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Berlin, October 2014
« on: July 27, 2015, 22:08:05 »


with an OM-D, for a change
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2015, 22:15:56 »
and a different version
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2015, 22:36:18 »
The second one is better, but I would remove the black on all sides (but keep the water at bottom.) I tried that on my computer, and the lines and geometric shapes were greatly enhanced.
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2015, 22:36:36 »
very nice portrait of a house
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2015, 22:37:44 »
Did you replace the second one with another version? My comment makes little sense now....
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2015, 23:00:00 »
Indeed, my computer had a hiccup as I was trying to upload the cropped version, and your comments came unknown to me while I was loading the "right" version. Which proves that not only do your comments make sense, but they act upon the past. Congratulations:)
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2015, 23:08:50 »
This time with slight lack of parallelism corrected. It made me nervous.
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2015, 23:10:51 »
To me, what makes this image intriguing is the combination of several elements: the stairway, the figure on the 3rd floor, the large packages on the ground floor and the man riding the bicycle.

So, maybe I would want to trim the original image a bit less and raise the exposure to be similar to the second image, so long as the background seen on the left side is not bothersome.

Basically I love this somewhat Magritte-like surreal atmosphere.
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2015, 23:12:10 »
There is a curious perceptible phenomena in correcting verticals in that properly aligned, the building appears to be keystoned and leaning forwards. Leave the verticals with an ever so slight convergence towards the top and and all is OK.

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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2015, 23:14:43 »
Airy, sorry I posted while you were posting.  It was good you corrected the parallelism.  To be honest, I felt a bit nervous, too.  :)
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2015, 23:16:32 »
Both correct, I'll give it another try - tomorrow

I must be drunk, or that 25/1.4 has some kind of (minimal) wavy distortion. Or is it the architect. Aaah the limoncello.
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2015, 23:18:45 »
There is a curious perceptible phenomena in correcting verticals in that properly aligned, the building appears to be keystoned and leaning forwards. Leave the verticals with an ever so slight convergence towards the top and and all is OK.

Similarly, when framing a photo, it is recommended to have the lower margin wider by about 1 cm compared to the upper one...
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2015, 23:23:52 »
Much better now - quite similar to the editing I did  ;D
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2015, 23:24:12 »
The first (non-trimmed?) image looks all right, so far as the perspective is concerned.  But in the second image, the left side looks a bit oblique while the right side looks fairly perfectly perpendicular, which migh have made me nervous.

For the Magritte-effect (sorry to figuring out the term arbitrrarily!), adjusting vertical lines vertical would work.  But seen as an architecture photography, leaving the slight perspective (but evenly on both sides) would be advisable.
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Re: Berlin, October 2014
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2015, 08:21:30 »
There is a curious perceptible phenomena in correcting verticals in that properly aligned, the building appears to be keystoned and leaning forwards. Leave the verticals with an ever so slight convergence towards the top and and all is OK.
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