Any suggestions on what could have made this better?

[matrixman45054]

I know that a night shot like this would have also turned out quite well, but all I had time to do was a quick 5 shots and then later photomerged them. Assuming I go back, what would you all suggest I do differently. Also, what do you think could be done differently to this shot to make it better?


Taken with a Rebel XT and a 24-105L


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[TheRoff]

Hmm, It is a nice shot. Good color. I think I would have backed out a bit and or widened the zoom to get more fore ground. I think showing people in the shot would have improved it. Or may be don't crop so tight. Also, when using a wide angle, you need to keep the plane of the sensor verticle or you get the converging lines. Sometimes that can add drama to a shot, but sometimes it makes architectural things look wierd. My $.02.


Larry

[hotsecretary]

IMO Crop it and make it a little more straight line at the bottom of the building. Seems a few degrees off and it really shows


Maybe also crop off a bit on the right making it a little more even on both sides.

[Bob]

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[lculpin]

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"]I agree the shot is too tight, but I would also transform the image with the skew command to widen the top to straighten the sides of the coliseum.

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I second that

[Oren]

Agree with what had already been said - the color is great, the frame is too tight.

[matrixman45054]

Ya I would have loved to have been backed out more....the originals were pretty backed out, but I didn't know that when you photomerg an image it kind of stretches out the corners. After the crop, this is what I was left with. Guess I'll just have to go back and shoot it again

[MrGreenBug]

IMO Crop it and make it a little more straight line at the bottom of the building. Seems a few degrees off and it really shows


Maybe also crop off a bit on the right making it a little more even on both sides.
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Yep, it's a bit banking to the right. Great colors though and a wonderful blue, cloudless sky.. []

[crosbyharbison]

A time machine would be nice for shots like these. the people in the picture seem to be from the wrong decade.

[Deva207]

i agree with everything before...


why not make longer exposure to capture people movements?


use narrower aperture and a bit longer exposure on a tripod or something stable?