Response to Urban Decay (Response #71)

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nattfodd said 716 days ago:

Good shot, but I don't like so much the B&W conversion, it looks to me like some colors are missing and the whole shot is too "uniform".

Roger said 716 days ago:

This picture contains lots of interesting elements, such as:
the sagging girders which suggest bomb damage;
the spiky vegetation that is colonising the crumbling concrete;
the anonymous machine near the lefthand edge.

zorilla said 716 days ago:

An inetresting image but the DOF setting makes it look very flat and 2 dimensional

anil said 716 days ago:

A perfect fit for the theme. But compostion wise I think it would have had a greater impact if it had been shot from a slightly closer distance.

Puppatina said 716 days ago:

I like this one a lot. I like the B & W.

Puppatina said 716 days ago:

I like this one a lot. I like the B & W.

philippe said 716 days ago:

Thanks for your remarks. I won't discuss the DOF or "uniformity", if that's the way you see it, that's fine. But it's not a conversion from color, it's a scan from a B&W negative.

urbangriffin said 712 days ago:

Wonderful composition. Very dramatic environment. The perfectly thought framing almost makes it look like a film set but this has to be real, one knows it is and the realisation saddens.

Then I find the toning really perfect. I only wish I could have been able to enjoy a bigger version of this. ;)

I may find at the closure of the challenge that this was my favourite picture, and hope I can see more of this.

urbangriffin said 712 days ago:

I'll just add that the distanced position from the photographer is what adds this special something to this picture. The unemotional, withdrawn finish is what drew me in, only just with a delay.

philippe said 711 days ago:

Urbangriffin, thanks a lot for your sensible comments. :-)

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