John, great shot of this trip, thanks for the link too. Garret said it already about the colours, I like this effect in this photo! Mich ps Maybe you can try to get the dark parts a little lighter.. but maybe, so the total building is clear. But good work.
Just the usual tweaks -
- a little cropping,
- slightly enhance the saturation to bring out the clour in the bricks,
- straightened it (as my left leg must be longer than the right - need a spirit level in the view finder),
- added a graded tint to the entire image
- reduced 'gamma' (whatever that is but I like it)
- and ran the result through 'Neatimage' to iron out the grain.
Apart from that, what have the Romans ever done for us?
I love the title "Erie" says it all. I like the shadows and think it just helps with the Erie thing, but then again I think anything with out a face is erie. Very nice shot.
I wouldn't have been able to pass up this shot, and I think your refusal to lighten the shadows (reading your laundry list of tweaks) was a good choice...increases the drama. Wish I know what the point of this grouping was...they all look like glum prisoners to me.