The Columbine Memorial for C&C

[FattyMcJ]

So I went out today, still freezing cold, but nice and sunny. Here's what I got. This collection has a sort of photo journalistic feel to it, if you view the photo's as a full set, but as stand alone's...how could I make them better? More interesting? More of an impact?

1) Kind of an introduction photo, telling the viewer where they are within the set.

2) An overview photo of what happened.

3) Up close and personal inside the memorial.

4) One of my two favorite quotes on the wall.

5) The second of my two favorite quotes on the wall.

6) And an attempt at wide-angle...poorly executed due to my P&S limitations, but I wanted to give a feel of the scope in size of the memorial. Bah, just realized the snow is pure white, washed out looking, and it's generally overexposed.

C&C welcome and appreciated.

 

[Tulsa]

They are ok shots, nothing amazing, the shadows in 1,2 and especially 3 are what my eyes go directly to, maybe thats because I have gotten in the critique mode, IDK.
I think they do the job of explaining what the place is about, and while it was a horrible event in our nations history, the photos do not do too much for myself, but they are ok shots.

 

[FattyMcJ]

They are ok shots, nothing amazing, the shadows in 1,2 and especially 3 are what my eyes go directly to, maybe thats because I have gotten in the critique mode, IDK.
I think they do the job of explaining what the place is about, and while it was a horrible event in our nations history, the photos do not do too much for myself, but they are ok shots.

Thanks for the quick response!

Hmm, indeed the shadows are strong. Perhaps a different time of day, or another day with some clouds might tone them down a bit.

 

[Tulsa]

I find the best time of day for outside stuff is in the evening, or a cloudy day, you might still get shadows in the evening, but they wont be too bad.

 

[FattyMcJ]

Ok, so I got myself Lightroom 2.6 and took a stab at some different PP

1 Original using PS7:

1 Fixed using Lightroom:

3 Original using PS7:

3 Fixed using Lightroom:

Anything you'd do differently on the PP side?

 

[FattyMcJ]

Damn, seeing them side by side...it was just a poor time of day to shoot such drab colors. Ugh...

Hopefully I can get back this summer in the early evening and make these more worth looking at. Oh well, live and learn.