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05/06/2006 01:50:43 AM |
| This is a great shot. My only comment is that the corner of the building just happens to lie almost dead center which is a bit of a distraction ;) |
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04/19/2006 03:53:56 AM |
Well, not too much to add to all these wonderful comments, I will just confirm them:)
My first impression was exactly what has been said... the distance is an inbetween distance, either closer up or farther back would make for a better image.
Positives, the B&W works well, the image is interesting, and the lighting is good. This image would get a 7 or 8 from me in an appropriate challenge. |
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04/18/2006 08:45:00 AM |
tonal range is very good, can't see any blowouts or black spots, the subject isn't very interesting exept for the way electrical wires are one the outside of the house, composition is a bit strange but works since the corner splits the image in half and you have a window on one side and a door on the other.
still it's a nice image, good post processing. |
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04/18/2006 08:03:31 AM |
Okay, I not too keen on the composition particularly the way you have cut off the roof. For a black and white the tonal range is a bit too flat IMO. Looks like this photo was taken in the afternoon, several hours from dusk which doesn't help with the light. This might also have improved the tonal range.
The building obviously has stacks of potential as far as a subject so I would return and try a different angle, get some more of the roof and sky in (maybe). I'd even try a wider-angle shot to capture more of the building - it looks very interesting.
Sorry if my comments sound too negitive, you are onto something. |
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04/18/2006 07:30:08 AM |
hi,
well what to say, the composition could be much improved with moving the frame in either direction just not to get angle of the house in the middle of the frame, the tonal range and details are very good, as i mentioned for composition the cut off chimney is not very nice to see, with this in mind the photo lacks definition, the B&W is good choice but i would like to see it in color also,
i do think however that there are awesome posibilities with taking photos of this building, try different angles, funny compositions or something else...
peace,
goran |
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04/18/2006 07:20:36 AM |
| I think that it is an extremely good idea and nice shot. I really like the clouds in the back and the door of the building. Those stand out to me, no real reason why. |
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04/18/2006 07:11:44 AM |
| Hi, I like the b&w tones here and I think the greys are very nice. But on the whole, I'm not sure where you want me as a viewer to focus on. I don't get a feel of the house overall as my eye is constantly drawn to the middle where the two walls merge. The angle makes it look a little flat. Perhaps a different angle will help but not being there, I really can't offer up more useful ideas (sorry). :) |
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04/18/2006 07:08:31 AM |
| Take Ed's advice - he is right on the money. My own thoughts? Showing this much building, its disturbing that there is no ground. I know its there - the door ends. As it is, I get the sense that I'm nowhere - I don't have anything to stand on to view this image. The texture of the sky is great, but in this image it fights with the texture of the walls for attention. The corner of the building cuts this image nearly perfectly in two. I think you need to decide what drew you to the building and concentrate on that. If it is the building as a whole, pull out and show us the surroundings so we get a sense of place. You have the eye to find interesting things; now you have to decide what is most interesting and focus on that. I am very intrigued by the wheel in the window - I want more. Maybe this building is many images of parts rather than one image of the whole. |
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04/18/2006 06:31:14 AM |
I'm not sure that you haven't slightly fallen between two stones here; it has elements of trying to show two things: the house in itsw location, and the details and textures of it's walls and the shadow-play of a moment of light. The location aspect doesn't work too well - you're just too close, too cropped maybe; and yet the details side isn't so effective for me for the opposite reason - not close enough. What seems immedaitely clear is that the real power in the image could be framed in an area comprising of the window image left, the street sign, the pipework and the shadows assoiated with them: I think that would tell almost as much, if not more for the sake of the detail, this full-face image. The tightness of the cropping to the roof and chimney doesn't help you - makes it feel like the whole thing couldn't be got it and this was the next best: perhaps sometimes all you actually need is a detail to illuminate the whole story?
The conversion seems OK - though I might like a touch more graduation in the shaded areas, you have the highlights well under sontrol it seems. The right hand section of wall seems unnaturally dark, where it should surely be as bright as the area around the street sign? I think that disturbs the threee-dimensionality of the image a little ... |
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