On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:03 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/ >
I know what you mean. I'm always stopping to photograph old and rusting machinery and it's rare that the resulting images are as good as I'd hoped. So, I'm the last person to advise what you should have done.... However, that trailer doesn't look like it's going anywhere in a hurry so going back on a day when the light is less contrasty would be my starting point. As to the photos, the composition of the first one is quite attractive - would it be possible to move your shooting position to avoid the boat (?) in the background? The black and white works well - not dreck at all. As for the detail shots, LRC35287.jpg works best, mainly because it hasn't got any incidental distracting elements in it. LRC35293.jpg has potential but I'd like to see a version that eliminated the sky and trees and concentrated on the light and the curved row of rivets. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
