I love the accurate composition of this piece, and the colours in the sky give a nice warmth to a piece. Maybe slightly cropping in closer would help the focal subject further. And playing around with long exposure as the train passes would have been really interesting to see.
This is a great site in Charlotte for photographs. I think you should have waited 10 or 15 minutes longer to shoot though- the sun is still a little too present to truly consider this a night photograph. I also think you should have lightened the track area using an overlay.
Very nice shot! You got a really nice sunset shot. If you had a tripod out there it would have been interesting to shoot further into the sunset as the sky darkened, to later HDR align and combine these images in Photoshop. I would try this out next time to create an even greater image. Your play with the blurred fence in the foreground is the third element that makes the photograph work for me. Good job!
This is a great example of both breaking the rules and it being successful while still utilizing other rules of composition. Obviously placing the subject in the center is not ideal but it works quite well here. especially when you give more space to the foreground and emphasize the leading lines of the train tracks. I might look into other work that explores communicating night and day in the same image. It appears like you almost got there but it needs a shot 10 minutes later or more post processing to really push the night and day concept.
This doesn't exactly scream, night time. While I think there are a lot of formal elements I could compliment, and I will, I want to address that we only know this is a sunset because we know the parameters of the project.
WIth my background in film I can vouch that there are quite a few disaffected youth films that start with sunrise over a train yard and that's what this looks like. It's very well executed. And very westherically pleasing with the light glinting off the rails and the soft diffusion of focus on the grating fence in the immediate foreground with the barest glimpse of the skyline in the background. it is very well composed. The brights are bright, the darks are dark the color isn't shifted strangely, the detail is preserved. It is a very well taken photograph. And I want to make sure I emphasize that.
Any film would be well served to have this as it's opening shot.
I really enjoy the background of this image but I find the blurred fence in the front to be a bit distracting. I appreciate that you used the fence to frame the city. It would probably work better with it either in focus, or just removing the fence altogether. Also you could wait just a little bit longer to shoot so it has a twilight effect. Maybe you could try coming back around 8 or 9 when there are still trains running and set the camera on bulb so you can capture the light trails of the trains on the tracks! Other than that I really enjoy this image.
as I said earlier I love how the lines of this piece criss cross and overlap each other kind of like a map but not a map lol, I love the lighting as well it creates almost a twilight feel.
I love the accurate composition of this piece, and the colours in the sky give a nice warmth to a piece. Maybe slightly cropping in closer would help the focal subject further. And playing around with long exposure as the train passes would have been really interesting to see.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great site in Charlotte for photographs. I think you should have waited 10 or 15 minutes longer to shoot though- the sun is still a little too present to truly consider this a night photograph. I also think you should have lightened the track area using an overlay.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite pieces, I love the sunset effect and the gate in front of the lens. I wouldn't change anything about it.
ReplyDeleteVery nice shot! You got a really nice sunset shot. If you had a tripod out there it would have been interesting to shoot further into the sunset as the sky darkened, to later HDR align and combine these images in Photoshop. I would try this out next time to create an even greater image. Your play with the blurred fence in the foreground is the third element that makes the photograph work for me. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of both breaking the rules and it being successful while still utilizing other rules of composition. Obviously placing the subject in the center is not ideal but it works quite well here. especially when you give more space to the foreground and emphasize the leading lines of the train tracks. I might look into other work that explores communicating night and day in the same image. It appears like you almost got there but it needs a shot 10 minutes later or more post processing to really push the night and day concept.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't exactly scream, night time. While I think there are a lot of formal elements I could compliment, and I will, I want to address that we only know this is a sunset because we know the parameters of the project.
ReplyDeleteWIth my background in film I can vouch that there are quite a few disaffected youth films that start with sunrise over a train yard and that's what this looks like. It's very well executed. And very westherically pleasing with the light glinting off the rails and the soft diffusion of focus on the grating fence in the immediate foreground with the barest glimpse of the skyline in the background. it is very well composed. The brights are bright, the darks are dark the color isn't shifted strangely, the detail is preserved. It is a very well taken photograph. And I want to make sure I emphasize that.
Any film would be well served to have this as it's opening shot.
It just doesn't feel like night time.
I really enjoy the background of this image but I find the blurred fence in the front to be a bit distracting. I appreciate that you used the fence to frame the city. It would probably work better with it either in focus, or just removing the fence altogether. Also you could wait just a little bit longer to shoot so it has a twilight effect. Maybe you could try coming back around 8 or 9 when there are still trains running and set the camera on bulb so you can capture the light trails of the trains on the tracks! Other than that I really enjoy this image.
ReplyDeleteas I said earlier I love how the lines of this piece criss cross and overlap each other kind of like a map but not a map lol, I love the lighting as well it creates almost a twilight feel.
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