Old Laundry Truck

JohnEBongoJohnEBongo Registered Users Posts: 340 Major grins
edited October 13, 2006 in Landscapes
This used to drive on a street and is now in a field, so I figured this was the best place to post. I stumbled across this old, abandoned laundry truck the othe day as I was driving down a gravel road. I thought it would make a great subject. I took a bunch of shots an dmade this collage......Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

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Comments

  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 13, 2006
    I like the concept alot. Something feels off in the B&W conversion though.. Is it a slective color thing where you dialed down everything but the green? Dunno...maybe it needs a slight curve adjustment. Something to give a bit of pop...might just be my laptop though. I also think that you can remove the "old" from the title as it's pretty clear that the laundry truck is indeed old. :D

    Nice work.
  • JohnEBongoJohnEBongo Registered Users Posts: 340 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2006
    truth wrote:
    I like the concept alot. Something feels off in the B&W conversion though.. Is it a slective color thing where you dialed down everything but the green? Dunno...maybe it needs a slight curve adjustment. Something to give a bit of pop...might just be my laptop though. I also think that you can remove the "old" from the title as it's pretty clear that the laundry truck is indeed old. :D

    Nice work.

    Thanks Truth. It did turn out a little more green than I intended. I will have to back and dial that down a little. I may also drop the opacity of the background, which may help the smaller pictures "pop". I like your idea of dropping "old" from the title. Like you said, it's pretty obvious.
    http://johnebongophotography.smugmug.com
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 13, 2006
    No problem. There's a great image in there for sure. Maybe try adding a warming filter as well. I know I always add one to my B&W conversions. It's funny because I never think I'll like it and when i turn the layer on and off it always looks better with the filter.

    I'm looking forward to seeing another version of this one.
  • thdizzythdizzy Registered Users Posts: 262 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2006
    I like the concept and subject. However, IMHO, I'd like to see the the background layer actually show a section of the van (front,back, middle,top, etc) and then have you 'collage in' the other sections of the van to make it look whole; in a slightly off centered way.

    I have never done it before and it might look horrible...It was just an idea I had.
    Todd Disraeli - Star, Idaho

    Disraeli Photography

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