I agree with Dave P.  Cheers, Christine. 


On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:14 PM, David Parsons <parsons.da...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If I were going to shoot that thing in full sunlight, I wouldn't want
> the big shadow on it on the first one.  It looks great as a B&W, but
> the shadow detracts, especially being right in front where it's the
> first thing your eye sees.
> 
> I don't care much for 2 and 3, they just look like snapshots.
> 
> The last three, personally, I would have squared up to them and shot
> them from straight on.  That's my particular preference, but they
> don't really speak to me.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
>> On my way home from what I'll euphemistically call lunch, it was lunch, 
>> perhaps food is the euphemism, I noticed an old trailer parked in the back 
>> of what used to be an RV lot in Scotts Valley.  It may be older than I, was 
>> probably quite the item when new, but now seems even more decrepit than I.  
>> In other words, a photo opportunity that I couldn't resist. There is 
>> something that I find strangely compelling about photographing things that 
>> have decayed from their past glory.
>> 
>> Now that I've had a chance to look at the photos, I'm a bit disappointed.  I 
>> got a few nice ones, but none as nice as they looked through the viewfinder. 
>>  So, I'm actively soliciting feedback on what I should have done. Six 
>> photos, two of the trailer, four detail shots.
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628213959037/
>> or
>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157628213959037/
>> 
>> As an aside, due to a complete brainfart, the first photo I took was, 
>> according to the camera, five stops underexposed at ISO 80.  I hit auto tone 
>> on the nearly black image in lightroom, and a surprisingly clean photo 
>> appeared.  Artistically, it was dreck, but for a photo shot at 1/4000 sec 
>> rather than 1/60, it was very sharp and noise free dreck.
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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