Mooring an Albatross.

[surenj]

I was fortunate enough to accompany Gerry on a tross paint on his favourite hunting ground. I believe he has already posted the purist shots of the plane itself.

I was however pushing for adding more elements especially human to make the tross more dynamic. Here is one of the resulting images. The human element was added to try and balance the metal and add context while trying to retain the overall feel of the image.

Any thoughts? C&C? keep em coming.

[Mr Darcy]

It doesn't really work for me Suren.
I have been spending time trying to work out why & can't.
Some things though.
The star trails don't reallly add to the image, nor does the sky. Perhaps take it to a black.
The figure needs more prominence. I like the way he (?) is dwarfed by the scene, but perhaps if he were silhouetted more it would help. A flash lighting up the dark background perhaps. It is also a pity his shadow on the ground is washed out. Also trim off some of the bottom. While some helps set the night scene, I think there is too much. Perhaps a 2:1 pano crop. Or maybe 16:9
In fact, something like this:
 BTW, I prefer a couple of your others in this set.

[biggerry]

I am with Greg, the stars I found to be a distraction, hence clonage is good.

I find the building i the BG adds some extra element, however due to the light results in a flatter look to the image, possibly lighting that from the side could have helped? you can blame me for that.

The person does get a bit lost in teh frame - there is no easy solution for this since the a/c is big, possibly concentratin on a smaller part of teh a/c with teh person may have worked better?

I found the one where you are in the tug work the best in terms having teh human element.

What I do like about this is teh subtle lighting on the nearer side of teh aircraft, this with the strong backlight gives a much more natural look to it.

[Mr Darcy]

I found the one where you are in the tug work the best in terms having teh human element.

Though I would have liked a little light on him.

[biggerry]

Suren, i am not trying to hijack your thread here, you can slap me later.

Though I would have liked a little light on him.

[surenj]

Thanks Greg and Gerry. Appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks for posting your shots so we can compare the processing as well!


Yeah on hindsight most of the stars are distracting. I think the stars work best for this one. (There is a green cast on it?? I may have to correct)


Overall, I was keen for the person to be dwarfed rather than dominate. Hence this shot I quite like!

[surenj]

 BTW, Gerry, the glowing light on the tug was a nice touch!

[biggerry]

Yeah on hindsight most of the stars are distracting. I think the stars work best for this one. (There is a green cast on it?? I may have to correct)

just need another 4 hours of data and you would have some nice trails.

there is definitely a cast to this image and it does appear greenish. I typical desaturate the whites as a final step to remove any funny cast.

Overall, I was keen for the person to be dwarfed rather than dominate. Hence this shot I quite like!

yeah i like this one, i had my doubts, but i stand corrected. A little less on the RHS to stop the viewer disappearing to the light at the end of teh tunel and hence accentuate the little figure would work nicely.