A neat find in an alley on the Riverwalk in San Antonio.
Post processing: cropped, apparently tried lots of ways, according to the history... Autolevels, then did Bear's "cntrl-alt-~" thing to get highlights, multipy mode, 75% opacity; selected shadows same way, soft light, 50% opacity. Sharpen, twice. Resize. Sharpen again. USM was a bit too harsh.
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Place: 26 out of 154 Avg (all users): 6.2356 Avg (commenters): 8.5625 Avg (participants): 6.1096 Avg (non-participants): 6.3136 Views since voting: 1457 Views during voting: 286 Votes: 191 Comments: 31 Favorites: 5 (view)
Someone brought this up in the member of the week post. I looked at it and said "wow". Then I saw that I had scored it a 9 in the challenge. I don't remember it, but I really like it!
Excellent picture. Wonderful abstract. Super colors and lines. Nice textures. Obviously I am not the only one who thought so, given your high ranking. Well done. I have no idea how to improve on this image. I would have scored this an 8 or 9 had I not been out of town.
Like I said, I absolutely love this photo, it really jumped out at me in the thumbnails page when voting, and I gave it a 9 (no 10s in this challenge for me). Should have done better I reckon, but its the kind of photo that can easily be underrated here.
fwiw, I really like the desat outtake, but not as much as this one.
The framing and composition seems to be perfectly balanced. The interplay of the diagonal shadows and the stripes of colour works really well, echoed by the solid black of the f/g staircase. The white steps on the bottom right of the frame add some depth to the composition.
Great find, takes a photographer's eye to see it and to fully exploit the potential. Your best entry I've critiqued so far in my books, even if it doesn't have the highest score.
ETA: wouldn't be quite the same without those lovely earthy tones
Tradin gPost - You know I think I like this better now than when I first voted on it. I must have been in a rare mood as a couple of the shots from our trading post group i scored a bit low. The San Antonio colors work well (those earthy tones you know) and the crossing lines of the shadows and colors bring in some more interest. Not a bad shot and congrats on your score and placement. Cant complain with a 6+ shot.
i personally did not like this one. i had no idea why, just that it did not make me think wow nice pic.
i am looking at it and it is technically correct (maybe a bit to dark in the deeper shadows) but that is not it. so i leave myself with not knowing why i think this is just a normal pic, just that i do.
Trading post...
Very nice play of light and shadow. You seem to really excel at these types of shots. The colors add alot of interest along with the brightness of the stairs. I really love how the darkness at the bottom left matches up to the darkness at the top right, really great symetry (spelling?). We'll have to start calling you the goddess of shadows, LOL!
Congratulations on an excellent score and a near perfect run of 6's. I liked this shot - lots of interesting lines...sort of feels like motion. Great colors too. Good job. Rock on Sister.
Challenge: SHADOWS III
Description: Creatively capture a shadow Advanced Edit
Stair Shadow
Fit: Epitomises the idea behind the challenge 2
Just love the way the shadows drive the dynamics of the iamge
Aesthetics: An exceptional composition/exceptional aesthetics 3
The intersection of the colours and the lines along with the shadows make this an intriguing image, keeps me looking
Technical: Technically well executed 2
Very nicely constructed and presented. There's something slightly dischordant about the right hand side, but I've tried simulating other crops and none are better. So I guess it is what it is after all! And what that is is pretty interesting and satisfying. 7.
nice lines and way to make the shadows the subject of your photo. I also like how the lines of the shadow follow the lines of the stairs in the foreground
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