Dear all,
I have been trying to take a photo of this particular building for some time now. Despite attempting different angles with various foregrounds and trying to capture this building's exterior in a reasonable way, I have consistently failed. Today, with the impending thunderstorms came some pretty menacing clouds. I thought they went well with the crisp exterior of the building, portraying a notion of standing resilient before a storm. I thus took yet another photo of this building.
The building was placed largely in the centre of the frame as I thought having the grass and the concrete as a foreground provided a good lead-in to the subject and also complemented the sky, which seemed a little too overbearing on its own. I have tried my best to post-process the scene to emulate the quality of B&W film, which I thought suited such a dreary scene best. The grain and slightly oldish tone were added.
For reference, the settings used were:
Canon 20D at 17mm, 0.3s f/11, ISO 100.
I would be grateful if you could provide your honest critique on how to better the composition, the post-processing and any other aspect of the photo if it is deficient. It would enable me to compose a much better shot the next time around.
I have been trying to take a photo of this particular building for some time now. Despite attempting different angles with various foregrounds and trying to capture this building's exterior in a reasonable way, I have consistently failed. Today, with the impending thunderstorms came some pretty menacing clouds. I thought they went well with the crisp exterior of the building, portraying a notion of standing resilient before a storm. I thus took yet another photo of this building.
The building was placed largely in the centre of the frame as I thought having the grass and the concrete as a foreground provided a good lead-in to the subject and also complemented the sky, which seemed a little too overbearing on its own. I have tried my best to post-process the scene to emulate the quality of B&W film, which I thought suited such a dreary scene best. The grain and slightly oldish tone were added.
For reference, the settings used were:
Canon 20D at 17mm, 0.3s f/11, ISO 100.
I would be grateful if you could provide your honest critique on how to better the composition, the post-processing and any other aspect of the photo if it is deficient. It would enable me to compose a much better shot the next time around.