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Time Passes
Description: Commemorative whisky barrels sit in a warehouse while the years pass outside.
Why I like it:
1. Evidence of time passing.
2. Compositionally, is has lots of 'threes'.
3. Cobwebs really add a lot to it, and the detail is incredible in the original high-res version.
4. Technically, I like the way that it contains shadow detail while maintaining the highlights from the (very bright) window - this is not a HDR shot: it's 12-bit RAW, deliberately under-exposed, and adjusted to reveal shadow detail.
Processing: raw, curves, -> black & white -> duotone -> RGB, sharpen, dodge, blur.
What would I do differently next time?
1. Crop a little off the right.
2. Place an object of interest, at the focal point of the image (which I think is between the plank and the lower-right point of the window shutter. That new object would need to be 'grafted in', perhaps a filled whisky glass.
3. Perhaps compress the window into two columns of panes, to shorten the 'dead zone' in the width.
4. Could a human subject add to this picture in any way?
5. There's a little perspective distortion in the window geometry, which is correct for the angle of this shot, but it could be distracting in a presentation context, where a frame or mount would be at odds with it.
6. In print, the black levels might not quite be dark enough, as compared with the noise levels in the shadows. Perhaps opting to lose the deep blacks would make a picture with better impact.
Picture Ref: DSC_7587 (Time Passes)
Time Passes
Description: Commemorative whisky barrels sit in a warehouse while the years pass outside.
Why I like it:
1. Evidence of time passing.
2. Compositionally, is has lots of 'threes'.
3. Cobwebs really add a lot to it, and the detail is incredible in the original high-res version.
4. Technically, I like the way that it contains shadow detail while maintaining the highlights from the (very bright) window - this is not a HDR shot: it's 12-bit RAW, deliberately under-exposed, and adjusted to reveal shadow detail.
Processing: raw, curves, -> black & white -> duotone -> RGB, sharpen, dodge, blur.
What would I do differently next time?
1. Crop a little off the right.
2. Place an object of interest, at the focal point of the image (which I think is between the plank and the lower-right point of the window shutter. That new object would need to be 'grafted in', perhaps a filled whisky glass.
3. Perhaps compress the window into two columns of panes, to shorten the 'dead zone' in the width.
4. Could a human subject add to this picture in any way?
5. There's a little perspective distortion in the window geometry, which is correct for the angle of this shot, but it could be distracting in a presentation context, where a frame or mount would be at odds with it.
6. In print, the black levels might not quite be dark enough, as compared with the noise levels in the shadows. Perhaps opting to lose the deep blacks would make a picture with better impact.
Picture Ref: DSC_7587 (Time Passes)