ok, first off, this picture was taken with a sony P200 point and shoot digicam.
<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/boggysv/before1.jpg">

Then, I tried to use PS to edit the pic. Of the many tries, these two came out to my liking.
Please comment and criticize any mistakes or flaws. I know nuts about colour/tone....

A
<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/boggysv/2.jpg">

B
<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/boggysv/1.jpg">

I've heard the perspective is "wrong" as I placed the camera too low. Is there anyway to fix this? anyone care to demonstrate?
and I think that the picture is *slightly* slanted...is it?

Looks much better than the first. Sharp, contrasty, colors look good and realistic. That being said, the subject does nothing for me. If it's just an exercise in post-processing, fine; otherwise I have no idea what you're trying to show us or demonstrate.

as you can remember I wanted to take part in the school's competition?

that corridor leads to the labs where some really clever people once did their research. Wheatstone bridge? dna? now it houses most of the enigneering and physics labs.

is there any thing I can do to make the 2nd picture better?

deadline is 2weeks away, and I might have the time to get a better shot (camera in the centre), or find a different subject.

it isn't traditional, but it doesn't have to be. You could crop it so that the frame meets the bottom of the walls. I would have moved about 2" to the left so the center leading line is perfectly straight.

There seems to be some jpeg compression issues near the doors- were you reducing the image quality when you saved as jpg?

unless the people judging the competition are familiar with that area and its' connection to your school and its' history, they'll also probably wonder what is significant about your picture.

Maybe having a student sitting on the steps doing something studious might add to the scene? As it is, even though it may be a significant hallway, IMHO, it needs something else to keep the viewer's interest.

Whatever you did on the processing, though, keep it up. Looks much better than the original.

yup, I did a quick resize with mspaint just for posting on the web.

by moving, do you mean physically moving the camera, or could it be done in PS? if so, how?

that hallway is the quietest place in school, even more so than the library.

students somehow never linger around that place, and you only see a few professors walking by sometimes(even that is rare, less than 10 in an hour?).

<center><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/boggysv/3a.jpg"></center><p>This time, I gave the white panels from both sides equal treatment, unlike the previous ones.

was using a 10sec exposure, sadly, someone opened the door in the middle

my bad as I didnt review properly. Took the shot, and went for lunch. Will try another one soon. I guess I will bring my laptop to review the pics on the spot.

the white/red balance playing tricks on the eyes?

I'll go back on monday to get it correct once and for all...damm, I suck

Which mood do you want to convey? Do you want to emphasize warmth in a cold environment, or do you want to make the floor look like marble, high class?

Do you want to show this picture with the eyes of somebody walking down the hall (=boring) or do you want to show something in an angle nobody has seen it before (except the guy who stumbled and fell on his face ;))

You are the photog. You decide what you want to have for a result, and the result is always the impression of your picture on the viewer.