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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: batmura on October 18, 2013, 01:49:56 pm

Title: Nightfall in Istanbul
Post by: batmura on October 18, 2013, 01:49:56 pm

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/10348737356_335c59ff51_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10348737356/)
Beykoz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10348737356/) by batmura (http://www.flickr.com/people/batmura/), on Flickr

And here's a B&W version:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/10349941573_8863d3f950_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10349941573/)
Beykoz in BW (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10349941573/) by batmura (http://www.flickr.com/people/batmura/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Nightfall in Istanbul
Post by: francois on October 19, 2013, 03:46:15 am

Both photos are lovely but, again, my vote goes to the B&W version. The sky is dramatic with a greater sense of movement. I would just remove the contrail.
Speaking in favor of the color photo, the somewhat uninteresting foreground is less present and I do like the combination of orange and blue tones.

Title: Re: Nightfall in Istanbul
Post by: sdwilsonsct on October 20, 2013, 09:53:49 pm

#1 comes closest to being successful (for me), with the water on the left connected to the towers on the right by the bright sky. Too bad about the other sky highlight on the left, it doesn't really help the composition.. I would also take  a little off the bottom. Worth another visit?

Title: Re: Nightfall in Istanbul
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 21, 2013, 04:07:43 am

It's really two images in one... the colour one emphasizes the city, the B&W one emphasizes the sky. Both nice.