St. Louis Art

[3rdPlanetPhotography]

Just one I enjoy.

http://www.durrettonline.com/photography/images/img_51441.jpg

[Tim Kirkwood]

I sure hope that guy trimmed his nose hairs before the photo shoot.:lol4



Tim

[rutt]

I love shooting in museums. But there is a danger, photos of paintings can be nothing more than the paintings. This is a strong painting and I think it's dominating the shot. I also find the door frame on the left and the partial frme on the right distracting. Would it work to crop both sides and make it portrait orientation?

Also (broken record) why B&W? This picture needs something. What about color? I'll bet that the bright tungsten lights in the museum resulted in colors you didn't like. If you shot RAW, it's easy to fix. Choose tungsten white balence when you convert. Even if you didn't shoot raw, you can fix with curves.

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/11910206-L.jpg

[3rdPlanetPhotography]

I love shooting in museums. But there is a danger, photos of paintings can be nothing more than the paintings. This is a strong painting and I think it's dominating the shot. I also find the door frame on the left and the partial frme on the right distracting. Would it work to crop both sides and make it portrait orientation?

Also (broken record) why B&W? This picture needs something. What about color? I'll bet that the bright tungsten lights in the museum resulted in colors you didn't like. If you shot RAW, it's easy to fix. Choose tungsten white balence when you convert. Even if you didn't shoot raw, you can fix with curves.


Well at the time I shot this photo I wasn't familiar with the image sizes and I shot it at 1024x768. It's pretty small and not good at all for blowing up. I leanred after about 1000 photos that I MUST shoot as high resolution as I can if I want to do any cropping and still have a decent photo. Maybe next time..... thanks for the feedback.

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[Angelo]

this is very interesting. I agree about the partial doorframe on the left but I'm ok with the door on the right if you would crop out the painting on the perpendicular wall. (I know about the small file size; no need to repeat your concern)

I love thinking that it appears the subject of the painting is looking at himself. (Or is it a photo?)

[gubbs]

Excellent subject! although imho I think it suffers from being a little too central. i think it might be improved if you were to crop out the door frame on the left and the half painting on the right. :thumb

Rutt, is that the Musee de L'Orangerie in Paris?

[rutt]

Rutt, is that the Musee de L'Orangerie in Paris?
No, Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

[Nir]

Just one I enjoy.
Me too!