Curves of Brisbane

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Curves of Brisbane

Postby Steffen on Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:26 am

Hi all,
these are a few semi-abstracts I shot in Brisbane last August but only got around to PP now. They're all about curvy architectural details that caught my eye.

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Critique and comments on these much appreciated!

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Re: Curves of Brisbane

Postby rangie on Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:06 am

Number ons is my favourite... lighting is great and the B&W works well

#2 - I would clone out the bright stripe of sunlight under the bridge as I find it a bit distracting.
#3 - I find the bollards in the foreground really work well to draw the eye into the picture, but find the clearway signs etc a bit distracting.

overall, if curves was the theme you did a great job of capturing some!
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Re: Curves of Brisbane

Postby Steffen on Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:08 pm

Hi rangie,
thanks for your comments. I thought about the sun ray and traffic sign, but couldn't decide whether they're distracting or interesting ;) That and the fact that I don't normally do cloning or local edits (other than spot patching), I try to get away with global adjustments.

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Re: Curves of Brisbane

Postby rangie on Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:19 pm

Steffen wrote:Hi rangie,
thanks for your comments. I thought about the sun ray and traffic sign, but couldn't decide whether they're distracting or interesting ;) That and the fact that I don't normally do cloning or local edits (other than spot patching), I try to get away with global adjustments.

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Re: Curves of Brisbane

Postby Steffen on Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:19 am

Absolutely! Heh, you could have totally torn my pics apart, I'd still consider myself lucky to get even one comment these days... ;)

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