Cityscape Second attempt : Eiffel Tower

iss2012 · 05-26-2015, 12:30 AM - **2 Likes**

This is my second Attempt, hope it is better ...

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link to the flickr version (seems to have better quality)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/117312932@N02/17894626108/in/album-72157653004538058/

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Rimfiredude · 05-26-2015, 04:48 AM - **1 Like**

Excellent

iss2012 · 05-26-2015, 05:55 AM

Originally posted by Rimfiredude

Excellent

Thank you

**wtlwdwgn** · 05-26-2015, 06:13 AM - **1 Like**

Very good and very good exposure. Next time try it with the Tour Eiffel on the left or right of the frame. I know. Picky, picky, picky.

Just play around with your compositions some more.

Rimfiredude · 05-26-2015, 07:12 AM - **1 Like**

I have to agree with your composition. Center on this subject works. Moving the tower off to the right...wrong. The "third" theory just would not work on this subject. You did it correctly.

ZoeB · 05-26-2015, 10:32 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Rimfiredude

I have to agree with your composition. Center on this subject works. Moving the tower off to the right...wrong. The "third" theory just would not work on this subject. You did it correctly.

Agreed. It's hard to place anything that iconic anywhere but centre frame and not have it feel unnatural.

Looking fantastic, good work!

iss2012 · 05-26-2015, 10:53 AM

thanks for your advices and support

**Bruce Clark** · 05-26-2015, 04:32 PM - **1 Like**

Lovely, Beautiful colours, what I imagine Paris to be like.

I think this composition works. Sure, it is centred but balanced a little by the buildings on the skyline. What I would do however is just crop out that structure on the bottom left near your copyright symbol. Also there is a bright orange spot on the right. Cloud perhaps, it may be natural but it does look a bit out of place and draws the eye. I would consider doing away with that too. Picky but I reckon this photo is worth the extra effort. Voila.

Print it, print it big and hang it in a prominent place.

**RobA_Oz** · 05-26-2015, 05:07 PM - **1 Like**

Your photo was shot from the Trocadero, if I'm not mistaken, which is an excellent position to view the Eiffel Tower from, and you've picked a great time of day to do it. Have you cropped this at all? If so, I'd have left a little more foreground in the shot, and maybe a small amount more sky above. The little slice of building on the left actually anchors that side of the picture, in my view - I'd leave it alone, personally, or even include a little more, just to make it more solid. Your position was good, being slightly off-centre of the street and tower axis, which shows it in three dimensions.

This is all fine adjustment, though. You've handled the micro-contrast well, although a little less saturation would have made for a different mood. Nonetheless, this would make a great canvas print as it is, in my view.

iss2012 · 05-27-2015, 12:07 AM - **1 Like**

Final result, more sky, more foreground, building on the left cropped and bright orange spot corrected

**Bruce Clark** · 05-27-2015, 07:14 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by iss2012

Final result, more sky, more foreground, building on the left cropped and bright orange spot corrected

I like it, well done.

**hjoseph7** · 05-27-2015, 12:11 PM - **1 Like**

Very original, never seen one like this before.

evilcartman · 07-20-2015, 12:28 AM

I wouldn't mind a little more foreground. I feel like there's room for it and it would make the picture feel a little more anchored.

I personally kept getting distracted by the two taller buildings under the arch the, dark ones. I would Photoshop them out. I don't care if they're real and he people living there might get upset.

I might consider playing with darkening the top of the sky. I don't know if it'll work out or not. But the HDR look has kind of made things look a bit flat and I wonder if that might bring out some more depth.

Chinho · 07-22-2015, 02:05 AM

I see a little pasted colors.

swanlefitte · 07-22-2015, 09:23 AM

on my android not big it captures my attention. Yet sky/landscape vs tower seems in conflict. Crop in the sides and the tower wins. That bottom third has a great light on left and a great dark on the right that I think might make that atmosphere support that tower more if the sides were pulled in.

