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Challenge: Road Signs Revisited (Classic Editing)
Camera: Casio QV-4000
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Date: Jan 19, 2003
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: unknown
Shutter: 1/10s
Galleries: Abstract, Urban
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2003

 I know this will look way too much postprocessed for the majority of the people. And it is ;-) But I did it with a purpose. I wanted to express how signs are designed to actually yell their information into your face. They are made for being recognised quickly. The postprocessing carrys this idea on to a somewhat extreme point.

Unfortunately I didn't find an illuminated STOP sign. That would have fit much better.

I'm really curious if somebody sees what I wanted to convey. Currently I like the outcome of the photo very much. But maybe I'll have changed my opinion next week ;-)

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 01/31/2003 09:55:29 AM
Critique Club


Initial thoughts
Great colours and quite dynamic.

Composition/ Content
I like the squared crop (despite what you say below) ΓΆ€“ I am a big fan (and user) of non-standard-ratio crops.
Interesting content though my point of focus is a little confused ΓΆ€“ I find myself looking more at the bright blue object beneath the sign than at the sign itself. I also find the road lights leading my eye away into the distance ΓΆ€“ this is actually interesting as the objects on the left then pull me back to the foreground.

Background
Nice converging lines ΓΆ€“ I like that there is detail towards the front but less as we look further away ΓΆ€“ and the colours really convey night time road conditions.

Camera Work - Technical
Seems very grainy but I like it ΓΆ€“ enhances the night-time feel.

Digital Processing - Technical
Image quality seems fine ΓΆ€“ a little jagged around the white of the road sign.
I find it hard to say much as it's obviously a deliberate over-processing - I am not very knowledgeable about such processing.

Fits The Challenge
Yup!

Your Opinion On The Photo
Interesting and invites another look. Unusual colours and composition retain the attention.

Message edited by author 2003-01-31 10:01:03.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2003 09:10:34 AM
Ok, my own opinion about this photo changed a little during the week. I still like the colours and the abstract look. However, the composition is really bad. Like scroosloose said, the lines lead your eyes to the background on the right side, but there is nothing!
This photo is a good prove that a bad original photo can't be improved by digital postprocessing ;-) Now I regret that I didn't take the time to go back to the location and tried another angle. I only made 3 shots of this subject and they all were done in a hurry. I also don't like the way how I cropped the photo.

Anyway, many thanks for your comments. I really also appreciate the negative feedback, because I currently have a strange liking for very abstract/colourful/contrast images and I'm unsure if that's really the path to follow ;-)

Regarding the questions about the glow: It was night and the sign was illuminated. Because I increased the contrast in postprocessing the glow, which was only very faint in the original, was amplified.

Message edited by author 2003-01-27 09:12:59.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/26/2003 02:10:15 PM
I love the glow from flash? Cool colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2003 12:37:52 PM
I'm sorry, I don't understand it.
 01/23/2003 12:19:55 PM
Liked this one. The lines seem to pull your eyes out the right edge of the picture though. Perhaps bring the right edge in just past the overhead lights?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2003 10:23:34 AM
Strange sort of abstract. I think I would've like this pic better without the neon blue things around the poles. It doesn't give the pic anything positive I think except brighter color. The grainy blue streetscape is actually pretty interesting itself - Inspzil
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2003 08:40:26 AM
This looks really Eerie!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2003 11:04:01 PM
too distracting for my taste
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2003 10:36:00 PM
too much post processing obviously
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2003 06:56:56 AM
Very creative, and something I only saw while I was in Europe! I like this beacuse of its creativity. The colours are bleeding a bit though.. hmm.. I just love how different this is though! 9! -Annida
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2003 06:40:34 PM
can't figure this one out at all. Don't know what I'm supposed to be seeing or looking for. Not even interesting to look at. Sorry but it's a 1.
 01/20/2003 01:47:13 PM
How did you get the strange glowy effect?
 01/20/2003 02:30:33 AM
Ouch.. where did the neon come from? Cub


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