Fort Pike is the first of the Third System fortifications along the Gulf Coast, a group of brick and masonry structures built between 1816 and 1867. The fort was designed to protect the New Orleans area, specifically the mouth of Lake Pontchartrain. The fort was flooded during a recent tropical storm, so there is a lot of mud/silt on the brick floors.
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I don't usually like people in my shots but in this case I thing one of more figures could have impoved it. I think its because of the large area of empty middle ground?
The colours are very good and the exposure I imaging would have been a bit tricky. The wall of the frist arch on the left is a little burn out but that's where the light is hitting from the source around the corner. The detail of the brickwork is nice and the cracks add atmosphere. There seems to be a lot of sharpening but I don't think is overdone.
The series of arches leads you into the shot but then cuts you off without something to focus attention on. I know that's not within your control but I'm just pointing out things that would lift the image a bit higher.
Its possible the shot might work better by darkening it and giving it a moody mysterious feel? At the moment its quite light and airy. Just an idea?
This is wonderfully inviting - it is over-lit on the left, to keep the foreground(?), but the overall effect is compelling (would a crop at the bottom balance out the light?
perhaps crop the left side just a tad more tro remove the front edge of the arched entrance. something needs to be in th epic to draw our attention...perhaps a red ball or ??
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