Like wooden toy houses Photo

Photographer’s Note

A view of the downtown of Sankt Gallen from a hill in an overcast afternoon. The tower in the middle of the picture belongs to a protestant church, also the decorated ceiling with crosses in white. The two towers to the extreme right (one of them not completely shown) belong to the Cathedral (catholic).
I took this picture when it was not snowing on the city. Some minutes before it was snowing, and some 10 minutes later it began to snow heavily.

I increased the colour saturation a little bit to bring out the colours in an otherwise dull picture.

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ErikSven (270) 2008-04-05 12:16

Hello Jurgen,
I like the fact that the houses seem so close to each other (zoom effect?), as if they were trying to warm each other up in this cold cold winter... Interesting effect you obtained here.
However, I think your PP-work on colour saturation makes look these colours rather odd, especially the snow in the background, which is almost without any nuance (washed-out).
As to your composition, I'm not convinced by the triangular forest in the left upper corner. It looks detracting to me. Cropping it (or cloning it out) would have made your horizon more serene, I think.
Just my personal opinion, of course. Feel free to (dis)agree ;o).
TFS & kind regards,
Erik

bakes888 (18155) 2008-04-05 21:39

Hi Jurgen. Nice photo. Well seen and well captured. You POV and long focal length have indeed made these look a little like dolls houses. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

rbcy1974 (20742) 2008-04-23 3:51

Hola Jurgen
La composicion esta muy bonita, con la torre de la iglesia como punto focal, pero veo que siempre tienes un problema de ruido o de falta de nitidez en tus fotos. NO se si sea a raiz de tu camara o del procesado que le hagas a las fotos. Pero ponle atencion a eso.
Saludos
Daniel