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[JAS_Photo]

The Original pretty sad, huh?

[Marko]

Thanks for showing the original.

I too like shot one better...and i think I know why.
In shot 1 the main central figure is better lined up with the building, giving it a better sense of height or giantess. This is one of those rarer cases where the dead center focal point works very well!

The only thing I would have changed from shot 1 is my position to the subject. I would have moved back maybe 1 foot (to get the full head on the shot). I like the crop on the foot the way it is (or showing the full foot).

Hope that helps - Marko

[JAS_Photo]

Marko, That is what I was thinking when I lined up the shot. Unfortunately, It was a bit crooked and straightening caused the tightness on the subject. The white sky to the west may have just been a high thin cloud formation and not my CP. Also there is a little rise just behind where I was to take the photo, and I wanted to be low to the ground looking up to make the giants size exaggerated. I will go back again to try the get it more like I had in mind again when I can.

Hopefully on a Sunday when not too many people are around. Right now the snow is keeping the vagrant population at bay.

[JAS_Photo]

Another go at the Blue Giants and the Bow

[ericmark]

Thank you for original image. You have really improved on it. Well done.

[JAS_Photo]

Eric, the last image is from a new HDR I just did yesterday. I now beleive that the unmatched light fom left to right on the photo, white sky/blue sky is caused by the time of day and was not do to my polarizer. This last is quite extreme but it illustrates the idea I had in mind quite well, I think.