08252007-DPR-Nikon-ZP-067-BW by Zane Paxton

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25-AUG-2007	Zane Paxton

Taken at the entrance to the old Memorial Church

Nikon D2x ,Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
1/3s f/11.0 at 35.0mm iso100 full exif

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Zane Paxton		22-Jul-2008 17:24
The stonework at the Stanford Quad is sepia toned so that was a strategy to simplify the image down to a play of light. And I suppose sepia is suggestive of age and bygone times. I like the idea of toning down the brightness in the background to draw the eye more to the big arch in the foreground. Arcades are tricky in that their converging lines are emphatically "pointing", but there usually isn't anything there that it is pointing at. So I went for the play of light along the arches and the amazing carvings.

Robert Whiteman		22-Jul-2008 04:32
Zane, this looks nice, but I'm not completely sold on the sepia, although it's not bad by any means. I would prefer to see the vanishing point not going off on the left side. Of course I'm almost certain this choice was logical due to something over there not wanted within the image. Still, the brightness takes me away with it. Needs a buffer zone, however small. Maybe a gradual fall-off in brightness via vignette?

Mark Krauss		27-Aug-2007 23:28
Sepia looks good here.

Guest		27-Aug-2007 15:16
Beautifully composed shot. V

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		27-Aug-2007 14:35
Excellent, great perspective and exposure, Vote.

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