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Photographer’s Note

Another shot from Sbeïtla. This is from one of the walls surrounding the forum in front of the Minerva temple in my last Sbeïtla shot.

I must admit that this could have been more carefully composed, but I still like the depth of the picture and the roman architecture is nice. The landscape around here was beautiful and very arid, they hadn't had real rainfall for four years I was told.

I should have made sure that the column in front also was in focus. It is also a bit overexposed I think - it is interesting to think that this is taken at about the same time of day as the previous picture.

Workshops which give this a softer light and more color are welcome. Beacuse of all the textures jpeg-compression also lowered the quality. Cropping suggestions are also welcome, I couldn't find a better crop so I left it in the original format.

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Porteplume (3255) 2003-11-17 12:55

I rather like this composition and I think the front pile being out of focus just adds more depth to the image. But the light is really too harsh...

I've tryed a WS to correct a slight tilt and adjust contrast & brightness.
PS: I must tell you it's rather a beginner's work!

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nwoehnl (118) 2003-11-17 14:07

The architecture definitely is interesting, Simon. I also like your composition with the pillar in front, and the window opening up nearby.
I tried another WS which came out a little different than Viviane's. The cropping I did was just to decrease file size below 200 KB again; I liked your original cropping as well.

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sarastro (587) 2003-11-17 18:09

Very nice picture Simon. Sites of old history are always interesting and often beautiful. I like the three levels in this picture, the pillar, the wall and the landscape. Take away either of these three and you would have a lesser photo. I might be tempted to crop more wall away from the left though.

emax (893) 2003-11-19 16:07

I like the combination of the colours between the wall and window scene. The rustical rocks under the wall, they are making a good balance of composition. The green grass revives the picture.

touristdidi (8561) 2003-12-04 10:15

All the old ancient wonderful huge walls, forts, buildings, in the world, how did they do it? Where did all these artists go in out time? Now a days everything is sterile, quick.....