star struck
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by MaryO:
Great bokeh.

underrated: climate activism
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by Rankles:
This is a very cool and photogenic building, and whilst I think the link to climate activism and thus your meeting the challenge requirements is a little tenuous due to its small size I'm going to stick with my original high score as there's something about the composition I love.

day's end
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
This vintage lens missed infinity so a bit soft in weird places. Not a moving grab shot with that composition.

day's end
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by Rankles:
It's a little soft for me unfortunately but I think you have a good choice of subject, the juxtaposition of the colours between the equipment and the environment could make for a great shot. If you get a chance to return, definitely revisit this idea!

day's end
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by glad2badad:
Definitely a rural / farm scene. Very rich green grass. Looks like this was taken from a moving vehicle maybe? Some blur to it and not quite sharp. Slight lean to the left also (the buildings aren't quite level). That solo tree sticking up would be a good candidate for "removing a distracting object" in the challenge rules. :-)

bright lights big city
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by posthumous:
I don't usually like the canvas texture used so obviously, but combined with the high contrast oversaturation and blur, this works well for me.

bright lights big city
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by roz:
great treatment .. one of my favourite bits is the sky .. it looks like a wrinkled canvas .. also loving the lights .. some like fire ..
its a very modern scene with the appearance that some old master has painted it .. time warp for sure ..
perfect for the challenge .. :)

bright lights big city
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by kasaba:
Nice ... a bit much black (no definition) on the right, I think I may have prefered it in a square crop taking that black out.

fall's last hurrah
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by Neat:

Originally posted by oldbimmercoupe: Originally posted by Neat: Originally posted by kasaba: Congratulations! I definitely see a future "Impressionistic Photography" entry :-) Yes absolutely! Care to share how you created this? Sure. Wanted to test a vintage lens for bokeh and liked what I saw and came up with idea to simply blend 2 layers. All bokeh layer on top of regular shot that was mostly bare trees. Both shot a few minutes apart. Used a blending mode of multiply and then it was just some burn and dodge work.

Thanks so much, what a fantastic result you have achieved!

fall's last hurrah
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:

Originally posted by Neat: Originally posted by kasaba: Congratulations! I definitely see a future "Impressionistic Photography" entry :-) Yes absolutely! Care to share how you created this?

Sure. Wanted to test a vintage lens for bokeh and liked what I saw and came up with idea to simply blend 2 layers. All bokeh layer on top of regular shot that was mostly bare trees. Both shot a few minutes apart. Used a blending mode of multiply and then it was just some burn and dodge work.