The view from jail

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The view from jail

Postby Onyx on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:03 pm

Let me explain my absence from these forums lately... I've been in 'jail'*.

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Peering at the outside world from my 'cell', complete with barbed wire fences preventing my escape...

Taken at 6:45am on a Saturday. 50 working hours in, 8 more to go!!

* It certainly feels like it.
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Postby owen on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:08 pm

What a great moody photo. The highlights are perfectly round too - I believe that is a mark of a good quality lens. Lovely composition, colours and mood.

Don't work too hard Onyx... Real life is much more fun.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:09 pm

I like the bokeh, perhaps could of gone with a sharper more in focus fence line.
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Postby mudder on Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:03 pm

I know how you feel, sometimes on a long shift I feel like scratching at the window, just quietly whimpering...

Like the pic but yep the barbed wire seems soft to me too, dunno if it's just a short DOF thing or not though...

Nice background lights...
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Postby Stealth on Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:44 am

Love the darkish lighting, it really sets a mood. Even if you don't guess that there is a prison there, you get the idea.

I think increasing the depth-of-field just slighty so that the wire stays in focus all the way across but the background is still out would improve this one.
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Postby Glen on Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:52 am

Chi, saw the heading and the poster, thought this will be interesting :lol: Nice image
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