Symmetry or lack thereof?

[Steffen]

Here's another shot from my Brissy trip, again taken from the Goodwill bridge. What struck me was the contrast between symmetry in shapes and asymmetry in light. I'm still debating with myself whether this is crap or ok... I decided to just throw it to the hungry wolves



Cheers
Steffen.

[Alpha_7]

Steffen, I like it infact I have a shot under a bridge in Singapore (near the Merelion and Fullterton hotel that has a similar quality just different lighting). I think you've done well to compose very accurately, and the shadows mix it up too.

[avkomp]

dont mind this.
different view of an everyday thing.
certainly not crap.

the hot bits on the right catch my eye though.
I would tone them down.

or even clone some of the less bright stuff over it.

Steve

[Steffen]

the hot bits on the right catch my eye though.

Yeah, that puzzled me for a while. It turns out that most of the area that looks hot is not actually blown, esp not the white and magenta bits. I measured it with the eye-dropper, and there is only a small fringe where the red or blue (or both) channels reach 0xFF. This can also be seen in a screenshot from the RAW converter I used, highlighting the blown bits:



I'm going to have another look when I'm back home at my calibrated CRT...

Cheers
Steffen.

[stubbsy]

Steffen. This is a great capture, especially given the light levels that you had to deal with. I really like the shapes of the bridge understructure and your care in framing them to emphasise the symmetry makes all the difference. Maybe slight crop on left & right would make the hot area less strking, but as it is this is an excellent image.

[Sheila Smart]

May I suggest to convert to high constrast mono - that will give it more oomph!

Cheers
Sheila

[greencardigan]

May I suggest to convert to high constrast mono - that will give it more oomph!

I agree, a mono version would be nice. But it's nice as is.

GC

[avkomp]

based on the brutality I inflicted on my honeyeater the other day, I reckon a few minute clone job would bring the bright stuff down to the same level as the rest of the image.

Steve

[Steffen]

May I suggest to convert to high constrast mono - that will give it more oomph!

Hah, easier said than done! I'm quite inexperienced in PP. However, I managed to come up with a bunch of b/w conversions in the past few hours The one I like best is this:



Cheers
Steffen. PS I thought I had posted this an hour ago, but it doesn't seem to show. Apologies if this turns up as a duplicate...

[LostDingo]

Here's another shot from my Brissy trip, again taken from the Goodwill bridge. What struck me was the contrast between symmetry in shapes and asymmetry in light. I'm still debating with myself whether this is crap or ok... I decided to just throw it to the hungry wolves



Cheers
Steffen.

I think it is an excellent capture, the highlight is a bit bright but overall I love the structure/water and the other areas in the frame.

I am going to Brissy myself tomorrow but not to take great shots like this unfortunately