Colonial Architecture

[WJT]

Lawang Sewu in Semarang. This was a Dutch Colony Head Quarters which had a dungeon for Indonesian prisoner. It's a beautiful building still but is kept as a reminder of colonial rule and the hero's who eventually defeated the Hollanders. 50 ISO, 50mm lens, F:11, 20 seconds. C&C welcome.

[dubaiphil]

Did you shoot RAW or JPG, Wayne?

I'd consider:
Straightening - it looks tilted slightly to the left
WB - a tweak of the WB to adjust for the lighting
Sharpening (It's probably my work monitor here, but it's not looking as sharp as it could)

In scenes like this I occasionally bracket to pull a little shadow detail and recover highlight detail. -2, 0, +2 EV would do it here. This would still give you a slow enough shutter on the 'fastest' exposure to maintain blurred water from the fountains, and then Exposure Fusion in Photomatix or the like could do the rest.

[WJT]

Did you shoot RAW or JPG, Wayne?

I'd consider:
Straightening - it looks tilted slightly to the left
WB - a tweak of the WB to adjust for the lighting
Sharpening (It's probably my work monitor here, but it's not looking as sharp as it could)

In scenes like this I occasionally bracket to pull a little shadow detail and recover highlight detail. -2, 0, +2 EV would do it here. This would still give you a slow enough shutter on the 'fastest' exposure to maintain blurred water from the fountains, and then Exposure Fusion in Photomatix or the like could do the rest.

Thanks Phil, thats good advice. I will give it a try.