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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 15, 2013, 03:17:46 pm

Title: The old elevator
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 15, 2013, 03:17:46 pm

Hello everybody !

After being offline for a longer time I thought I'd say "Hello" again with this image of an Hamburg icon:
The image shows a part of the elevator construction for cars and people which leads down to the old tunnel below the river Elbe.

Cheers
~Chris

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 15, 2013, 05:16:37 pm

Welcome back!

Looks like a prime candidate for b&w?

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Tonysx on October 15, 2013, 05:46:17 pm

Looks like a prime candidate for compliments as a shot. Like it!

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: AFairley on October 15, 2013, 05:57:01 pm

Like the tones falling into shadow at the left side.

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 16, 2013, 08:57:31 am

Thanks for the appreciation.
Feels good.

I made a large print (24") and am quite happy with it.
The loaned IQ260 along with the Rm3D was definitely worth the tryout.
And printing again after the break is food for the soul.

Cheers
~Chris

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: RSL on October 16, 2013, 01:52:13 pm

It's a really interesting shot, Christoph. Good job of looking.

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 17, 2013, 12:34:48 pm

Honestly - you'd be shocked about how much of that "seeing" was postprocessing and something I only saw inside myself when I took the shot.
E.G. the shadow transition on the left side of the image is a gradient added in post as well as some others.
Basically its the image I saw when I was there, but it wasn't really there until I postprocessed the file.
This makes me happy, since nobody complained the imaged looked overcooked or something, so its all good I believe.

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on October 19, 2013, 06:15:34 am

It's good to see you posting again Cristoph. And the photo is good too.

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on October 19, 2013, 03:23:23 pm

Quote from: Riaan van Wyk on October 19, 2013, 06:15:34 am

It's good to see you posting again Cristoph. And the photo is good too.

Hey thanks - feels good to be here again. :)

Title: Re: The old elevator
Post by: stamper on October 20, 2013, 05:49:46 am

Definitely not overcooked. Imo well processed, particularly the light areas. An image that keeps you looking at it for more than a few seconds and that makes it a fine image.  :)