Roman Ruins

Photography \ Architecture | 12/20/05 @095 | LVdesign | critiques (11) | views (349)

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This is another pictures from my beloved Bulgaria...

The red brick Roman rotunda church of St. George, built in the 4th Century, is considered the oldest building in Sofia. It is situated amid remains of the ancient town of Serdica. Three layers of frescoes have been discovered, the earliest dating back to the 10th century. Magnificent frescoes of 22 prophets over 2 meters tall crown the dome...

this beautiful treasure is actually in the backyard of my friends apartment...it is amazing how the ruin was left alone in the middle of this apartment complex. Its truly a gem of Sofia...

yes yes, i think its tilted too...and I took it at an unusual angle, since all the Rotunda pictures I had seen where focused on the main church, and not taking the actual ruins of the outer walls into consideration...what do you guys think?

I also added links to other pics..one at night!

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UE-Skateman

12/20/05 @099

the whole thing is out of focus/blurry,nice try though

LVdesign

12/20/05 @103

you're tough skateman!!...hmmm...

Madanapale

12/20/05 @160

I allways gets surprised how different pictures look acording to the monitors....I saw this one first on a viewsonic and it look blurred....but now on a high res....it looks much better....
The place is really nice and interesting.....very nice perspective....maybe I would have placed the structure on the middle a little more off center....and some little parts are slightly overexposed....still nice capture of a very interesting place....thanks for sharing....I am posting a message to you.
Carlos

UE-Skateman

12/20/05 @207

that is a possibility, even though my monitor was chash money, looks crappy blurred, compositionally wise it's a very interesting place, wish you couldve gotten another angle to utilize leading lines up to the oval building
-and yes i am very tough, helps people get better, i would expect nothing less from a person critiquing mine, i will never feed you bullshit and I will speak my mind, that is what I can promise you my friend
-now keep up the good work

moserArtist

12/20/05 @233

I have high resolution monitor and the blur is not eminent...

Still some feedback to you!

I would crop off the sky as it looks white and flat anyhow (ie not interesting enough to keep

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Secondly it looks a little tilted (this may be the result of the angle you selected for this shot (maybe try another angle which prevents this effect)

Probably the time of the day selected for this shot has caused some overexposure (choose maybe a more favorable time of the day to prevent that from hurting the picture).

The place seems very interesting from your description and worth coming back to.

Keep experimenting and sharing!

patrix77

12/20/05 @368

for me it looks very nice, i like places like this so much, very nice job

sdavis75

12/20/05 @499

While the blur isn't a big deal, I suppose the image could be a smidge sharper. I agree with UE that a more dynamic perspective would improve the overall composition. Keep on shooting!

Passenger

12/20/05 @623

Nice shot, but I do agree with the rest that another perspective or composition might make this one more interesting!

LVdesign

12/21/05 @218

thanks guys...unfortunately i wont be going back to bulgaria for about a year from now, but TRUST me i will attempt this place again!!!...maybe in the snow!

Zemela

12/21/05 @736

Although I live in Sofia I didn't know this is the oldest building here.

Andy--Jones

12/29/05 @212

Ahhh Roman sites always interest me. Nicely captured photo.

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