53: Reflection on a Balcony

[Richard]

This caught my eye as I was wandering around a few days ago:

http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/47635913-L.jpg (http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=47635913)
Click on pic for EXIF

This is my first challenge entry, so I would love to hear some suggestions and advice.

Cheers,

[rahmonster]

I really like this picture, it is very clever. I don't think it needs much changing unless you wanted to try curves and brightness, but I like it quite the way it is.

[Dee]

This caught my eye as I was wandering around a few days ago:

http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/47635913-Th.jpg (http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=47635913)
Click on pic for EXIF

This is my first challenge entry, so I would love to hear some suggestions and advice.

Cheers,

I'd try curves or shadow/highlight to bring it out a little more.

At first I didn't even think it was a reflection -- but then I can be dense sometimes!
:):

[Richard]

I'd try curves or shadow/highlight to bring it out a little more.

At first I didn't even think it was a reflection -- but then I can be dense sometimes!
:):Thanks Dee and Rahmonster. I reworked it and came up with this:

http://rsinmadrid.smugmug.com/photos/47732479-L.jpg

I like this one better. What do you think?

Cheers,

[erich6]

This is a good shot! I like the way the reflection almost looks like a mural on the building. Very nice. :thumb

Erich

[Richard]

This is a good shot! I like the way the reflection almost looks like a mural on the building. Very nice. :thumb

ErichThanks, Erich. Glad you liked it.

[Photosbychuck]

Hi, rsinmadrid
I like this reflection alot. It looks like a painting to me.:clap
I don't like to edit my photos much.
I would crop out the doors on the right side.
That would make the big reflection the main subject.
I like the photo to show it like I seen it.
What do I know I have not had a top 10 photo yet.
Good Luck in the contest.
There are alot of good photographer on this site so, if you get top
ten I think you have don't great.
From what I have seen so far for the contest yours would be in my top
ten list.

Take Care,
Charles Cassidy,

[Richard]

Hi, rsinmadrid

I would crop out the doors on the right side.
That would make the big reflection the main subject.
I like the photo to show it like I seen it.

Take Care,
Charles Cassidy,Hey Chuck,

I took your suggestion and cropped out the other windows but after a bit of thought I decided that I prefer the version that includes them. It better captured what I saw. The blue of the sky and white of the statues stood out partly because they were surrounded by a somber old building. The balcony was actually on the third floor of a five story building on a rather narrow street. I think the brightness of the reflection should make it pretty clear what the subject is :D.

Thanks a lot for your comments. The competition here is certainly daunting for a newbie photographer like myself, but I have learned a lot just by participating in the challenge.

Cheers,