Even God doesn't make things with absolute symmetry. And it's sometimes the lack of such perfection that works to one's advantage, providing a subtle and sometimes unnoticed sense of realism. Being careful, meticulous, not "rounding off," are all admirable things to strive for, but worthless if the photograph doesn't offer something to the viewer besides technical perfection.
The lower left window would have been the most probably place to have a burnt highlight. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Mark Cassino > > BTW, while I didn't mention it before, the photo does seem to have have a > > tilt of 0.36 degrees to the left.(GD&R) > > > > Shel > > > > As I said before - you set the standard for meticulinous. I thought it was > only 0.3 degrees off, but should stop rounding... :-0 > > Actually, I was a bit off center when I shot it, as is evident by the > position of the statues with the arched window in the background. But on the > upside, one aspect I like about the image is the asymmetrical light in the > symmetrical foreground windows - i.e. bright windows in the lower left, dark > windows in the lower right.
