Something blue

[drmike]

Could it be considered abstract? I don't know. But it's certainly blue



Mike

[BobDavid]

I think if you clone out the seams, the picture will have more impact.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Well done.

Since you posted it in the Critique section, I'd suggest to push the shadows on the right even further into black, to balance the vertical rectangle.

[drmike]

I wondered about the shadows on the right, I may have a go and see what I can do.

Not sure I want to lose the seams - I worry that it just becomes a desert of blue if they go?

Mike

[RSL]

Definitely don't lose the seams, but Slobodan's right on darkening the shadows.

[Rob C]

Definitely don't lose the seams, but Slobodan's right on darkening the shadows.

+1

Rob C

[Krug]

It needs the seams methinks.

[drmike]

OK then if I want to darken the shadows on the right I think I can do the larger area but what about the railing? What I find happens is that I get a weird effect with fuzzy edges. What's they way to go about that?

[Krug]

Looking at it again I think that the right hand should be left just as it is - it adds a third level of complexity with its shading. Darkening that area would make it too much like the left hand side of the image and lose that element of subtlety.

[Rob C]

OK then if I want to darken the shadows on the right I think I can do the larger area but what about the railing? What I find happens is that I get a weird effect with fuzzy edges. What's they way to go about that?

Don't even try the railing: it's a penumbra effect, as it should be; the solid can be done, though, and I think it would do no harm to an already good shot.

Rob C

[BobDavid]

I see what you mean about keeping the seams. Sometimes my minimalist attitude throws me off.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Looking at it again I think that the right hand should be left just as it is - it adds a third level of complexity with its shading. Darkening that area would make it too much like the left hand side of the image and lose that element of subtlety.

I agree. I've "previsualized" all of the suggestions and I don't think any of them would improve the original, which keeps growing on me every time I look at it.

I like the shadows and seams just the way they are.

[drmike]

Thanks to everyone. What you may not be able to see at that size is that the bottom right dark area contains a wire mesh which would probably be clearer when printed. I am relieved that the consensus is moving towards leaving it as is - I feared that with my level of expertise  I could only spoil it