Rahul's Photoblog
Masjid Jamek LRT Station
Posted by Rahul (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) on 9 August 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
This is a view of Masjid Jamek LRT station from central market, with OCBC Bank and Muamalat Bank buildings in the background.
The washed out skies have been replaced here with another sky shot which i took from my balcony.
Cheers!!!!!
Dave from United Kingdom
Great view, like what you've done with the sky. Excellent work!:)
9 Aug 2007 6:40am
@Dave: Thanks Dave, i was forced to change the sky, else the image was just so dull. :-)
ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands
very nice shot, great processing and framing....poster worthy !!
9 Aug 2007 7:54am
@ColNed Pictures: Thanks pal, you really cheer me up. Am glad you liked it. :)
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Very good PP merging the sky into the shot, it makes it all look very complete
9 Aug 2007 8:07am
@Richard_Irwin: Thanks Richard, appreciate your encouragement and i am glad you liked it. :)
@badala: Thanks Badala. It looked more dramatic in B&W. :)
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
What a wonderful mix of architecture.
That sky is amazing, you've done a SUPERB job Rahul. The framing just finishes it of perfectly. :)
9 Aug 2007 8:38am
@MaryB: Thanks Mary, just wanted to try the postcard look on this. ;-) I like this image very much too as i did sweat a little photoshoping it, specially the sky.
@Soph: Thanks Sophie, lucky i had shot some skies from my balcony and this particular one suited best for this image. :)
Catalin from Bucharest, Romania
I like this one very much. it's the perfect combination. well done my friend
9 Aug 2007 8:40am
@Catalin: Thanks Pal, i like this one a lot too. :)
Shutterbug from Chennai, India
I remember this scene. Just that i remember it in colour! :) I remember it also, because a little girl who got on the train with her mother, pointed to me and asked her mum if I was from India! :)
9 Aug 2007 9:52am
@Shutterbug: Masjid Jamek is the interchange of the two LRT systems in the city, so if you were touring KL then i can be sure you were there. :) Thanks pal.
@Shahab: Thanks Shahab, really appreciate your encouraging comments. :)
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Once again, incredible pp work on this already superior image. I like.
9 Aug 2007 11:51am
@Viewfinder: Thanks for the wonderful comments pal, i am glad you liked it. :)
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Wow, that is picture-postcard beautiful, Rahul! Truly magnificent.
9 Aug 2007 11:57am
@Rebecca: Thanks Rebecca, if you were to see the original shot, you would probably just delete it. hehe... There was no sky at all, it was a gloomy day. PS saved me on this one. :)
@alla: Thanks Alla. :)
@Erik: Thanks Erik. :)
@Jen: Thanks pal. :)
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks Alfredo, its the processing that saved this shot. :) PS really rocks.
Vanessa from Kent, United Kingdom
wow, I love the sky and the framing what a fantastic shot Rahul
9 Aug 2007 3:19pm
@Vanessa: Thanks Vanessa, am really glad you liked it. :) This is another place to go around with a camcorder. ;-)
@Shrig: Thanks Shrig and great to see you back. :)
tyan from Singapore
this is nice!really like a postcard!can i buy this anywhere?:)
9 Aug 2007 5:02pm
@tyan: Haha... thanks pal, you can always email me for a copy. Am yet to send it to Hallmark for production. LOL!!! ;-)
@alex: Thanks Alex. :)
@theystops: Thanks pal, really appreciate your time and comments. :)
@wendy: Thanks Wendy, always appreciate you around. :) This is on of my fav too. My first attempt on post cards. LOL!!!!
ally (: from Singapore, Singapore
haha nice combination of the 2 pictures. think it came out nicely.
10 Aug 2007 9:54am
@ally (:: Thanks Alicia. Have a great weekend pal. :)
Celialee from Kyoto, Japan
Nice one! Love Masjid Jamek even though it is always crowded or flooded!
12 Aug 2007 8:30am
@Celialee: Thanks pal, its great to see you back. :)
petra from Netherlands
very beautiful picture but I guess I would have straightened it up!!
But that has only to do with taste!!
You make wonderfull pictures
14 Aug 2007 9:02am
@petra: Thanks Petra, i wanted to straighten it too, but was kinda lazy lol!!!! And straightning would be required at both ends and it would end in loss of actual perspective in this picture. So i left it as it is. :)
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Rather a dark and brooding interpretation of the scene. Well done.
Petra's comment and your reply to it is interesting. I was actually thinking about the merits of correcting the perspective or not. Leaving it as it is helps in giving it a less literal interpretation. I personally, though, usually go for correcting perspective( -- but maybe I'm just too literal in my interpretations a lot of the time!). You would have lost rather a lot of the mosque on the left in this process, and might have had the building on the right too close to the edge of the frame, so perhaps it wa good to leave things as they are.
14 Aug 2007 10:31pm
@Andrew Gould: Thanks Andrew for your sincere view, you read my mind, those were my exact thoughts which made me decide to leave it as it is. Infact somehow in this pic that little inclination looked interesting to me. :)
Nikon D40
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