Challenge:Something Old (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony DSC-F707 Location: Hill City, SD Date: Jul 30, 2002 Aperture: 1:2.5 Shutter: 1/125 s Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2002
After getting frustrated with museum shots of T-Rex, I saw this old passenger train and decided it was going to be my submission - somehow. I had a couple of others that I really liked but this was my final choice.
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I love the title for this picture it sets a mood that makes you feel like you the photographer were once on this train in its glory days. the tilt is excellent. good job.
Something old. Use your photographic technique to emphasize the age of your subject. Composition - quite good Technical Aspects - quite good, did you try a small rotation to level it? Meets Challenge - yes Visual Impact / Originality - high
I just love this photo... it's a SHAME SHAME SHAME it's not level... and the framing with the doorway there is a bit unattractive. It could also use a bit more contrast... otherwise, this would be a perfect TEN. Still, I find myself coming back again and again to this photo. Well done. --9-- sohr
Great shot. OK, I have to ask - did you tilt the camera or is the train tilted? I like that effect. Wonder if you could crop it just a little more to leave just a little of the doorway sides visible, but may not have same effect or image size. This image is thought provoking. What went on there?...Who was there? I get the sense that maybe some event occured. Has a sense of mystic. Good work. 8 Ruthann
this is definitely an interesting subject for 'old'... the camera tilt is bothering me just a bit... in a case like this, I think that either perfectly vertical would work or a much more drastic tilt... - jmsetzler
seems overexposed to me. Do you have an exposure compensation on your camera? The bulls-eyed, eye-level shot down the corridor is un-interesting. it is not immediately clear what the picture is of, or whether the title helps at all.
Wow this is a fantastic subject. I love the odd angle too - that tells us something about what's going on outside the picture. Great light and concept. Perhaps I'd have pushed the colour up just a tiny bit. Great shot.
Very nice. Focus looks good. Lighting looks good. Subject matter is good. I'm sure you meant for the picture to be a bit crooked (Or is it the car that's crooked?)
Somehow I expect you might recieve some comments on how the picture is flawed because it is not strait... however this is not one them. My only comments (besides likeing it) are recommended spot edits which you would not have been able to do for the challenge. The first was is the light coming through the ceiling in the upper left- it seems to have a slight tint likely caused by the camera that you may wish to remove. You may also want to look at the frame on the sides you used and see if you can clear it up slightly perhaps just sharpen it once. --9 Agamemnon
I have looked at this picture at least a half dozen times. I rated it right away, but over the past two days I kept telling myself, "I must say SOMETHING about this picture." Problem is, I wanted my comment to be well-thought-out. So, here goes:
Light & color (in my opinion) are a photographer's best friends. Your use of light to catch the fading color of this very old passenger car (train) shows you know your friends very well.
This is cool. Everything has that faded, washed out look. Framing it at an angle helps so it doesn't have a pristine feel which wouldn't really fit something this aged. I'm wondering, though, if it might have a more dramatic feel if shot vertically instead of horizontally.
great photo. i love the tilt and the color and the light coming through the windows, it all sets up well. nicely done. ~mcmurma Aesthetics...8 Meets Challenge...8 Overall...8
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