stairway with the angular trusses and framed the two human elements in. IMHO the intention may be an interesting one but the shot is too tightly cropped and looks very flat as an interior shot. the crop cuts away the stairway, making it a framing element rather than the primary object, and it frames an empty white space with trusses running across. the two human elements seem to be 'trying' to give some sense of depth and scale but failed because of the inharmonious coming together of the lines with little shadow details. this seems also to be an inappropriate use of the rules of third as i can't see whether the lower 2/3 is 'supporting' the upper 1/3 or the other way round, both seems just as important, or just as unimportant. __________________ APAD

5th August 2005	#3
nemesis32 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,483	Interesting... any other comments...