One question Joshua: You can actually accept the slanted horizon? I know many can't because of the preconceived notion that the horizon has to be taken horizontally. I know many wedding photographers actually *love* to use slanted horizon - I think you have one photo in your album which shows exactly this - maybe that's why you take slanted horizon easily. Do enlighten on this matter. =D
yes.. i accept that.. as long as it looks within the comfy level at viewer's eye.. but i got my own humble opinion.. To me it quite over slanted if by looking to the muzeum.. the leaves is ok, but not the muzeum... maybe u too emphasize the leaves framing.. if can lit the muzeum brigther a bit will be nice too.. but this is just my own liking.. just share share, u dont mind right..
yes.. i accept that.. as long as it looks within the comfy level at viewer's eye.. but i got my own humble opinion.. To me it quite over slanted if by looking to the muzeum.. the leaves is ok, but not the muzeum... maybe u too emphasize the leaves framing.. if can lit the muzeum brigther a bit will be nice too.. but this is just my own liking.. just share share, u dont mind right..
Thanks for the frank opinion, Joshua. Actually, I was in a dilemma while post-processing the photo. The building is obviously back-lighted and shouldn't be that "bright" theoretically unless it is lighted from the front (fill) - which it wasn't. It has in fact already been brightened - to a level which doesn't make it seem too artificial IMO. And brightened too much, there would be two contending visual focuses in the photo: the sky vs the building. I am currently apparently trying to focus the eyes of the viewer more on the sky and making the building take a secondary role. And that's part of the reason, I think, why I have unconsciously "neglected" the slanted horizon thing which seems to hit so many people at first glance of the photo.
Here's a 5 x 4 cropped version. I've deleted the previous image because I found that I've accidentally uploaded the wrong file in which the building was not properly processed. Apology to those who have commented on the previous image, sorry I couldn't retain the comments while having the image deleted.