In a message dated 11/26/2009 2:50:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Wow, thanks. Rarely does one get such detailed feedback. #4 was the accidental shot. If I recall correctly I fired the camera when I didn't mean to, probably setting up for #1. And I didn't do much to it, post processing either, I don't think. Then when I looked at it, while I was going through them, I felt it captured the old time look. :-) I like #30 too, thanks. Something about the shadows. I played around a lot taking those shadows. And #30 is actually my favorite, though I showed another on list as a PESO. #16 I wasn't sure whether to do B&W, and I think I'd like it with a deeper dark at the bottom. Thanks for the input. Probably color or higher contrast would be better. #20 I also felt was a little misaligned. But I showed another shot on list as a PESO that was more aligned and I felt had much punch. However, I liked #20 too. Thanks very much for your reactions. Appreciated. Some of the geometries, I felt, could help one create a photograph that seemed to be about more than the place itself -- which was fascinating too. Maybe it's because things are built like that anymore. Thanks again, Marnie :-) ==================== I do rather like numbers 3, 4, and 30. Number 3 has something about the juxtaposition of the white truss work of the lighthouse and the red truss work of the bridge that just works for me. And it's gorgeous light, warmed by the muted tone of the reds. Number 4 is a very nostalgic image with the sepia toning and the grainy appearance of the structure structures through the upper panes. The soft focus has the warm, fuzzy feeling of old, large format glass plate negatives. Number 30 has the best framing of the repetitious elements of the shadows and the vaults of the casemates. The strong diagonal pulls the eye into the image. The B&W treatment suits it well. Of the others #16 and #20 are good. In #16 the color of the light reflected from the brickwork onto the underside of the spiral stair works much better in color than #17's B&W treatment. Number 16 is also a stronger composition. I just wish the element seen through the window wasn't so high key. I like #20, but I think a lower camera position more to the right would make a stronger sequence of repeated elements, giving a stronger vertical on the right & stronger diagonal on the left. And it could use a bit of flash fill to brighten the nearest vault. There's nothing wrong with the rest, but these are the ones that reach out and grab me. --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