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05-26-2015, 04:48 AM - 1 Like	#2
Rimfiredude Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Washington Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,176	Excellent

05-26-2015, 05:55 AM	#3
iss2012 Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Paris Photos: Albums Posts: 49 Original Poster	Originally posted by Rimfiredude Excellent Thank you

05-26-2015, 06:13 AM - 1 Like	#4
wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,851	Very good and very good exposure. Next time try it with the Tour Eiffel on the left or right of the frame. I know. Picky, picky, picky. Just play around with your compositions some more.

05-26-2015, 07:12 AM - 1 Like	#5
Rimfiredude Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Washington Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,176	I have to agree with your composition. Center on this subject works. Moving the tower off to the right...wrong. The "third" theory just would not work on this subject. You did it correctly.

05-26-2015, 10:32 AM - 1 Like	#6
ZoeB Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tromsø, Norway Posts: 886	Originally posted by Rimfiredude I have to agree with your composition. Center on this subject works. Moving the tower off to the right...wrong. The "third" theory just would not work on this subject. You did it correctly. Agreed. It's hard to place anything that iconic anywhere but centre frame and not have it feel unnatural. Looking fantastic, good work!

05-26-2015, 10:53 AM	#7
iss2012 Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Paris Photos: Albums Posts: 49 Original Poster	thanks for your advices and support

05-26-2015, 04:32 PM - 1 Like	#8
Bruce Clark Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ocean Grove, Victoria Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,458	Lovely, Beautiful colours, what I imagine Paris to be like. I think this composition works. Sure, it is centred but balanced a little by the buildings on the skyline. What I would do however is just crop out that structure on the bottom left near your copyright symbol. Also there is a bright orange spot on the right. Cloud perhaps, it may be natural but it does look a bit out of place and draws the eye. I would consider doing away with that too. Picky but I reckon this photo is worth the extra effort. Voila. Print it, print it big and hang it in a prominent place.

05-26-2015, 05:07 PM - 1 Like	#9
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,209	Your photo was shot from the Trocadero, if I'm not mistaken, which is an excellent position to view the Eiffel Tower from, and you've picked a great time of day to do it. Have you cropped this at all? If so, I'd have left a little more foreground in the shot, and maybe a small amount more sky above. The little slice of building on the left actually anchors that side of the picture, in my view - I'd leave it alone, personally, or even include a little more, just to make it more solid. Your position was good, being slightly off-centre of the street and tower axis, which shows it in three dimensions. This is all fine adjustment, though. You've handled the micro-contrast well, although a little less saturation would have made for a different mood. Nonetheless, this would make a great canvas print as it is, in my view.

05-27-2015, 07:14 AM - 1 Like	#11
Bruce Clark Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ocean Grove, Victoria Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,458	Originally posted by iss2012 Final result, more sky, more foreground, building on the left cropped and bright orange spot corrected I like it, well done.

05-27-2015, 12:11 PM - 1 Like	#12
hjoseph7 Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,048	Very original, never seen one like this before.

07-20-2015, 12:28 AM	#13
evilcartman Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 69	I wouldn't mind a little more foreground. I feel like there's room for it and it would make the picture feel a little more anchored. I personally kept getting distracted by the two taller buildings under the arch the, dark ones. I would Photoshop them out. I don't care if they're real and he people living there might get upset. I might consider playing with darkening the top of the sky. I don't know if it'll work out or not. But the HDR look has kind of made things look a bit flat and I wonder if that might bring out some more depth.

07-22-2015, 02:05 AM	#14
Chinho New Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 1	I see a little pasted colors.

07-22-2015, 09:23 AM	#15
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	on my android not big it captures my attention. Yet sky/landscape vs tower seems in conflict. Crop in the sides and the tower wins. That bottom third has a great light on left and a great dark on the right that I think might make that atmosphere support that tower more if the sides were pulled in.