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Photo Critique #160
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Photo Critique #160

on Oct 26th 2012 with 9 comments

Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, express your viewpoint, and have your own image critiqued!

Quick Ground Rules

  1. Play nice! We’ve deliberately chosen photographs that aren’t perfect, so please be constructive with any criticism.
  2. Feel free to offer any type of advice – composition, lighting, post-processing etc.
  3. You can also link to photographs that you feel offer a great example of this type of image shot exceptionally well.

Without further ado, here is this week’s candidate for Friday Photo Critique!

The Photograph

Photo Details & Inspiration

  • Canon 7D
  • 28mm
  • 1/60
  • f/7.1
  • ISO 800

I took this picture in Atlanta, Georgia at the BAPS Temple. I went around to the back of the marvelous structure as the storm clouds were rolling in. I tried to capture the peacefulness and the beauty of temple even though there was so much darkness around it.

Photographer: Parth Patel

Please let us know what you think in the comments – how would you have approached the scene or taken the photo differently? A massive thank you to everyone who commented last week.

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I was raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. After high school, I left for Western Kentucky University where I obtained degrees in photojournalism and cultural anthropology. I am currently employed by CityBeat, an arts and entertainment weekly in Cincinnati. The work I am doing here is very rewarding and I suspect it will continue to be. I am available for freelance work in all areas of photography.  

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  • Stefano

    Wonderful light and tone.
    I like it!

  • Stephanie Hilliard

    I really like the overall piece, particularly the lighting and the tone of it. You achieved plenty of contrast that lets the viewer see the details of the temple itself. I liked that you shot from a low angle because that intensified both the the temple’s “presence” and also accented it against the stormy sky. The one thing that I might have considered doing differently would be to shoot from an angle where the temple was still your focal point, but not centered in the image.

  • http://yashmatunited.blogspot.com/ hardkoretom

    I think it has great contrast and composition, I think it should have been converted to black and white since it is basically devoid of all color. The angle of the lighting is really good too. Love those pictures that you only have a limited time span to take the picture.

  • Michael

    Fantastic photo! From what I see that is an epic shot, the almost colourless scene makes it really subtle, and puts more emphasis on the amazing architecture. If you had the chance to improve this slightly, I would do some vignetting, to make the temple really pop out, but keep the shadows in the centre, it creates a sense of mysteriousness. Great job, keep them coming:)

  • Denny Weigand

    Parth…this is a very nice photo…the dark shadows might have been mitigated by shooting in HDR while at the same time emphasized the clouds. The sepia tonality adds to the mystery that you captured.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JoRodrigues Jo Rodrigues

    This is a fantastic photograph! I also think it lends itself towards a more black and white finish but there is nothing wrong as it is now. My only thought is that I would like to see a little more of the base of the temple. It keeps drawing my eye down looking for the base where it stands.

  • Tim

    Nice symmetry. Love the clouds. I like the unsaturated colors. The photo has a thick heaviness to it that could benefit from opening the shadows just a bit (as in tiny bit) and brightening the mids. That will help the clouds look like clouds and not like a sand storm.

  • http://jeremybeasley.com/ jeremy beasley

    Hi Parth –

    I really like the symmetrical composition and the lighting in this shot. I feel that they both highlight the architectural detail of the building.

    However, one thing I’d improve is to shoot this building in different weather conditions. You mentioned you were trying to capture the peacefulness of the building but when I looked at this photo, I had a darker, more ominous reaction. I see the shadows covering the front of the temple or the clouds rolling in, the wind whipping the flags around atop the building.

    Overall, I think it’s a great shot but I’d love to see what it’d look like in different conditions if you’re trying to communicate peacefulness. Thanks for sharing!

  • http://www.wix.com/simonabarbu1/simonabarbuphotography Simona Dumitru

    the colors are nice. very cinematic approach.