Dubai Downtown - CC Wanted
by Mag07
I'm not so bothered by the flare (or maybe just call it an artificial sunburst!), it's the overall perspective distortion and the missing top off, and the illuminated sign on, the building on the right that bother me. I'd be tempted to try straightening the verticals a bit, re-crop to include the top of the building and get rid of some of the uninteresting (to me) foreground. Another option I'd be tempted to look at would be to straighten and crop between the 1st and 2nd buildings to the right of the flare and make it a square image.
Phil
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It's three images stiched together presently. (i) as it is, (ii) the stuff on the right and (iii) the stuff on the left. the two sides and the bottom compete so two of those elements must go.
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12 years
First, overall I really like it. I like the perspective, the B&W and I love playing with flare myself. The only thing that I would change would be to crop off the earth section at the bottom, for me it adds nothing to the composition in fact it is a bit of a distraction from the main interest. I know it could be argued that it offers contrast to the super stark skyscrapers but I personally don't think it should stay. I just scroll your picture so the dirt is off the bottom of my screen and cappow! the image is twice as powerful.