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06/23/2004 08:02:07 PM |
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The message
The water tower grabs attention here; it has a lot of contrast with the sky and a unique shape. The train is a nice touch that adds context and ambience to the water tower, but even though the rails lead the eye to it, the train is too close to the edge to compete with the water tower.
Creative choices
The perspective here is great. The setting is nice, although the power poles are a bit distracting, as is the bright spot on the object below the water tower. Lighting isn't bad, but nothing special either; the sky is a bit bright.
Technical aspects
Focus and exposure are fine. The sharpness and blur on different parts is unnatural and a bit disconcerting; for example, the water tower and train are in focus although grass between them isn't. |
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06/20/2004 05:49:53 PM |
| Focus is really bizarre in this - have you softened it? Like the leading lines effect, though the solidity of the water tower pulls the eye quite strongly too - in fact might form an intersting balance t the primary compositional elements of the rails and the engine. Burnt out sky, and those poles and posts seem cluttered rather than evocative. 4 |
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06/19/2004 06:17:30 AM |
| I thought of doing a shot like this one, but didn't find the time to get up on the tracks and wait. Also didn't want to make the engineers nervious as of late there has been a rash of train vs people accidents around here. Nice shot... |
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06/18/2004 02:57:34 PM |
| I like the selective focus here. Very nice shot |
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06/16/2004 12:15:51 AM |
| Focus seems kind of soft. |
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06/15/2004 11:18:25 PM |
| very nice, it almost looks like a minature train set |
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06/15/2004 04:08:46 PM |
| Seems like it's not focused in quite the right place. Well-framed though. |
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06/14/2004 02:03:03 PM |
| Good composition, but would love to have seen a higher quality image. |
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06/14/2004 10:37:11 AM |
| The picture is a little too out of focus...the subject is off to one side a bit too far as well. |
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