Omni, San Diego

[James Clark]

Here's a little architecture.

[shawnino]

Love it. Cool, clean feel. Detail, focus. Careful crop choice.

[luxborealis]

Great lines and shapes. Ideal crop. Could/should it be brighter. I somehow feel like I'm looking at it through a dark tube or through sunglasses; that metal and glass should be gleaming.

[RSL]

+1

[James Clark]

Great lines and shapes. Ideal crop. Could/should it be brighter. I somehow feel like I'm looking at it through a dark tube or through sunglasses; that metal and glass should be gleaming.

Thanks for the input.  It's actually a grey building and I used a polarizer to kill glare from the building.  I'll need to go back and see how much I can lighten the building before I start to lose contrast.

Edit - not much . As soon as I lighten the building I lose texture in the building panels.

[luxborealis]

Thanks for the input.  It's actually a grey building and I used a polarizer to kill glare from the building.  I'll need to go back and see how much I can lighten the building before I start to lose contrast.

Edit - not much . As soon as I lighten the building I lose texture in the building panels.

It seems like those panels are about 85 to 90% (10 to 15% below pure white) – have you tried raising just the Whites and reducing the Highlights (assuming you are using Lightroom)? That combination helps to maintain highlight detail and adds sparkle to the image without reducing contrast (it actually increases it).

[James Clark]

It seems like those panels are about 85 to 90% (10 to 15% below pure white) – have you tried raising just the Whites and reducing the Highlights (assuming you are using Lightroom)? That combination helps to maintain highlight detail and adds sparkle to the image without reducing contrast (it actually increases it).

Indeed I did.  The fundamental problem is that the metal tone and the blue sky are not as different as one might expect.   The windows are blue-ish too.  I love the graphic image but the base color is conspiring against me