Twilight Exterior Photo for a real estate listing. Shot with a Sony A6500.
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I like the angle and I see you went for a blue/orange contrast. It's a bit oversaturated and the focus is soft. I'm guessing a slow shutter speed. The foreground falls to black and takes up two-thirds of the photo. I think a better crop will draw attention to the house.
Thanks. Yeah, this version is very dark in the foreground. I have another where the foreground has more dodging on it but I liked the contrast of the brilliant house with the dark and I felt that it stood out without having to take up the full frame. It was a slow shutter. I did sky replacement and shifted it from more yellow to orange. More like "house as art". I wanted it to jump out at people looking at a page full of small thumbnails. Worked too...had 3 offers on it within 48 hours. 2 of them sight unseen. :)
I see what you were trying to go for, but I think the execution was lacking. I agree that the foreground needed just a bit of light if you were going to do this and the processing seems overdone. Given the extent to which those windows look blown out, I also think you could have reduced the exposure a bit. You've lost all of the detail.