A few shots from my workplace

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A few shots from my workplace

Postby Steffen on Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:10 am

First, my desk:
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Next, we have the canteen:
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And finally, the bathroom:
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Ok, I'm lying, these are actually shots from our Cockatoo Island meet. But it would take a trained eye to spot the difference... :twisted:

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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby zafra52 on Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:28 am

I suppose you didn't ask your boss permission before taking the pictures! :lol:
Very nice images, but the light in the first two looks a bit flat. I am gessing
it's because of the defused light coming from the roof or high windows.
I prefer the last one and I like in particular how you took the picture of a corner.
I must try this sometime! :D
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby Steffen on Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:08 am

Thanks zafra for your comments. Yes, the dynamic range is very small in some of the inside shots, that was immediately apparent from the histograms. I decided not to spruce it up too much with the sliders in PP.

Some of the workstations in the turbine hall actually had some streaks of light across them but the one above was the only one not defaced by some modern poster about the history of the place...

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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby biggerry on Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:32 pm

in particular how you took the picture of a corner.

:agree:

a different take on probably something that everyone on the day had a a shot of :up:

But it would take a trained eye to spot the difference...


lol, at least you would not be short on space there!
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby photomarcs on Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:00 am

Your composition on the first image is great i reckon, but true for the flat light tones, but hey! post processing..thats a good thing =D
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby gstark on Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:59 am

Steffen,

Good concept on how you've presented these.

On the last one, have a look at t cropped square. Use the sandstone pillar to the right of the basins as the rh edge of this image, and tell me what you think.
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby Steffen on Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:29 am

gstark wrote:On the last one, have a look at t cropped square. Use the sandstone pillar to the right of the basins as the rh edge of this image, and tell me what you think.


You mean like this?
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I thought of the corner itself as the main feature of the image, the square crop obviously changes that and transforms it into something completely different.

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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby gstark on Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:02 pm

Steffen wrote:You mean like this?


Yes. :)

I thought of the corner itself as the main feature of the image, the square crop obviously changes that and transforms it into something completely different.


Funny how that happens. :)

With this very different image now, who noticed the almost Escher-esk pipes underneath the basins before? Come on, fess up? I certainly didn't.
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby Matt. K on Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:55 pm

Steffen
You work for the government? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby devilla101 on Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:46 pm

Matt. K wrote:You work for the government?


:lol: Too funny!

Nice images however I do think it lacks a bit of contrast.

Good crop with the basins as gary suggested, as the original made my eyes leave the image
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby zafra52 on Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:48 am

You are quite right that cropping has changed the image. However, I find the original a more interesting image.
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Re: A few shots from my workplace

Postby Glen on Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:50 am

Nice work Steffen!
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