Rakka's little photography thread

I will comment on the rest of the pictures later, but first I must comment on the picture of Blue's Brew's BBQ, because it is my favorite. It is the kind of picture I would take, especially with the blue clouds. This has so much potential to be a wonderfully moody image! The only things that bother me are the skewed perspective, and the color, or perhaps, the presense of color. I think the image would be far more captivating in black and white. Here is an example of a tritone I made in Photoshop. Feel free to try your hand at making your own:



A picture such as this would have greatly benefitted from the use of a view camera, where you could have used rear tilt to stop the lines from converging vertically. A tilt-shift lens can produce the same effect. Canon makes some TS lenses, but they're extremely expensive.

More comments coming soon...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

More comments, as promised.

"Stonewall": I think perhaps shooting the wall from closer up and a more downward angle would have increased the perception of the length of the wall.

"Bolt": I think this is pretty neat, but you should have lessened the depth of field to pot more emphasis on the connector.

"Tower": I see what you were going for here, because I've taken shots like this, but something isn't right. Maybe it needs to be zoomed in a little more? Perhaps the trees should be made totally black as well.

"Jones": I like this one a lot. The DOF is just right and the mood is nice. Great shot!

"Puddle": I wouldn't have tilted the shot, but that's just me.

Rainbow: Oh, if you had only gotten the behind-view shot with the fabric in the frame, that would have rocked.

There's nowhere I can't reach.