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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: churly on August 08, 2019, 05:54:02 pm

Title: Evening Traffic
Post by: churly on August 08, 2019, 05:54:02 pm

I have mixed feelings about this shot.  I like the convergence of the lines and the light but the story is pretty simple.
Any thoughts on this one?
Chuck

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 08, 2019, 06:24:06 pm

It's a fine minimalist landscape. Quite effective.

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: brandtb on August 08, 2019, 06:52:42 pm

Fantastic image. That "well of light" above the "bright line" of the road and how it moves across the frame - really great. As well, the color, color tonalities, and the subtlety of those tonalities. I'm not sure if this is from compression down to jpg - but there is a fair amount of radial banding in the sky I might double check (I'm seeing it in both Adobe RGB and SRGB on an Eizo). Kudos.

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: RSL on August 08, 2019, 07:44:56 pm

I agree with Brandt, Chuck. It's a marvelous shot. Bravo!

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: D Fuller on August 08, 2019, 08:21:26 pm

Quote from: churly on August 08, 2019, 05:54:02 pm

I have mixed feelings about this shot.  I like the convergence of the lines and the light but the story is pretty simple.
Any thoughts on this one?
Chuck

I think it’s stunning. I like it even better when I make it more horizontal. Looking at about a 2:1 ratio all on the bottom, it seems to me to amplify everything I like about the image (all horizontal lines) and loses nothing.

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on August 09, 2019, 05:00:44 am

Love it.

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: churly on August 09, 2019, 04:09:20 pm

Thanks to all of you for your comments.  Shifting to the 8-bit jpeg did indeed 'posterize' the sky.  I will revisit that.
Chuck

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: John R on August 09, 2019, 10:54:47 pm

Nice indeed.

JR

Title: Re: Evening Traffic
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 10, 2019, 12:01:46 am

Superb!