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Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:32 am
by zafra52
I was trying to be creative and I took this picture of Brisbane's skyline from the Storey Bridge in 2006.
What do you make of it?

Image

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:38 pm
by surenj
Zafra,
This looks like the camera was shaken while taking the photo :mrgreen: Going back to the basics, what was your subject? Have you portrayed the subject in a way to evoke the mood that you wanted? Did you cut out distractions?

As a photograph I don't think it's strong enough. But then, one could pass off bad photos as art..... then, no one can critique you.... :twisted:

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:41 pm
by zafra52
That's the general idea. I took a photograph but I wanted to be abstract.

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:15 pm
by gstark
Did the earth move for you? :)

I understand what you're trying to do, but there's no focal point in this image. That makes it difficult to "get" for me.

The colours are pretty though.

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:40 pm
by zafra52
Even though it doesn't look it, this photograph was done on purpose. The previous ones I took weren't, but this one was.
I just had bought a new lens and I went to the Storey bridge to take night pictures, but as I was taking them the bridge moved with each passing car (and I uttered profanities in tandem) :oops: and even with a tripod the pictures were not all that sharp :evil: . So, I took the camera in my hands, set the ISO as low as the camera permitted and waited till a big, big, big, and I mean big truck passed by to release the trigger and - there it is! 8)

A very bad picture, but full of artistic sentiment!
:D :D :biglaugh:

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:49 pm
by chrisk
why dont you try one of those zoom effect pics ?

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:13 pm
by aim54x
Unfortunately the artistic intent does not really shine through in this one. It is an interesting concept and it is probably worth playing with some more.

Cheers
Cameron PS as already mentioned the colours are nice

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:16 pm
by Wink
Maybe a photo of the passing truck rather than the city would've helped relate the movement to the image.

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:25 am
by biggerry
I think a Photochop plugin that removes any idea of the scence but maintains the colours/lightd might be appropriate here?

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:05 am
by gstark
Wink wrote:Maybe a photo of the passing truck rather than the city would've helped relate the movement to the image.


There ya go!

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:17 pm
by Big V
If the trails were much bigger this would rock

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:00 pm
by zafra52
Oh, well! I thought it was worth the try... :D

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:12 pm
by gstark
It's always worth the try. That's how we learn.

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:42 pm
by surenj
I would love to see the next installment (next improvement perhaps?).

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:06 am
by big pix
I like this..... like the effect..... being small, does not show the full impact of what you are trying to portray

...... up big and in a frame, this image would sing...... good job

Re: Brisbane's skyline

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:42 pm
by zafra52
Thank you all for your kind comments.