Re: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-07-01 Thread brooksdj
Boris said! Thanks for sharing Dave. My knowledge about IR photography is zilch. I only know that such thing exists. However, the branches on the right cross into the building. They are on the foreground so it looks (to me at least) that they overcome

Re: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-26 Thread brooksdj
Thanks for the comments. I was planning to take some BW shots of it as well,now that the roll of colour is out of the 6x7.:-) I'll try it with out the branches.I think Shel mentioned that as well. I thought that might add some framing to it,but it seems not. Its not far from work,so its no big

RE: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-26 Thread brooksdj
First, I like what you've tried to do, juxtaposing the old relic with the new office building. From there the photo goes rapidly downhill. The tonality for BW is terrible, the image is flat, not particularly sharp (and, in this case, that's a

PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-25 Thread brooksdj
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/relic-1.jpg I'm thinking of using this for my Fair picture this year in the Relics of Yesteryear catagory.(Unless i get a good one from the Ressor 200 year family reunion next weekend).:-) For the

RE: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
First, I like what you've tried to do, juxtaposing the old relic with the new office building. From there the photo goes rapidly downhill. The tonality for BW is terrible, the image is flat, not particularly sharp (and, in this case, that's a detriment), lacking in detail, and poorly composed.

Re: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-25 Thread graywolf
Kind of characteristic of Infra-Red film, Shel. -- Shel Belinkoff wrote: First, I like what you've tried to do, juxtaposing the old relic with the new office building. From there the photo goes rapidly downhill. The tonality for BW is terrible, the image is flat, not particularly sharp (and, in

Re: PAW:Relic in IR(does this make a statement)

2004-06-25 Thread Gonz
First, I like what you tried to do here. The main comp is ok, as a concept. But the branches are a distraction though, and it would have been nicer in plain BW film instead of IR, IMHO. This would have allowed a darker sky, maybe?, with filters I suppose. The sky is too close to the color