HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

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HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby Matt. K on Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:09 pm

Sometimes I just look at this stuff and wonder why I photographed it...what caught my eye...stopped me.....and made me go to the trouble to frame it and shoot it. And sometimes I gotta admit I don't bloody know.

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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby zafra52 on Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:53 pm

I can reassure you you are not the only one. It happens
to me too, but I blame on senility. :D
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:29 pm

For the first two - lines of course - the second may even make a good mono I reckon

I'm not sure what with the third - then again I'm a newbie so... :)
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby TonyT on Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:14 am

The first is interesting that all for me.
Number 2 I really like it.
The third does nothing for me.
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby aim54x on Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:27 am

Sorry Matt, none of these do much for me
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby robert on Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:13 am

I quite like the 2nd, I wonder if cropping the rotten/unpainted pale on the right might improve it. Gritty mono conversion pehaps?
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby CraigVTR on Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:50 am

I like number two for the contrast between the new and the old rotting paling, but I think it should have a more contrasty processing.
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! on Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:44 am

Remorhaz wrote:the second may even make a good mono I reckon


Exactly what I was thinking before I saw this reply..
Whenever I get a pic I'm unsure of like this I slap it into B&W and crank up the contrast.
Things just work in mono :)
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby photohiker on Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:46 pm

Matt, is it just me or do your horizons seem straighter since you bought the XPro?
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Re: HMMM,JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THESE

Postby biggerry on Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:57 pm

Matt, I like the second image, simple patterns with a standout feature always work well and you have shown us here a prime example. I think it is key to keep the colour in it (for me) since the lacquered panel really hits me as a anchor point.
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