abandoned Ukiah train station

Eric&Susan

There is an old train station in the middle of town that was put out of commission a long time ago. I had a some time to kill today so I thought I would go shoot some pics. Here's what i came up with:

Old abandoned car:



The train station in color:



In B&W, which I prefer:



Thanks for looking. As always critiques or improvement ideas welcomed.

Eric

gpgold

Eric&Susan wrote:

There is an old train station in the middle of town that was put out of commission a long time ago. I had a some time to kill today so I thought I would go shoot some pics. Here's what i came up with:

Old abandoned car:



The train station in color:



In B&W, which I prefer:



Thanks for looking. As always critiques or improvement ideas welcomed.

Eric

What do think of this? Virtual Photographer - Old Newspaper Filter.

regards,

Gary

Eric&Susan

gpgold wrote:

What do think of this? Virtual Photographer - Old Newspaper Filter.

regards,

Gary

I like that look. I'll have to do some playing with PS to see if I can come close to that. Thanks for the view.

Eric

gpgold

Eric&Susan wrote:

I like that look. I'll have to do some playing with PS to see if I can come close to that. Thanks for the view.

Eric

Here the link to the filters (free download). It's a lot of fun, I am using with PS 6.

http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

Gary

Eric&Susan

gpgold wrote:

Here the link to the filters (free download). It's a lot of fun, I am using with PS 6.

http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

Gary

Thanks Gary. I'm using elements 3 and it works for that also. Looks like there are some good filters in there for me to experiment with.

Thanks,

Eric

SusanB

Eric&Susan wrote:

There is an old train station in the middle of town that was put out of commission a long time ago. I had a some time to kill today so I thought I would go shoot some pics. Here's what i came up with:

Old abandoned car:




Thanks for looking. As always critiques or improvement ideas welcomed.

Eric

Eric,

I enjoyed the other images but, the composition and subject of this one is cool to look at. My first impression tho', is that the contrast is a bit extreme. I can see how you may have been doing this for effect but, it is not quite doing it for me. Unfortunately, I don't have suggestions to fix it due to my lack of ps skills- I just keep working with it

Susan

wxwax

My impression is that the color train station shot could be oversaturated and blurred to give it a neat, dreamy effect.

Steve Cavigliano

Eric,

If you want that "dated" look, then B&W, sepia, or some variation of duotone would work well, IMO. For color, there's not much happening in the scene, so I agree with Sid. either some sort of dreamy color look like what you get from say the Ethereal Glow Action. Or, maybe even a paint treatment like the Hayes Island Cafe Action.

Not that your images or treatments were bad. Just a couple of ideas to take these types of shots beyond the ordinary

And what's up with that old railcar? Don't you guys sell spraypaint up there? :lol :lol There's not much graffiti on that car. Down here, they tag them while they are rolling down the tracks.....lol

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

Eric&Susan

SusanB wrote:

Eric,

I enjoyed the other images but, the composition and subject of this one is cool to look at. My first impression tho', is that the contrast is a bit extreme. I can see how you may have been doing this for effect but, it is not quite doing it for me. Unfortunately, I don't have suggestions to fix it due to my lack of ps skills- I just keep working with it

Susan

I thing the contrast is a little to much also but that is what I was going for. Unfortunately the sun was shining real bright and kinda made the pic not so good so in trying to salvage this is what I came up with and I kinda like it. When I have more time maybe I'll try to work it some more or better yet I'll just go re shoot it. Thank you for the advice!!!

Eric

Eric&Susan

Thanks for the ideas Waxy and Steve. I wasn't completely satisfied with it but also ran out of ideas to make it better. I'll will give it another try with your suggestions.

thanks,

Eric

Eric&Susan

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Eric,



And what's up with that old railcar? Don't you guys sell spraypaint up there? :lol :lol There's not much graffiti on that car. Down here, they tag them while they are rolling down the tracks.....lol

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

Actually there isn't alot of graffiti around here, at least not that I see. I kinda wish there was more. After growing up in LA I kinda came to appreciate some of the murals that they create, almost an artwork:D

Eric