Pinaki Sarkar
May 2025 - A Classic Architecture of French District, Bourbon Street, New Orleans
About the Image(s)
Technical:
F2.8,1/15 sec, ISO 1100, 24 mm Processed through lightroom .
Background
French colonial architecture in the area featured elements such as steeply pitched roofs, hipped roofs, dormer windows, and thick masonry walls.
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10 comments posted
It is a beautiful architectural image. The indoor lights appear overexposed. Posted: 05/10/2025 23:35:27
(Group 4)
David, I agree with you. When faced with this type of complicated illumination, the alternative is to bracket the image with 3 or 5 exposures. Posted: 05/13/2025 21:06:54
Dr.Isaac, I agree with you.
Posted: 05/14/2025 17:13:43
Posted: 05/14/2025 17:13:43
It is not about the technique but about the art itself...why do we need to change if the photographers intention was what the photo displays..? Balancing exposure is not always the intention and cannot be the only way to do.. Posted: 05/15/2025 06:54:41
This looks very similar to the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street, where I stayed for a business meeting I was organizing years ago. My room had the classic view of Bourbon Street and I would sit each evening and just watch.
Yes, it's wonderful architecture, and you capture it well. I would use Lightroom to tone down the highlights on the first floor so that the viewer is not distracted by that and also use the straighten tool. But a nice capture overall. Posted: 05/17/2025 20:36:59
Yes, it's wonderful architecture, and you capture it well. I would use Lightroom to tone down the highlights on the first floor so that the viewer is not distracted by that and also use the straighten tool. But a nice capture overall. Posted: 05/17/2025 20:36:59
Very nice capture of the activity going on at the corner building on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. I like that you can see the top two floors clearly with the hanging baskets in each one. Nicely done. Posted: 05/18/2025 18:26:44
I understand the dialog going on regarding the exposure and to me the question to be answered is did the camera capture what our eyes saw or not. I think this is a case of where your camera was not able to handle the dynamic range of what our eye can process. I would believe that if you have used and HDR process the image would have been closer to what your eyes actually saw. I like the subject. Posted: 05/20/2025 08:29:48
Pretty image but super difficult to capture with the bright and dark light. Interestingly, I might have tried the iPhone which can handle differences in light unless the dark parts were too dark for the phone camera. Posted: 05/28/2025 15:27:01
Pretty image but super difficult to capture with the bright and dark light. Interestingly, I might have tried the iPhone which can handle differences in light unless the dark parts were too dark for the phone camera. Posted: 05/28/2025 16:10:33
Pinaki and Laurie are both correct in my view. The iPhone would handle the contrast better and that would produce another interesting image, but I also like the original. Posted: 05/28/2025 17:14:44