I considered calling this something like 'worlds collide' in acknowledgement of the corporate building looming above. Seems like that building has both hurt and helped me, depending on the commenter - well I liked it :P, so that's what matters I guess.
The shot is fairly ordinary in colour hence the black and white, I think it makes it seem more imposing. Once again, thanks for commenting, and thanks for my best score yet.
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Great angle/prespective on this one, and love the smokey sky around. Too bad the building on the right interfears with the whole mood of the shot. B&W works well on this shot also. Still good work.
Strong image, certainly. The obvious comment is about the tower building - and I'm not sure your placing of it relative to the cathedral and the frame is going to go down well here. I like it though - there's a wackiness ot it, a non-obviousness, but I think it's pretty effective. The strength of the centred positioning of the cathedral, and the symmetry of this view that makes it such a strong subject for a central placement, amkes it almost possible for the eye completely to ignore the presence of the tower: and then it registers, and the dpc-brain goes 'what were you thinking?' - but it is that initial look, and then that sudden, shocking presence of tthe tower, that gives this a most wonderful impact. Genuinely surprising, genuinely effective, and genuinely communicative of the modern urban world. Great work, indeed.
Move the office building and I think this is awesome. Maybe the old vs. the new works in some sense here, but I don't like the way the office building goes right up against the cathedral. I really like the b/w.
Very nice tones. The only thing that distracts is the building in the background. I was geting an old school feeling but that modern building brought me back to reality : )
This works well in black and white. Beautiful photo. I wish there were something in the title to acknowledge the big modern skyscraper looming in the background.
I like the subject and the b /w treatment. The centered composition works because of the building to the right and the square format fits the subject. You have done a good job on this one.
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