CARILLON TOWER, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

This is the carillon tower located above the wall of the main pedestrian entrance along Temple Street. A plaza and a fountain greet you as you enter the main entrance under this carillon.

There are more photos of this cathedral in my recently opened web site http://andresalvador.smugmug.com/. It is under the category, "Architecture". You are all welcome to visit, browse, comments and critique

PP Work: Adjust levels control; Adjust saturation; Sharpen; crop; Frame; Reduce size for upload

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ben4321 (9875) 2006-08-05 10:14

This is excellent work Andre.
The bells are wonderfully framed, both by the frame of your composition and the wall and framework of the tower; its like several frames within a frame. Its a very striking effect and its a very graphic image that you have created, enhanced by your decision to convert to black and white.
Great stuff, I really like it.
Cheers,
Ben

nwoehnl (122) 2006-08-05 10:35

A nice rhythmic piece, Andre. The wall and window pattern establishes a good horizontal and vertical structure, and it's interesting to see the different amounts and differently-sized bells fit into each of the openings. Looks good in black & white but you could give some extra contrast.

Focus-wise it appears slightly soft. I have found that the factory setting for sharpening on the D200 is a bit conservative, and for my purposes I have bumped up the in-camera sharpening by one step. Just in case you're interested ... it's obviously easy to experiment with different variations of that setting, and also I don't want to talk you into anything - what works well for me might not work at all for you.

Coyotyto (1305) 2006-08-05 15:38

Hi Andre,
An interesting graphical picture with all those different sizes. As Norbert said, it appears a bit soft, but for my part I like this softness, it seems like an extra mist.

It fits well in B&W, but I would have cropped a bit on the lower part.

Cheers,
Youssef.

oochappan (4880) 2006-08-08 6:06

Hi Andre
I go back to these bells, a good tight frame on these turned in B&W, graphically, a tiny contrast and sharpeness still possible I believe.
Henk