Church "presence", C & C is welcome

[seakritter]

I know some will not like this but type of effect, it was just something that I was playing around with, since this forum is called just for fun, well what the heck. I did a shoot of this historical church and decide to do a few effects to ad some more interest. I won't burden the group with many of these, C & C if you would like, I do have the real work well in hand.

 

[Tuffythepug]

I think you forgot something; like pictures maybe

 

[seakritter]

Here we go, lol

 

[seakritter]

Not sure why they aren't uploading

 

[Tuffythepug]

pictures are up now.

 

[seakritter]

Thanks for some reason they don't show on my post still, weird

 

[sm4him]

They're up, but out of the three pictures, durn if I can tell a difference in them. Granted, that may be because of my vision problems, but I'm just not seeing the differences.

I'm not a fan of faux light streaks, so this doesn't do much for me, but beyond that, it seems like it's got some weird, conflicting angles of light (and/or white streaks), especially at the front of the church, and the steeple just seems to be streaming down onto the roof.

I applaud doing things differently, and others may love this, but I'm not digging it. Sorry.
It's a beautiful church though, and I suspect I'd like the less-edited version just fine.

 

[seakritter]

They're up, but out of the three pictures, durn if I can tell a difference in them. Granted, that may be because of my vision problems, but I'm just not seeing the differences.

I'm not a fan of faux light streaks, so this doesn't do much for me, but beyond that, it seems like it's got some weird, conflicting angles of light (and/or white streaks), especially at the front of the church, and the steeple just seems to be streaming down onto the roof.

I applaud doing things differently, and others may love this, but I'm not digging it. Sorry.
It's a beautiful church though, and I suspect I'd like the less-edited version just fine.

Yeah it was just for fun they are all the same pic, I could seem to get it to post so I kept trying, lol, so it attached 3 times, it doesn't seem to be letting me edit it for some reason, I'll prob post the untouched ver at some point

 

[seakritter]

I think I fixed it at least one is gone

 

[snowbear]

I think this could work well as an illustration, perhaps for a prayer book, missal, or a devotional/inspirational website. I guess it's just the way the lights and shadows play, but the roof appears to be somewhat transparent where the steeple is.

 

[seakritter]

They're up, but out of the three pictures, durn if I can tell a difference in them. Granted, that may be because of my vision problems, but I'm just not seeing the differences.

I'm not a fan of faux light streaks, so this doesn't do much for me, but beyond that, it seems like it's got some weird, conflicting angles of light (and/or white streaks), especially at the front of the church, and the steeple just seems to be streaming down onto the roof.

I applaud doing things differently, and others may love this, but I'm not digging it. Sorry.
It's a beautiful church though, and I suspect I'd like the less-edited version just fine.

Just for you here is the original , I hope you do like it.

 

[rlemert]

I like the idea, but the shadowing is inconsistent with the 'aura'. You've got the light coming from behind the church, but you're still getting shadows from the trees in front of it on the roof. If you could get rid of that shadow you'd improve the picture's effectiveness substantially.

 

[sm4him]

It's a beautiful church, and I do like the original better, because at least all the shadows are consistent with the light angles. The "streaks" and shadows in the "artified" version just seem to come from too many conflicting angles.

The thing I still don't like, even in the original is the harsh lighting and shadow on the roof. Nothing you could really do about it given the particular day and time you were shooting, but if it were me, and I were close enough, I'd make a plan to go shoot this during the golden hour.

 

[seakritter]

I like the idea, but the shadowing is inconsistent with the 'aura'. You've got the light coming from behind the church, but you're still getting shadows from the trees in front of it on the roof. If you could get rid of that shadow you'd improve the picture's effectiveness substantially.

I agree the shadows do challenge the photo, the concept was meant to be a separate presences coming out of the cross on the steeple , I did one with the light rays coming from the approx same angle I wasn't as pleased with it , I'll post it to see if you like it better.

 

[seakritter]

It's a beautiful church, and I do like the original better, because at least all the shadows are consistent with the light angles. The "streaks" and shadows in the "artified" version just seem to come from too many conflicting angles.

The thing I still don't like, even in the original is the harsh lighting and shadow on the roof. Nothing you could really do about it given the particular day and time you were shooting, but if it were me, and I were close enough, I'd make a plan to go shoot this during the golden hour.

Thank for your evaluation the church sits obviously north and south, surrounded by trees on most side, what do you think would be a good time of day, I shot these around 3 in the afternoon, I was trying to avoid high noon because of the building being white. Thanks again for your time.