Well OK maybe it is but the original concept went out the window when it rained all day so I went indoors.
The photograph was resized in photoshop after experimenting with colour saturation in Nikon Editor.The white balance was incorrectly set in this photograph. The following photograph was correctly set but I thought the colour in this one was a bit more lively so this is my choice.
I'm in to minds as to crop or not to crop. Oh well I will leave it you all to tell me. I'm sure you will.
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No, not just not another railway track photo at all! It's one that is unique, creative and artistic. The glowing colors are very magical. The platform next to the rails is a vanishing point without the rails. Well seen and shot.
Organisation of the various planes within this shot is a bit disappointing: an amost purely graphic image should, i think/believe, be more careful with the angularity of it's subject. Your positioning of your vanishing point, and your use of colour, seems arbitrary, neither centred nor privileged, and the colour seems under-whelming, could surely have been worked up into something more impactful, or lost altogether. An annoying element is that it appears that a horizontal rather than slightly tilted presentation might have given a much more harmonious composition, placing the tunnel entrance on a much stronger area of the frame. A good idea, though, but needing more work to my eye. 5
No it is not just another railway track photo....The great colors really remedy the somethimes ho-hum same sort of thing sometimes with a train sometimes not and why do they always seem to be left justified. I mean I understand fully why the track is not centered, but the track sans train or with, always seems to be on the left.....is it me? Possibly. Back to the colors....they are wonderful and even a litle photo happy RGB thing going and I think their repititions of the reflections on the steel columns and platform also makes this unique. ALso love the textured warning path and all those lines and VP's. My only nit, and I really wish I did not have one, is that it just looks like it could use a bit of CW rotation to make it better than it already is. Great capture and good luck!
You might have called this 'not your mother's railway track photo.' Nicely done, but I might have tilted it a bit to the right. But perhaps you tried that and it looked better this way.
Thanks for getting this challenge right. I'm already getting sick of the people who don't unerstand the concept. Not only does this actually meet the challenge, but it's just a good shot.
? This looks like Brittomart, or at least the other photos I've seen of it!... Neat wall, and you've got the white balance pretty good considering the odd lighting. The lean to the left is a little distracting though...
Please keep em coming. Since I'm stuck here in the f'ing heartland of America, I dont get to see places like this very ofter. Just trailer courts and large women wearing tight disney clothing. Yes,. God hates me.
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