Mosque #2, a photo from Ho Chi Minh, South East

Photographer's Note

Taken outside the mosque in HCM City. I was waiting for afternoon prayers and just wandering around, and was struck by the powerful shape and colours of the windows. This composition works for me despite being quite abstract, I feel it is balanced and still shows the shape of those windows. I have deliberately overblown the whites to add to the abstraction.

In PS:
* Adjusted curves to give high contrast.
* Increased cyan saturation to boost colour inside windows.

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smoothdude (266) 2004-09-07 15:31

Very cool picture. I like the tightness of the shot and the effect you achieved through adjusting it. Good work

daninhoc (690) 2004-09-07 15:40

good contrasts and well seen!

christina (2040) 2004-09-07 18:02

I like the abstract nature of this image. I think increasing the cyan helps the bring out the color, particularly in the shadow areas.

Nice!
Christina

smael (2878) 2004-09-09 16:57

I like this one. Your choice of contrast and motive is to my liking. I think I want this image even more abstract/thight, so I suggest to crop away the diagonal border (see ws...)!

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mdchachi (1612) 2004-10-01 10:00

I was also going to suggest cropping off the diagonal border though I like this version as well.

morganommer (765) 2004-11-08 12:02

good composition.
great colour effect.
light is perfect

well done

aspiringamateur (151) 2006-09-01 16:18

Very cool perspective and use of color!!! It's sometimes more effective to focus on the small details of a grand building (to show us the essence/character of the place) than to try to include the whole thing, and I think you've accomplished that here. Personally I like it better with the diagonal mouldings than without--it's more interesting to me and it leads the eye around the picture more.
Whitney