Vanishing Point Reject - comments/critiques please

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

08/11/2004 09:31:14 PM · #1

I got too chicken to enter this shot.

Here's another I totally forgot about:

Please tell me what you think of them.

Thanks,
Ara

Edit to add addl pic.

Message edited by author 2004-08-12 03:10:37.

photom

Nikon D200

08/11/2004 09:36:58 PM · #2

Crative and artistic. Mysterious. Great lighting and capture of the street lamps. My score = 8. My guess at what you'd end with = 5.3

08/11/2004 09:50:04 PM · #3

Personally I don't like all these tilted photos. It does have some coolness with the lighting and sky, prolly a 5/6 from me.

ScantyNebula

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/11/2004 09:53:25 PM · #4

Looks out of focus, doesn't really portray vanishing point all that well for me, purple fringing, and too dark .... I would probably give it a 4. Just my opinion ..

So did you enter anything else?

agrimace

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/11/2004 09:54:34 PM · #5

This is my reject. I wasn't sure it fit the challenge among other problems. Comments

ScantyNebula

Canon EOS-5D

08/11/2004 09:58:14 PM · #6

agrimace,

This just don't fit vanishing point for me. Technically its okay .. could use contrast boost, maybe 1x sharpening.

08/11/2004 09:58:15 PM · #7

Originally posted by agrimace:

This is my reject. I wasn't sure it fit the challenge among other problems. Comments

This is a sketchy one for a vanishing point. I can see where there could be one (or more), but it's not convincing.

08/11/2004 10:00:03 PM · #8

photom - thanks, and i'm averaging 5.3 right now, so i guess it didn't matter. =]

kyebosh - thanks. yes the main thing i liked was the lights and they didn't even translate well - they were really, really blue (probably should have taken my UV filter off)

scantynebula - thanks. what do you mean!?!? it's actually in perfect focus! but, the 1/6th of a second shutter time makes for a lot of camera shake. =] there really isn't much purple fringing in the normal sense - the lights were a really cool purple/cobalt blue, and the camera seems to have cut a lot of the blue out - some of it clipped to white. it might have been better if i'd shot raw.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

08/11/2004 10:04:00 PM · #9

Originally posted by agrimace:

This is my reject. I wasn't sure it fit the challenge among other problems. Comments

I dig it, but not for the challenge. You managed to get all your straight lines pretty much parallel, although the building gets thinner towards the top.

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

08/11/2004 10:06:03 PM · #10

Have to join the Gutless gallery. Didn't think it would qmeet the challenge in most people's minds, but didn't find anything I liked more. Given the quality of the entries, I think it would have gotten crushed.

08/11/2004 10:09:40 PM · #11

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

I think it DOES meet the requirements. It shows objects the same size growing smalling in the distance. If you drew lines down their sides you'd get parallel lines getting closer and closer visually. 6 prolly.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/11/2004 10:13:14 PM · #12

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

I don't love the selective desat, but I like it overall, sharp and contrasty.

agrimace

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/11/2004 10:13:30 PM · #13

I dig it, but not for the challenge. You managed to get all your straight lines pretty much parallel, although the building gets thinner towards the top. [/quote]

It does get smaller. It is a cathedral. (national cathedral in washington DC. Cool place to take pictures BTW. Many gargoyles & stain glass windows. I spent around two hours taking pictures.

Message edited by author 2004-08-11 22:15:16.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/11/2004 10:16:12 PM · #14

Originally posted by agrimace:

It does get smaller. It is a cathedral.

so does a bell, but it's not a vanishing point ;-)

agrimace

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/11/2004 10:18:17 PM · #15

Originally posted by kyebosh:

Originally posted by agrimace:
It does get smaller. It is a cathedral.

so does a bell, but it's not a vanishing point ;-)

True I was just trying to clarify.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

08/11/2004 10:42:29 PM · #16

Here were two of my out takes:

and

Had a few others of Orange Groves but lacked detail

08/11/2004 11:00:09 PM · #17

Originally posted by BradP:

Here were two of my out takes:

and

Had a few others of Orange Groves but lacked detail

I like the night shot, the 2nd just doesn't appeal that much, perhaps a little dark.

my non-submits are in that rather controversial thread with 170+ arguing posts... if you dare take a peak.

08/11/2004 11:00:47 PM · #18

I like them both, Brad. But, I like the highway shot best. Something about the entrance ramp merging to find the main road looks great to me.

08/11/2004 11:01:36 PM · #19

Originally posted by kyebosh:

my non-submits are in that rather controversial thread with 170+ arguing posts... if you dare take a peak.

I was too afraid, that's why I started this thread. =]

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

08/12/2004 03:09:15 AM · #20

I totally forgot that I took additional VP pics. :[

What do you think of this one:

nico_blue

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/12/2004 03:25:08 AM · #21

Originally posted by BikeRacer:

I totally forgot that I took additional VP pics. :[

What do you think of this one:

I would say that the composition is interesting but that some parts are over-processed. The hand for example is beginning to look more like a digital painting than a photo. The mirror in the top right is a bit distracting.
I like the colors and the feel the photo has, I also like the sky and the definitions and sharpness in the landscape all the way to the vanishing point.

Message edited by author 2004-08-12 03:26:14.