Tower, Holy Trinity

[Martyn]

I took this pic of Holy Trinity tower whilst out on a walk. I liked the composition but the image was dull, so I adjusted the exposure of the raw file to produce 3 bracketed pics then put it through Luminance HDR. It's much better than it was but I still think it has more to offer. What do you think?

 

 

 

 

[Phil]

I'm sure you could spend hours tweaking and twiddling but I'd be happy as is. Unusual angle too

[bugmeister]

I like the angle as well, and for me the important thing is that you have brought out all the details in the differering light levels without it taking on the over-egged HDR effect.

Nicely done

[annie]

I like the angle too, I think it's a nice picture as it is..

[Ian]

Grabs your attention being from an unusual angle ...smashing 

 

 

Just out of interest how does it look  in B&W ? would imaging this is a photo that works good both ways

[Martyn]

Just out of interest how does it look  in B&W ? would imaging this is a photo that works good both ways

 

I tried converting it in Gimp but wasn't impressed. However, I've just been watching several tutorials on Youtube and it seems there is more than one way to convert to B&W in Gimp. I'm gonna give it another try!

[ChrisLumix]

I took this pic of Holy Trinity tower whilst out on a walk. I liked the composition but the image was dull, so I adjusted the exposure of the raw file to produce 3 bracketed pics then put it through Luminance HDR. It's much better than it was but I still think it has more to offer. What do you think?

 

 

I would personally dial down the brickwork in the bottom left corner - it's over bright and leads the eye away from the main focus point. Just my opinion of course.

[NannyFerret]

NIce one, Martyn.

You are getting to grips well with your new camera.

[Martyn]

Had a bit of a play and come up with this; B&W HDR

 

[Martyn]

I would personally dial down the brickwork in the bottom left corner - it's over bright and leads the eye away from the main focus point. Just my opinion of course.

 

Thanks Chris, I value your opinion. I've been messing about in Gimp again and come up with this. I made a few mistakes but learnt a lot, ended up with four layers with various adjustments.

 

[Phil]

I think it's one of those images that you'll keep going back to. The mono version works well although detail has been lost in a few areas, particularly under the gutter.

[Korky]

I like this very much the quirky angle works well for me.

 

The advice from Chris to tone down the bottom left corner is pretty much spot on.

 

Nice work!

 

Korky