Critique wanted Edinburgh Castle

[Jack]

Location

Europe

Camera type

DSLR camera

Camera sensor

APS-C (Crop)

EXIF

ISO 250
30sec
F/11
7D M2

I took this photo while I was staying in Edinburgh for couple of day. This is a long exposure picture.

 

[panos_adgr]

Lovely warm colors and nice tight composition.

 

[Andy Smith]

Nice shot Jack, I like the contrasting blue and orange colors, they always go well together, and they make this an interesting image. The centre of the image is brighter than the edges which draws you in which is nice also.
If I had to nit pick, I would have probably taken a second short exposure of the flag and blended that in post so it was as crisp as the rest of the image, and maybe cloned out the two bright star trails as they catch my attention a bit.

 

[Jack]

Nice shot Jack, I like the contrasting blue and orange colors, they always go well together, and they make this an interesting image. The centre of the image is brighter than the edges which draws you in which is nice also.
If I had to nit pick, I would have probably taken a second short exposure of the flag and blended that in post so it was as crisp as the rest of the image, and maybe cloned out the two bright star trails as they catch my attention a bit.

Thanks Andy Smith .I was a bit in hurry as well, as It was very cold outside . The colours of the castle were great that night . I could change the sky in Luminar and change the composition.

 

[Jack]

Lovely warm colors and nice tight composition.

Thanks panos_adgr . There’s still room for improvements.

 

[Andy Smith]

Thanks Andy Smith .I was a bit in hurry as well, as It was very cold outside . The colours of the castle were great that night . I could change the sky in Luminar and change the composition.

yeah it can get a bit uncomfortable when it's cold.
I wouldn't change the sky or composition to be honest, but I would maybe try the healing brush to remove those two bright star trails.

 

[panos_adgr]

Thanks panos_adgr . There’s still room for improvements.

There is always room for improvement in whatever we do. 😁

But it is a very nice photo!

 

[Jack]

yeah it can get a bit uncomfortable when it's cold.
I wouldn't change the sky or composition to be honest, but I would maybe try the healing brush to remove those two bright star trails.

Agree, maybe I might try to remove them. You’d like to see the sky entire dark ?

 

[Jack]

There is always room for improvement in whatever we do. 😁

But it is a very nice photo!

Thanks a lot panos_adgr , will share more

 

[Andy Smith]

Agree, maybe I might try to remove them. You’d like to see the sky entire dark ?

Personally I like the dark sky but a few stars would be nice if they were sharp rather than elongated, which is a tough call from a single exposure I know unless you look at blending a couple of images in post.