On Oct 19, 2006, at 4:48 AM, J and K Messervy wrote: > This is an old shack by the side of the Monaro Highway between > Canberra and > Cooma in NSW Australia. I'd driven past this a number of times and > thought > I should take some shots, so back in April, I did just that. This > one was > my favourite. I used the channel mixer in PS CS2 to get this black > and > white effect. > > http://tinyurl.com/yjzscz > > Shot with *ist DL, Sigma 18-50 f3.5 -5.6 DC > Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200) > Aperture: f/4.5 > ISO equiv.: 200 > Exposure bias: -1.00 > > Comments and constructive criticism appreciated.
The rendering is nicely done, good tonalities and detailing. The composition leaves something to be desired. The upper right and lower left corners are overly dark, then the brightness of the foliage in center bottom and center top gives it something of a "panda" appearance. The angle to the structures seems off ... together with the 'panda' light and the geometry, it doesn't provide a point where the eye can settle or move in a comfortable pattern: my eyes are trying to go top to bottom at the same time as they are trying to follow the line of the structures. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

