different strokes

[Mital Patel]

just reached Jaisalmer Palace and went to terrace in evening after sunset to take a look and found this beautiful frame. Light direction is intentional as i want a bit of dull cut light to be place on the dome winodows.

Played a bit in photogshop for black's and colors.

Winter evening in Jaisalmer Rajasthan a royal treat for me.

Nikon d200, 65mm
F/11, 0.6sec ISO 100
Custom Whitebalance
CaptureNX, Photoshop

[Fabs Forns]

Fascinating twin silhouettes and nice sky colors. I am left wanting for more at the bottom to ground the image.
The subtle side light works very well.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Mital, I took the liberty to make some adjustments to the image for your consideration. I thought the image was in between a silouette and showing a bit of detail. I opted to show more detail using S/H. I also took out a few things in the backround I felt didnt add to it.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Mital,
I am with Fabs on this one.....can you get lower to allow more of the Palace into the sky? ...or as she said, a bit more base to the image as it feels cut now. I don't mind your original sidelight but Dave's re-post offers some interesting possibilities. Another option can be to go a little tighter.....and use just the roofs against the sky. Just another option for you to explore.

[Mital Patel]

thanks fabs, dave and roman.
i appreciate your inputs and will sure keep in mind this points while making another shots of such beautiful places.

[Dave Phillips]

I like the look/feel of this very much......good idea to get that bit
of light glow on the windows and structure. Are those water towers
in the distance?

Here's yet another possibility, cropped a bit and saturated selected yellows
trying to still keep the silhouette look.
thanks for sharing your part of the world

[Mital Patel]

nice move dave. i like this one better what you did.
Yes they are water reserve tanks in bg which is mid 60 to end 90's water storing facility in urban areas. i like them as they shows the different age structure in one frame.

[Robert Amoruso]

Mital,

I like the strong lighting on the structures and would suggest that going with a tight composition of them would be the way to go.