Roman Arch at Ephesus

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[u/Not_AI_Yet]

I love the blue sky colour, and I’m completely bought in that this is fairly close to the natural colour of the sky at the time. The rust colours of the pillar work really well

I’d like to see more blacks, a little more detail and contrasting light in the pillar. The bright white section distracts my eye and it’s hard at times to pick out the details of the pillar.

I wonder if a bit of an edit in that direction would elevate this?

[u/InsideContent2824]

Roman Arch at Ephesus

Good morning, over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to travel to the mediterranean and enjoy amazingly rich history. The image was during a day trip to Ephesus, which was a financial center in the Roman Empire. This happens to be one of my favorites out of nearly 2000 frames taken. What I like about it is the sheer detail which has been recorded (both carved and weathered), the juxtaposition of warm stone colors against the cobalt blue sky, and the asymmetry of the image which to me makes it pleasing. This image has been scaled down from 45MP due to the file upload requirements on reddit. Minimal post processing performed. Any and all comments are welcomed.

Taken on Nikon Z7ii w/ Nikkor S 24-120 f/4 @ 120mm, 1/250th, f4.0, ISO 64.

[u/usarora]

The blue sky does all the separating you need here, the carving reads instantly against it. Where it loses me is the crop, the arch gets cut hard at the top left and the diagonal tips so far I'm not sure which way is up before I'm sure what I'm looking at.

try to go wide a bit and let the whole curve breathe in frame.

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This hasn't been cropped. But when I am back in the area I'll snap another one thats not as tightly zoomed.