Sry

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Oh all right, a few thoughts then:

I like how the mural jumps out at us in Belfast, and love the
minimalism and attention to small details in Richmond.

The Dublin Spire I haven't yet found the "je ne sais quoi" which would convince me I just hadn't yet found it.

The Oxford balloon, while more incongruously out of place than the Belfast mural, seems to blend in with its environment in a most natural way - a great find!

The Dundee Docks are simply amazing - the jagged steel against the jagged clouds, waves crashing into waves, and does that fence really think it can contain this fury? A dramatic tale indeed!

The Dublin Reflections are very cleverly framed - might just as well be seeing the city directly through those panes of glass, were it not for the skies' differing colours.

Contrasty wall at The Birmingham Canal, the fanned-out lines doing a good job of framing the graffiti - and the grass a welcome touch.

So much happening in Shoreditch, this and Birmingham have rythm to them, in spades.

The Liverpool Shadow - pure minimalism and attention to detail, again. Love how that shadow seems to fly freely through the geometrically intricate desing of the building - will it escape?

Silence is key in rainy Milton Keynes - yet there is a latent presence in all those deckchairs. Another favorite.

Only after observing them as an ensemble did I appreciate The Plymouth Washing and the MK Underpass. Somewhat at odds with the rest of the set, I needed to mentally adjust to the more mundane(?) environment, framing, colour... More of the same would work wonders as a series.

Great set!

Comment by Sry posted on On the Road - Cities at 04/12/2018 - 20:24

Sry
All your recently posted seascapes are very nice. I like this series best, but "intimacy" pertains to all of them (or rather, to how you saw them).

Comment by Sry posted on Intimate seascapes? at 30/11/2018 - 12:54

Sry
Very nice, 1, 4 and 7 are the more subtle and moody to my taste. 5 has a classic look to it.

Comment by Sry posted on Some Sunset Shots at 30/11/2018 - 11:53

Sry
I like them both, the air of mystery in the first shot, and the movement of the cliff in relation to that of the steps in the second. Well done.

Comment by Sry posted on Fonty Steps at 27/11/2018 - 17:55

Sry
Nice set! I find the first and last of the color images work best for me - very well composed.

Comment by Sry posted on Trinidad, cuba, 2011 at 26/11/2018 - 15:59

Sry
I like the first one's composition/perspective, and the contrast/similarity between the tire tracks and the criss-crossing structure. Very interesting shot.

Comment by Sry posted on The Menacing Phantom at 26/11/2018 - 15:56

Sry
A diverse set, from which I would single out 2 and 10 as compositional favourites. There is also a call/response thing happening between the flags and poles in 2 and the birds and upright elements in 10. 3 and 5 form a beautiful pair, in their colour treatment (which is really something you are very good at in general) as well as in their depicting two different states of sand/concrete. 4 fits in quite nicely between them colour/perspective wise, and also the human construction from natural materials.

Most of all, it is the subtlety of human presence which makes those shots stand out for me.

Comment by Sry posted on On the Road - Humans at 26/11/2018 - 11:16

Sry
Thank you Raza, much appreciated.

Comment by Sry posted on Yves St Laurent at 21/11/2018 - 14:36

Sry
Thanks, Derek (and I love post processing as much as I love taking the pics, so double thanks).

Comment by Sry posted on Yves St Laurent at 20/11/2018 - 23:12

Sry
I prefer the first version, for the light, which seems to have diffused in version 2. Otherwise, I would probably prefer the b+w. I agree with Peter the crop doesn't work quite well - but I don't mind the objects (projectors?) in the first two, they bring a rather welcome counterweight to their side of the image. Well seen!

Comment by Sry posted on Three takes on one image at the Oculus at 18/11/2018 - 23:07

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