Dancing House

[Gaz]

In Czech Republic before Xmas I wanted to photograph the “dancing house”. Having visited the day before, I noticed a large flock of white swans on the other side of the river, so the next day I went to the dark side.

That time of year there are no shadows. We don’t get such a dull sky, with such soft light in Australia so I was well out of my depth. Hundreds of photos are dull and lifeless. So, I’ve been trying to come to terms with it.

Out of Camera jpg

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 58.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 100

A) remove the weak shadow and contrast?

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 58.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 100

B) Enhancing weak shadow and contrast? (And dust)

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 58.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 100

C) Fake the sky and Go back in Summer?

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 240.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 100

 

[iamdlewis]

3

 

[Gaz]

Are any of those skies replaced?

#3 for me.

The last photo has a replaced sky. The grey sky was pulled up in post processing

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Welcome to the northern hemisphere

 

[Gaz]

I like it. Maybe I'd try running a weak dodge brush over the upper halves of the buildings and see what happens.

I haven’t used that tool before! I’ll give it a go