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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: mokenny on December 25, 2009, 12:59:58 am

Title: grinding mill
Post by: mokenny on December 25, 2009, 12:59:58 am

Picture taken with  Panasonic Lumix gf1, 14-45 mm kit.  b&w conversion with bw styler.
comments welcome as to how to improve the picture
Mokenny

Title: grinding mill
Post by: jasonrandolph on December 29, 2009, 10:41:21 am

I think it's a great still life.  Vignetting gives it a feeling of nostalgia.  I don't think I would change a thing.  Nice job.

Title: grinding mill
Post by: John R on December 29, 2009, 10:57:13 am

Quote from: jasonrandolph

I think it's a great still life.  Vignetting gives it a feeling of nostalgia.  I don't think I would change a thing.  Nice job.

I agree, the gradual transition from areas of light to dark is wonderful.

JMR

Title: grinding mill
Post by: francois on December 29, 2009, 11:15:30 am

Absolutely wonderful!
Did you shoot it with a square aspect ratio or did you crop it later?

Title: grinding mill
Post by: PeterAit on December 29, 2009, 11:23:13 am

Quote from: mokenny

Picture taken with  Panasonic Lumix gf1, 14-45 mm kit.  b&w conversion with bw styler.
comments welcome as to how to improve the picture
Mokenny

I think this is very well done, it has a lovely tonal range. The only changes I can suggest is to crop out a bit at the bottom to show the entire wheel (if possible), and crop in at the left to hide the stick. I can't tell if those would really be improvements without trying.