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Postby dodge on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:10 pm

Have been lurking on here for a while so thought it was time i bit the bullet and post a topic in the thick skinned section :D

Here goes.............................C&C welcomed :wink:

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Postby Ronza on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:17 pm

Nice entropy.

Only thing that detracts for me would be the blown sky, B&W conversion anyone?

Other than that, a nice photo.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:47 pm

Ronza wrote:B&W conversion anyone?


I ran it through one of my custom settings and got this...

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Postby Oz_Beachside on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:52 pm

I think the vintage machinery warrants conversion. B+W, or sepia?

Bump contrast? Make the spider web pop?

Live the smooth background, gives nice setting with the second machine.

nice work!
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:53 pm

I like the shot, the balance between the main focus and the OOF tractor... would of been a good entry for the agriculture challenge we have running.
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Postby dodge on Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:57 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:I like the shot, the balance between the main focus and the OOF tractor... would of been a good entry for the agriculture challenge we have running.
i thought of that but it wasn't taken recently so ithought it didn't qualify...I appreciate the comments guys :D
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:18 pm

dodge wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:I like the shot, the balance between the main focus and the OOF tractor... would of been a good entry for the agriculture challenge we have running.
i thought of that but it wasn't taken recently so ithought it didn't qualify...I appreciate the comments guys :D
True, I didn't think to check when it was taken.. BTW, glad you've plucked up the courage to post an image, really it isn't as scary as it looks :)
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Postby bwhinnen on Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:53 pm

Great to see it up here, you know I love this pic!

I would like to see this in sepia as well could prove very interesting, never thought of that before!
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Postby Ghetto Panda on Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:36 am

Really cool picture as suggested already b&w for this shot would look great and i feel a tight crop would look good as well about an inch off the right, left and top. And a sharpen my make the web really stand out as for me that is the main focus.
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Postby hangdog on Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:35 am

I like the subject and the colours, but since the bars on the grille act as leading lines to the web and the lettering, IMHO it's distracting that the curved part of the grille on the left is out of focus.

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Postby Travy on Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:15 pm

Bout time joe :D

but i think you should put up your night scenery shots and motor sport shots ;)
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Postby ozczecho on Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:55 pm

Nice first up picture dodge....works well in colour as well as b&w...for me the blown sky isn't much of an issue as IMHO it doesn't draw my eye away from the main subject area...nice shallow DoF
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