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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Roberto Frieri on March 29, 2012, 10:19:08 am

Title: Pipes & beams
Post by: Roberto Frieri on March 29, 2012, 10:19:08 am

M8 + Summarit 2.5/35
Capture One 6

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: shutterpup on March 29, 2012, 06:58:57 pm

#2 reminds of the game Jenga   :D

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: EduPerez on March 30, 2012, 02:56:25 am

First think that comes to my mind when I see #1 is that those pipes should be perfectly straight; perspective distortion is breaking a very nice picture, in my humble opinion.

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 30, 2012, 03:52:58 am

Quote from: EduPerez on March 30, 2012, 02:56:25 am

First think that comes to my mind when I see #1 is that those pipes should be perfectly straight; perspective distortion is breaking a very nice picture, in my humble opinion.

I have to agree. The second, on the other hand, I do like.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: walter.sk on March 30, 2012, 12:07:37 pm

For me, the pipes are too predictable and somewhat static.  The second picture is very dynamic and pulls my eye into it.  The distribution of light and dark also adds to the intrigue of the second picture.

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: fike on March 30, 2012, 01:46:26 pm

For me, the second image lacks any meaning or story.

The first one, on the other hand, is fabulous.  These parallel pipes with a dogleg and a jump over another pipe make me wonder what they are for? why are they going this path?  Who installed them so neatly.  Were they considering how to make it look tidy and pretty?  I'm not bothered by the distortion. What little distortion there is could very quickly be repaired by a free transform or a warp.

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: popnfresh on March 30, 2012, 02:01:36 pm

The second one is an interesting composition, but the tonality is too flat. It could use a little enhancement, like this:

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: Roberto Frieri on March 31, 2012, 02:16:24 pm

Thank you shutterpup, Edu, Jeremy, Walter, Mark and popnfresh for your comments and indications.

Title: Re: Pipes & beams
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 01, 2012, 03:57:18 am

Quote from: fike on March 30, 2012, 01:46:26 pm

The first one, on the other hand, is fabulous.  These parallel pipes with a dogleg and a jump over another pipe make me wonder what they are for? why are they going this path?  Who installed them so neatly.  Were they considering how to make it look tidy and pretty?  I'm not bothered by the distortion. What little distortion there is could very quickly be repaired by a free transform or a warp.

Marc, the perspecive distortion is the only thing about the shot that bothers me. If it could be corrected, I'd like the image a lot: I agree with all the points you make (but I still like the second one).

Jeremy