The Marktkirche in Wiesbaden; a Lutheran church built from 1852 to 1862 (which makes it relatively new 'round these parts). I think church organs are elegant and stately. The angle isn't so much an artistic statement (though I do like it) it's because I didn't have a tripod - I set the camera on what I think is probably the hymnal rail which is at an angle and gave me this perspective among others.
Post processing - tonemapped from a single RAW file. Opened the resulting jpeg in PS, used an adjustment layer in normal blending mode to convert to black and white then faded the opacity to 16% (to tone down the tonemapping a bit). Slight hue/sat, slight exposure tweaks, cropped, sharpened, resized, added thin border, saved, then saved for web. (First save is so I have the history file.)
And for those that didn't like the angle, here's a straight-on version:
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Place: 26 out of 311 Avg (all users): 6.1217 Avg (commenters): 5.8182 Avg (participants): 5.6825 Avg (non-participants): 6.3413 Views since voting: 1098 Views during voting: 267 Votes: 189 Comments: 26 Favorites: 2 (view)
Congrats Deb! 26th place, gotta love it. I love the angles here. adds so much depth and interest to the shot. and you did a wonderful job with the colors!
This is a really interesting shot. I compared it to the straight on shot and your angle adds so much depth to the pic. I have to learn to take pics from different perspectives like this. Very cool!
Wow! What an amazing photo. The perspective is wonderful! And the colors amazing. You did an incredible job with this! Thanks for sharing this amazing place!
Congrats! You placed very well in this uber low-scoring challenge, and deserved much higher. I really love the perspective on this. BTW - what's up with the guy who wrote "stupid" and gave you a 7? Sounds like an oxy-moron, pun intended.
hey deb .. congratulations for an unusual take with your composition .. its pretty daring i reckon in a challenge, coz so many ppl dont think outside the box ... the clarity, the design, the colours, etc are excellent .. 27 out'v 305 aint bad !!!:):)x
beautiful definition and clarity of focus. unique perspective and framing, wonderful light capture and color rendition, this is a wonderful shot, great job
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