This is the old sugar beet warehouse/factory from a distance. Sorry about the dumpsters, but this was the best angle to show the large building, and the little one that was used for auto body repair next to it.
To make something so big appear so small, not by diminishing it, but by putting it in context, is a delight to see, and the processing here emphasizes the effect for me quite well.
I am very struck by the effect of the low cloud blanket almost pressing down on the main building and its reflection in the puddle which suggests to me it might also be pressing up on it ready to carry it away towards the vanishing point. A sense of things going in that direction.
Edit: very effective perspective.
the pool of water provides just the bit of detail to the foreground to balance the building - this could be a rather mundane photo - but the big clouds both reflecting and actual provide enough contrast for the remainder of the asphalt and brick
What's cool about your processing is that this looks like a photo that the factory would have hanging in their offices. It has this antiquish feel to it. I like the puddle and reflections too.
I love these old factories. The clouds and the puddle (with reflections) are great. Perhaps the only minor point is the gray wall on the right, but, who knows, there's something else on the left. Nice link about the the history!
Nice b&w. I'm wodering if you could shoot that in portrait mode a little bit to the left... you would loose at leat one dumpster ... although they're not that annoying.
argh!!!! was late for work today cos the beet lorries closed my road for 15 minutes whilst loading.
Yup, the puddle sure helps the image with some foreground interest. I might have crouched down a little more to try and remove a little of the 'empty' middle ground? What pp'ing did you do? looks a little heavy on the shadow/highlight though it does give an interesting wash to the image.
Read a bit about it from your link in the main thread, plenty more stories to be told methinks ;)
I'm enjoying your explorations, Barbara. It's nice to see your view of where you are. And don't sweat the dumpsters. They're there, and they're part of the place.
Puddles provide repetition of element in ones picture and you remind me that they contribute greatly to a photo composition. It's hard sometimes to get the puddle to reflect what one might want it to but, like a mirrored wall in a room, it opens up an otherwise impenetrable plane. I learn something of elements available in the photographer's visual toolbox from your photo.
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