Streetlight

thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
edited October 26, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
Enjoy!

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Thanks for looking!
Travis

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    Seems that great minds think alike today rolleyes1.gif
    Randy
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    rwells wrote:
    Seems that great minds think alike today rolleyes1.gif
    Haha, indeed!

    It is even more odd that I took this shot months ago and just happened to process it today. Something in the air, perhaps? :D
    Travis
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    I'm really want to like this for some reason, but it isn't really moving me. I think with all those lines from the steps, I feel obligated to like something geometric here. Sorry.
    - Andrew

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    I'm really want to like this for some reason, but it isn't really moving me. I think with all those lines from the steps, I feel obligated to like something geometric here. Sorry.

    Just admit it Andrew, you are a streetlight hater :lol4
    Randy
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    I'm really want to like this for some reason, but it isn't really moving me. I think with all those lines from the steps, I feel obligated to like something geometric here. Sorry.
    I totally get that, Andrew. I've been skipping over this picture in Lightroom for months because I liked it but it just didn't move me. I decided to go ahead and process it today and see what happened. I think maybe some more extreme processing might help out but I don't know much about that side of the world.

    Perhaps Randy and I have more in common today than first thought? :D
    Travis
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    rwells wrote:
    Just admit it Andrew, you are a streetlight hater :lol4
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    Travis
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    They mess up my nighttime views....rolleyes1.gif
    - Andrew

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  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    They mess up my nighttime views....rolleyes1.gif
    rolleyes1.gif
    Travis
  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    I wonder if this would work better in B&W? The subject is rather muted in its colors compared to the sky, the grass, and the rails. The blue rails, by their color, link to the blue sky, which I find distracting. If you want to try a B&W version, I suggest amping up the contrast a bit.

    I can see what Andrew is saying about wanting to find something geometric in the lines in the lower part of the picture, but I actually like that part precisely because it's kind of messy. It's a bunch of straight lines tangled up with each other, and out of that arises that one strong, straight vertical, the streetlight, on the base of the stacked horizontal steps.
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    Got bored with digital and went back to film.
  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    adbsgicom wrote:
    They mess up my nighttime views....rolleyes1.gif

    Bugs: Pardon me again, Doc, but just what did you mean by that crack about the Earth being gone?

    Marvin: I'm going to blow it up. It obstructs my view of Venus.

    Bugs: It does? That's a shame.
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    Got bored with digital and went back to film.
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    craig_d wrote:
    I wonder if this would work better in B&W? The subject is rather muted in its colors compared to the sky, the grass, and the rails. The blue rails, by their color, link to the blue sky, which I find distracting. If you want to try a B&W version, I suggest amping up the contrast a bit.

    I can see what Andrew is saying about wanting to find something geometric in the lines in the lower part of the picture, but I actually like that part precisely because it's kind of messy. It's a bunch of straight lines tangled up with each other, and out of that arises that one strong, straight vertical, the streetlight, on the base of the stacked horizontal steps.
    Thanks for the suggestion, Craig. I'll work one up this evening and post it for comparison.
    Travis
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    craig_d wrote:
    Bugs: Pardon me again, Doc, but just what did you mean by that crack about the Earth being gone?

    Marvin: I'm going to blow it up. It obstructs my view of Venus.

    Bugs: It does? That's a shame.

    One of my alltime favorites....
    20091025-101.jpg
    - Andrew

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  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    Ask and ye shall receive...

    I took your suggestion to the extreme, craig. Here's my take on a B&W version of the light. I do find it more interesting I must say. Thanks for the advice.

    692786387_S2bpo-L.jpg
    Travis
  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    Nice. I like it as a B&W subject.
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    Got bored with digital and went back to film.
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2009
    craig_d wrote:
    Nice. I like it as a B&W subject.
    Thanks, craig. thumb.gif
    Travis
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