B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by Retroesque:
Yeah the lack of wing completion is an issue.

But more unfortunate is how blurry it is, there is nothing in focus at all, and because of the lack of strong contrast, not so pleasant to view.

B&W - Day 1
by mk

Comment by Melethia:
Very nice processing, and I, too, love train tracks, trains, stations, etc. Really like Point A and Point B. Doesn't take a lot to get from one to the other, but makes an interesting statement along with the tracks, don't you think?

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by violinist123:
I agree it is a bummer about the cut off wing, but other than that I really dig this. Black and White Photography had an issue out a few months ago centering on photogs in Hungary - some of the most interesting work was purposely out of focus and blurred (yours is not blurred) and I found it both captivating to look at and very inspiring.

Only thing that holds this shot back for me is it could use just a bit of a contrast kick to provide some tonal separation. Other than that, I think this is a real winner.

B&W - Day 1
by mk

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
Any constructive comments I may have to say on this image have probably already been said in the 30+ comments below.
So I won't bother.
Instead I'll just leave a very elequent "It is good. I like it"

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
This shot would get totally spanked in a challenge.
but you know that!

And at least the backgroubd is out of focus too.
if that was in focus and the birds weren't, then it would look really bad

But I'm willing to accept that you like it and that's fine by me.

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by ursula:
I guess at heart I'm a real focus freak when it comes down to it, and the idea of everything out of focus, yet still recognizeable (so much so that many people's -including my own- first reaction will be, "It's blurry!") is new to me. What I'm trying to say is that in my view up to now, if something is presented out of focus, it needs to be recognized as being out of focus on purpose. The idea of purposefully straddling the line between on purpose and by accident hadn't occurred to me. And at first view, to me this looks more like a "by accident". Control-freak-speak :)

I'm not sure, mk, why do you like it?

B&W - Day 1
by mk

Comment by TDCollins:
Beautiful edits and tones in this image. Very nice!!

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by sevilduvarci:
i love the abstract feel the blur and soft focus give to this picture.

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by noraneko:
The soft focus does not bother me here - I think it's just out of focus enough that it works. However, I do think upping the contrast would improve this. It feels a little flat to me.

B&W - Day 3
by mk

Comment by Jacko:
Hey, looks like summin that came out of my Holga. I mean that as a compliment.