critique on these please!

[mikbone]

 

[cgw]

The second shot is sweet. I'd crop enough from the top to ease the bull's-eye placement of the wall and buildings--the shot's dominant elements whose impact would be enhanced. Might a bit of perspective-control work in the far right corner of the building? Any chance of cloning-out the(distracting) clutter under the distant bridge on the left? Weren't it for the stack's lettering, a 180 horizontal flip would pull the eye into the shot as it follows the sweep of the bank. As is my eye hits dead centre first and stays there.
I see the first shot as a warm-up for the far better second one.
Purely my taste but I'd experiment with a monochrome version of the second shot. Curious if a red filter effect would lend some drama to the sky and water? Playing with contrast alone would open the way to another "look." You deserve more comment here than a cursory "nice shot."

 

[mikbone]

The second shot is sweet. I'd crop enough from the top to ease the bull's-eye placement of the wall and buildings--the shot's dominant elements whose impact would be enhanced. Might a bit of perspective-control work in the far right corner of the building? Any chance of cloning-out the(distracting) clutter under the distant bridge on the left? Weren't it for the stack's lettering, a 180 horizontal flip would pull the eye into the shot as it follows the sweep of the bank. As is my eye hits dead centre first and stays there.
I see the first shot as a warm-up for the far better second one.
Purely my taste but I'd experiment with a monochrome version of the second shot. Curious if a red filter effect would lend some drama to the sky and water? Playing with contrast alone would open the way to another "look." You deserve more comment here than a cursory "nice shot."

Thank you for your valuable input, I'm struggling with landscapes. I will attempt to incorporate the things you have suggested. I may also struggle with the techniques in achieving the same..regards, Mick

 

[mikbone]

 

[mikbone]

i forgot to crop the top off!

 

[AlanKlein]

You might consider making the verticles so they're verticle rather than leaning back. Something like this.

 

[mikbone]

You might consider making the verticles so they're verticle rather than leaning back. Something like this.

Thank you, did you use geometry in lightroom?

 

[AlanKlein]

Thank you, did you use geometry in lightroom?

No, I used Photoshop Elements which is so-so.

 

[ClintLloyd]

The second one is just a superior image overall. I always aim to have a close to replication of what I seen when I was there so the editing here mostly looks quite fine to me. I'd crop a fair bit from the top, I think that will turn it into quite a decent image actually.

I'd also like to see the sky lightened up a touch, and the temp in the sky increased a little. Apart from that and the crop, I reckon you've done well.

The first is quite fine, just it doesn't have the same impact as the second.

 

[smoke665]

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