On 1/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not getting out and taking pictures these days -- difficult to. So I've > been going through some old photos. > > This was taken back in May '05 when I shot a bunch of old gas pumps. At that > time I was told the one I showed on list was too soft. Upset me because that's > what my former photography teacher kept telling me. I changed lenses (one > shot too soft), then cameras systems, and improved my technique, so I thought > I > was way past the too soft stuff. Anyway, that's why I got upset. Raw nerve. > > This is the first photo I've shown with PS post processing. I am learning PS > CS. Before it was all Elements post processing. All I did though was use auto > stuff and USM. > > I plan to shoot them again. But I also have bunches of gas pump photos that I > may work up into a collage too. They are really more striking when taken > together. > > I think this one's mildly interesting, but nothing great. I've considered a > closer crop on some of the flakiness and/or gear stuff. Suggestions on that > welcome. > > Its interest is more in its age. This was the oldest gas pump they had. Dated > back to the 1920's -- 1928 I think. Maybe a tad earlier. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/oldgas.htm > > Comments are okay. Just don't tell me it's too soft.
Well, I've made snarky remarks about it, so I suppose I should comment properly. As a stand-alone photo, it's nice enough, but doesn't really say much to me, especially given the fact that, absent a title, I'd have no idea what it is, other than some ancient mechanical contrivance. I think it would look great as a series of old pumps, where it could be seen in the context of other, similar machines. It would also look great as part of a series of a number of other shots of ~that particular~ pump, too. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
