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St. Paul’s Cathedral Part 3
This is the final part of my St. Paul’s Cathedral series. For some people that may be a bad thing, for others it may be a relief! I’ve learnt the following things from posting these particular photos:
1. I should really calibrate my monitors - quickly!
2. I need to find a converging verticals Photoshop tutorial.
3. There are a limited number of views of St. Pauls, and they all seem to be cliched.
4. Despite that , I still like these photos 
5. You can’t please everyone all of the time…
You can click on each image to view a larger / better quality version over on my personal website, markgoldstein.co.uk
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#1 joshwa
I like no.4 a lot - I like those sculptures - but all images look far too dark (except no1 and no3), even on this TFT that I'm currently on. Even with brightness at 100, and contrast at 75
10:48 am - Tuesday, April 20, 2004
#2 Simon F
Mark try this article on perspective control over at Computer Darkroom
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/tutorials/tutorial_1_1.htm
11:06 am - Tuesday, April 20, 2004
#3 Mark Goldstein
Right, I'm *definitely* buying a monitor calibration device now! (or just use my CRT mointor for image editing)
Thanks for the link Simon - looks good!
11:14 am - Tuesday, April 20, 2004
#4 Saras
Hi Mark,
I have to admit I do admire you putting these pictures up - and no I'm not being ironic or sarcastic. At least you are taking pictures - I just sit here at my monitor and look at other people's work!!
I think pictures like these may be the basis for a forum on discussing pictures and techniques.
Other commentators have already brought up the issue of the verticals and monitor calibration.
For my part, I'm curious about picture 2 - what did you meter for - and what were you trying to achieve? It is not an easy picture to take - as the sky is perfectly exposed - but the main scene is under-exposed.
Anyway, happy snapping!!
Cheers, Saras
8:00 am - Wednesday, April 21, 2004
#5 Mark Goldstein
In the second photo I metered from the golden globe on top of the column, hence the well-exposed sky and under-exposed foreground. This was the part of the picture that caught my attention. I also took another shot with the foreground exposed correctly, so I could try to merge the two together in Photoshop.
8:08 am - Wednesday, April 21, 2004
#6 Jon Read
Mark,
With regards to the dark areas of the photos, have you tried using either PS CS's Shadows/Highlight control, or a contrast mask? Not having CS I use the latter, and it works very well for scenes like this.
Cheers,
Jon
9:38 am - Wednesday, April 21, 2004
#7 Mark Goldstein
I have tried using that tool and it works well. However, on my LCD monitor, the shadows look fine - you can see lots of detail in them. So it's difficult to judge if I need to use the Shadows/Highlight control or not, and by how much.
9:42 am - Wednesday, April 21, 2004