Critiques

waqas (95) 2006-10-31 7:41

Fahad was right, the background is distracting, maybe you should have composed it differently, moving to your left would have removed the distracting pillar and khamba on the left. Also, a candid would have been a lot better (come on, you've got 420mm!!) :) PS: You've cropped a bit too much, everything just fits tightly in the frame here, IMO you should have left some space on the top, maybe at the bottom as well (something like "the rule of thirds").

waqas (95) 2006-09-20 10:18

I like the interesting composition, although I would have liked to have a wider view. Here's a little secret; if you don't have a wide enough lens, you can take multiple overlapping photos and stitch them :) I do it all the time, especially with architecture shots. Some excellent tools to stitch are Auto Pano Pro (totally automated, not free), AutoStitch (free demo, raw version of similar software) and Hugin (for manual stitching and/or tweaking; excellent GUI for Pano Tools).

waqas (95) 2006-09-20 10:09

Brilliant photo, and an interesting read :)

waqas (95) 2006-09-20 9:45

A very interesting perspective!! BTW do you know about the history of the six-cornered stars above each mihraab? I'm sure they weren't Mughal, they must have been added later... I guess you'd know that it's the "Star of David", a religious symbol of Jews and the symbol in the flag of Israel. I think it's also believed to be a sign left in many places by free-masons; you can often find such signs on currency notes of various countries, this star is often found in British buildings, especially clock towers etc...

waqas (95) 2006-09-20 9:29

Beautiful capture! I guess this image was taken when we had just arrived there (because after noon, looking in this direction would mean looking into the sun).

waqas (95) 2006-09-18 4:27

Beautiful portrait!!

waqas (95) 2006-09-15 2:30

behtareen!! Too bad trekearth restricts you to have at least this ratio... I believe some parts of the panorama need to be straightened, they're not horizontal (the housees near the middle/right part). Try PTGui with PanoTools, it can straighten panoramas brilliantly.

waqas (95) 2006-08-26 7:39

The contrasting colors make the photo look fantastic!

waqas (95) 2006-08-26 7:36

Good lighting and contrasts, although I'd have liked to show the full reflection of the tower in water (that would have made it "too symmetric", against the rules, I guess).

waqas (95) 2006-08-26 7:33

Beautiful colors and nice composition! The sky looks a bit unreal, in a weird sense (though not bad).