Lalibela rock hewn church
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Both would look great in B&W too.
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Amazing location. I'd never heard of it before. In fact I didn't know anything about Christianity that far south that long ago.
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Paul - I actually tried the third one in B&W as I'd come to the same conclusion. However, in the end I felt it worked much better in colour (though this may have something to do with my rudimentary B&W conversion skills). Hadn't tried with the second as I like the colours, though perhaps I should.
Tim - Amazingly, the Ethiopian church is actually older than that in the UK, dating back to the 4th century. It's an offshoot of the Egyptian Coptic church.
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I'd be tempted to "clean up" that hill behind the church, i.e. the white areas (rocks?) and there's a bright blue spot at the top of said hill. (and some hot pixels on the right side too?)
I tried it and I think it improves it. I also lifted it a bit in curves and dodged the white robe.
They're not hot pixels - was wondering if someone would pick up on this. The smaller ones are rocks and the largest (in the distance) is actually another worshipper. I love the triangular relationship that the three worshippers have in this shot - like they're involved in some arcane positional ritual. The problem though is the third one is too small to see properly and does look like a hot pixel, so I probably should remove them!
You other points are good Emily. I'll work on tidying up the b/g.
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Pictures taken on a Sunday (hence the worshippers) around dawn with the K20D & a DA17-70.
Looking at them here, I think they're perhaps a bit oversharpened. Still having re-sizing issues. Boy, do I need that new monitor!
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