Ancient stone

Jzero · Mar 1, 2007

The results of a stroll through an archeological site..

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

LaFoto · Mar 2, 2007

What is it with these photo of a wonderful site?
Are they over-sharpened, maybe? Or partly blown? Too contrasty?
Or was the sun too high in the sky?
There's some element there that puts a strain on my eyes and I can't nail it, not really (other than in Photo 5, which I do think is overexposed and blown in parts).

The site looks great! And I best like the two photos of the arch.
Tell me: did you apply any pp to these?

lostprophet · Mar 2, 2007

Love the detail in these shots
#1 & #4 are my faves

what a great place

abraxas · Mar 2, 2007

LaFoto said:
What is it with these photo of a wonderful site?
Are they over-sharpened, maybe? Or partly blown? Too contrasty?
Or was the sun too high in the sky?
There's some element there that puts a strain on my eyes and I can't nail it, not really ...

I like the second, the colors look enhanced, but maybe just a little overdone and too much contrast. They all seem to tilt to the right a bit. #3 has some composition problems.

Jzero · Mar 2, 2007

lostprophet said:
Love the detail in these shots
#1 & #4 are my faves

what a great place

Thanks lostprophet.. it is a great place to stroll about and take pictures. Glad you like them.

J

Jzero · Mar 2, 2007

abraxas said:
I like the second, the colors look enhanced, but maybe just a little overdone and too much contrast. They all seem to tilt to the right a bit. #3 has some composition problems.

The colors are enhanced a bit, but not much. What you see is pretty close to the natural "glow" of the place, given the late afternoon lighting and so forth.

J

Alex_B · Mar 3, 2007

I can see lots of blown out highlights ... in particular in the last one where they really bother me.

I like the first two ... 4 would be nice if there was less tilt.

interesting place, where is it?

Jzero · Mar 3, 2007

Alex_B said:
I can see lots of blown out highlights ... in particular in the last one where they really bother me.

I like the first two ... 4 would be nice if there was less tilt.

interesting place, where is it?

Thanks Alex. It is at an archeological site named "Beit She'rim" in Israel.

J