Transfer

Richard

Madrid has a great subway, but it also has its gotchas here and there. I was going to an unfamiliar part of town and the subway map showed that I could change trains at one station. Well, yeah, but what the map didn't say is that you had to walk several blocks in a tunnel to a different station to make the transfer. :bash

r3t1awr3yd

Personally..... I mostly like it except for the top down to the black mesh stuff, and from the bottom up to the left corner of the wall/floor. I'm a huge fan of WIDE looking tunnel shots though. :hide

lizzard_nyc

r3t1awr3yd wrote: »

Personally..... I mostly like it except for the top down to the black mesh stuff, and from the bottom up to the left corner of the wall/floor. I'm a huge fan of WIDE looking tunnel shots though. :hide

I'm trying to see where you mean .


I do really like this long wide tunnel. I wish it didn't curve so we can see further down.

I found your story seriously amusing too:) better you than me.

r3t1awr3yd

I'll try to edit it when I get home so you can see what I mean lol.

Patti

I like this a lot. The curve at the end lends a sense of mystery for me. Where are they headed? I like the disappearance. I find the black overhead links to the black clothing further down.

r3t1awr3yd

After the crop I couldn't do what I wanted

lizzard_nyc

r3t1awr3yd wrote: »

After the crop I couldn't do what I wanted

no way--the you lose that long line of reflected light leading the way, it looks so much shorter and what I liked was the long length---but then I'm seriously partial to uncropped photos most of the time.

I'm curious to see what others think though. This could be a good cropping vs no cropping learning lesson.

anonymouscuban

Hmm... I'd do an unconventional crop. I crop just beyond the black line on the right and then crop the top just as you did above.

Richard

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Personally, I like the curve because it prevents you from seeing the end of the tunnel. The feeling I had was, "this is endless," and that's what I wanted to capture. As for the crop, I sort of like AC's idea--the black vertical line at the right should probably go. I don't have time right now to play with it, but I will later if I come up with something decent.

Richard

How about this?

Syncopation

Richard,

To my mind diagonals are much more emphatic when they lead in from the corners. For this reason I like r3t1awr3yd's crop and your crop. Of the two I'd go for your's as this stays true to your original intention.

DaddyO

Many of my maps don't show bumps in the road either. But I still keep them.
Shot looks nicer spruced up. Am sure you will be giving that a go. I like the curving vanishing point and the oh so few folks going this particular way. Engenders food for thought. Nice title for that.

rainbow

Like the shot, love the story.

I do like the right edge cropped some for my visual pleasure. Where this shot falls short is in the people. I would have liked to see a solitary figure walking away from you or some other more interesting figures in it.

Richard

Syncopation wrote: »

Richard,

To my mind diagonals are much more emphatic when they lead in from the corners. For this reason I like r3t1awr3yd's crop and your crop. Of the two I'd go for your's as this stays true to your original intention.

Yes, in general I like diagonals from the corners. But in this one, I thought it lost too much real estate that way.

DaddyO wrote: »

Many of my maps don't show bumps in the road either. But I still keep them.

Thanks, Michael. I got home, eventually.

rainbow wrote: »

Where this shot falls short is in the people. I would have liked to see a solitary figure walking away from you or some other more interesting figures in it.

Yes, either of those would have worked, but it would have been a different picture. I thought that by letting the people be as small as possible, yet still recognizable as human figures, it would add to the feeling of distance. Next time I get lost there, maybe I'll explore other possibilities.

Tina Manley

Richard wrote: »

Yes, either of those would have worked, but it would have been a different picture. I thought that by letting the people be as small as possible, yet still recognizable as human figures, it would add to the feeling of distance. Next time I get lost there, maybe I'll explore other possibilities.

I like the original crop best for the same reasons you do. Hope you get a chance to get lost again

Tina

Patti

I think the line of people in dark clothing helps define the curve in the hallway and the perspective. I don't think the effect would be as strong with only one person.

DaddyO

For consideration. I was thinking a bit in this direction for your shot.



Added some speed here. Sometimes it works ok.

Richard

Thanks Michael. It's a little different that what I saw at the time, which was white and bright. In fact, I did an alternate version processed as a high-key shot, but finally decided against it. You took the opposite approach, which is interesting. I like the textures that it brings out in the ceiling but miss the detail in the iron grate.

sara505

Richard wrote: »

Thanks Michael. It's a little different that what I saw at the time, which was white and bright. In fact, I did an alternate version processed as a high-key shot, but finally decided against it. You took the opposite approach, which is interesting. I like the textures that it brings out in the ceiling but miss the detail in the iron grate.

I like the darker version because it makes the white lines stand out. If you squint a little, the lines of the tunnel and the light and reflection are all converging rather dramatically. It's grabbier.