Warrior's Pole

[Lovin]

The sky was very bright and the end of the pole was black.
Now it got a blue cast on it...

Critique, critique...

[Mad Aussie]

I'd say by the halo that you used a dodge tool that was a bit too big and feathered a bit too much?

I'd be inclined to mask everything other than the sky in this image and lighten it up and fix the white point with the curves. That should remove the blue cast without destroying the blue sky.

[Lovin]

I'd say by the halo that you used a dodge tool that was a bit too big and feathered a bit too much?


You're perfectly right :wall-an: :)

I'll try to fix that.

[AntZ]

I like this angle, it really shows the structure of the pole. The fence is quite angled, it would improve the shot if it can be straightened, but that may not be possible without making the pole itself angled.

The halo is quite obvious on my monitor too.

[ridicwilco]

your subject is def underexposed. when it comes to bright skys you'll wanna snap the subject when the sun is looking in the same direction as your camera. therefore illuminating the object. aside from that you need to consider what's important about the object and what you would like to create as a subject. in this photo it seems as though height and majesty are the main ideas ((via perspective)). but with something like this i think you'd wanna express the detail of the pole, the faces, maybe even have multiple shots of sections of closeups of the pole. express the more subtle characteristics of the object in subject. aside from the photography aspect you might wanna include a brief description of the history of the pole like its heritage to further empower the subject ((subjects could be anything the object refers to like who made it or why)). instead of the subject merely compromising the object, otherwise known as "the obvious". one may extend the subject off page. for example: the subject of this photograph isn't the pole, but rather why the pole is here or how to pole acts in modern society vs how it functioned when it was created. these types of metasubjects can be branded by perspective and composition and are what's really leading the race in contemporary photographic aesthetics. ((andreas gursky is a great example of this type of work, depicting globalism))

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