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Posted 02/01/2010 - 22:22
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No 2
The diagonal out of the bottom right is nice, maybe would have been good if you could have worked one of the roof lines into a corner.
Nice colours the beige against blue and the blue in the windows.
As mikew more a study in angles the skeletons are irrelevant as they are insignificant.
Steve
The diagonal out of the bottom right is nice, maybe would have been good if you could have worked one of the roof lines into a corner.
Nice colours the beige against blue and the blue in the windows.
As mikew more a study in angles the skeletons are irrelevant as they are insignificant.
Steve
Posted 03/01/2010 - 09:30
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No hesitation from me either - number two
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Posted 03/01/2010 - 11:50
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Sorry but i'm totally confused as to what the picture is for? Skeletons??
Bob
Posted 03/01/2010 - 12:05
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Prefer number two. But wouldn't have noticed the skeletons if they hadn't been mentioned in the thread.
Posted 03/01/2010 - 13:07
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Thanks for the advice folks!
When I first took the photo it was about the angles, but then I noticed the skeletons and thought they added a nice extra little detail. Evidently not I promise they are slightly more apparent in the larger versions! Will see if I can do anything about the top diagonals, and will post it here in a minute.
When I first took the photo it was about the angles, but then I noticed the skeletons and thought they added a nice extra little detail. Evidently not I promise they are slightly more apparent in the larger versions! Will see if I can do anything about the top diagonals, and will post it here in a minute.
Tim
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Posted 03/01/2010 - 13:19
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Latest version, slightly rotated and re-cropped:
Now I find the wall lamp a bit annoying
Now I find the wall lamp a bit annoying
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Posted 03/01/2010 - 13:38
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RichardDay wrote:
Still too much content.
Thanks Richard. Do you mean the skeletons add too much content and you'd prefer the photo without them? Or is there some other content problem?
Still too much content.
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Posted 03/01/2010 - 14:29
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Yeah i like this version Tim.
I still think the skeletons are irrelevant though and it would probably be better without them at all, or if the skeletons are important in the picture you need to crop in as Richard said and make them the subject.
I might be tempted to clone out the light fitting botom right.
I still think the skeletons are irrelevant though and it would probably be better without them at all, or if the skeletons are important in the picture you need to crop in as Richard said and make them the subject.
I might be tempted to clone out the light fitting botom right.
Posted 03/01/2010 - 14:35
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I think the skeletons are irrelevant too Tim. This picture is about modern architecture, angles and shapes. As for the wall lamp - you could easily clone it out. If you are desperate to get the skeletons in why not go back and shoot it again, but straight on and not from an angle so that you get them clearly defined in the window.
David.
David.
Posted 03/01/2010 - 15:04
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Agree with David that the true subject is the architecture, but the skeletons add a little bit of a surprise in a sort of 'where's wally'? way. (I like pictures with hidden details like this!) Concentrate on the formal composition and let the skeletons be an interesting incidental detail.
The crop is awkward where it cuts through the wall lamp - I'd pull back slightly unless you enjoy cloning!
The crop is awkward where it cuts through the wall lamp - I'd pull back slightly unless you enjoy cloning!
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Saffron Walden,
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Which crop do you prefer? Number 1 was my original crop, but then I tried number 2 to strengthen the position of the skeletons. However I then lose the right side windows...
Version 1
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