Arches and light

This image was taken last year on a day out with the family.

Hand held

Arches and light






I was just wondering if their is a image in this or am I just reaching and wasting my time with it

what to do with the brick wall at the end of the run of arches?

James

Comments always welcome thank you in advance

edit didn't post image silly me

There is enough potential here, but the point of view used on this one makes it almost impossible to get the best out of it. It would need a lot of cloning and perspective control. I love the pastel colours and dabbled light on the three arcs. It would work
both in colour and B&W. This is a typical shot that only gets the best, when using a tripod and having all the time. Sorry...I can't give any more help.

Thank you Martin

I will have a go at cloning the rails out but what to do with the bricks at the end of the arches.

The light and the row of lights caught my eye and framed within the arches
i may return for a better composition later in the year.

James

James,

What would it look like if you were to stand at the other end of that row of arches, looking back to where you were when you took this shot?

And what about at night?

I-berg
That's a good point on both suggestion the arches are 40 mile away but i think it would be worth the trip as it is a nice location.

James

Well...You know I like a challenge.....
So I'll see what I can do to it, using the good old clone and perspective tools.
Luckily there are a lot of straight lines involved. I'll come back to you.

Martin

you are a true gent thank you.

James

I tried a fairly extreme crop as a starting point but that did not work so I look forward to Martin's interpretation

Getting the pressure upped......my friends??

Onwards and upwards Martin!

OK...Here it is.
I used GIMP and first duplicated the layer.
Then cloned out the fairly simple stuff like the lamp on the left wall beside the entrance.
After that I took care about the rails and two metal pillars in front of the entrance.
After saving the work I corrected the perspective a bit on the left side wall.
Then....what to do about the brick wall at the end. The surveillance camera had to go and after that
I decided to "close" the brick wall by extending it using "perspective cloning".
Which basicly means you are cloning on a 1 pixel level and using the shift key to keep lines straight.

It make a totally different picture but gives a hint of what was possible if you had more time and a tripod,
carefully adjusting the view point by checking in the viewfinder.
Hope you like it.

Martin,

It is interesting what can be done in 80-odd minutes! This has come up well.

Martin is that the same image wooohooo

what a great job

you could make loads of dosh doing this.

BUT i think you know that.

James

This scene has great potential but would need a few minutes shuffling about to get the best angle. I like the light and shadows. Would make an interesting mono conversion.

Regards,

A.

Very impressive - Martin.

As a composition it possibly needs a person going up the steps on the LH side.