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Day 17 - Abandoned Building
Day 17 - Abandoned Building
BarbB


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Injune Qld
Date: Sep 14, 2007
Aperture: f/4.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000 sec
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2007

Viewed: 223
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

 I'm not entirely happy with the composition of this one, but I had to crop it tight to elimate some modern day distractions. And cloned out a power pole.

I was attracted by the leaning water tank, but I don't think I really captured that feature well.

I'm also having a problem with the framing (not getting the white line across the top, I've redid it three times without success - any suggestions welcome) Thanks!

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 09/22/2007 12:43:10 PM
Not sure what you are asking about regarding the framing/white line?

I think this is a good example of what I commented on earlier. By your own words, there was one small part of this scene that interested you but you took a wide shot anyway. Hike up there and capture whatever it is about that water tower that catches your eye, and it might resonate with the viewer too.
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 09/18/2007 10:49:27 AM
This is certainly an interesting place. I imagine there are numerous photo op's here if it's close to home.

My first impression when I opened this is it's dark and a bit dreary. Not sure if it was really that overcast or if the photo is just underexposed...

What focal length of your 100-400 did you use? Sometimes in trying to tell a story with a photo it's easy to try and take too much in with the composition. If you had range left you could isolate some of the interesting features of this location and go for some tighter comps.


Anything there to stand on? The top of the water tank is blending with the roof line. A slight change to your POV could help make it stand out more (either higher or lower).

Can you get closer to that fence? Maybe include some foreground grass of interest with the building in the background?


All JMO of course. :D

Regarding the border...

I think there's a tutorial on that subject here on DPC. Yep...just looked. ==> Borders and Text

Sometimes I'll do it this way; finish the image work, resize to 620, border 1px white, border 9px black. Now I'm at 640 for challenge entry.

Anyway. Enough babbling on my part. Smile and keep having fun! :)
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 09/17/2007 10:42:02 AM
I think this shot is actually quite nice... it has a very rustic feel (which I'm guessing you were going for). The composition is ok, if you were going for the leaning water tank, a different camera position that put the tank more in the forefront would have helped (as it stand the tank blends a bit into the building)

over all a nice shot though... good work!
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