Big Cannon

[deck]

Hello,
2 things I need critiqued, first of course is the composition of the pic, and second is the (photoshopped) IR effect (thanks to Adalove for sharing a nice tutorial site). My eye is not trained for such effects and I need to know what needs to be improved.
If you see other things that needs improved then feel free to tell me

Here's the pic

[Mako]

I like that! Reminds me of WWII, in the middle of France, about to square off against the Luftwaffe, or something...

Black and white is stunning.

[jake@countersinkdg.com]

Can you point me to the URL for the IR tutorial?

The photo is very well done. To give it a more antique feel you could have roughed it up a bit, but i LOVE the angle of the gun barrel in the photo.

Only other comment is that I'd like to see more empty space to the left of the photo. I think the crop is too tight against the gun, sorta missing out on a stronger perception that something bad's about to shoot out.

Thanks!
Jake

[Redrabbit]

Great shot. I like it just the way it is. Like the angle of the gun too.

[greer]

I agree with jake, a bit of empty space around the upper left would have made it feel less cramped.

I wonder what your motivation was to do this shot with photoshopped IR. Some IR shots look fantastic, but I'm not sure this subject is a good candidate. IMO it doesn't really do much for the gun itself. All it really does is give emphasis to the background grass and foliage. Did you try just good ol' black and white?

[ZackB]

One thing I do find is my eye is drawn to the large white-ish area of background just below the middle of the canon barrel. I imagine this is a result of the IR photosphopping, perhaps try muting it a little? drop it to more of a middle gray?

[SexyNinjaMonkey]

My cannon isn't so big.... But look at the huge d*ckhead that jumped the gate to ride it...

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[deck]

Jake - PM'ed you.
Greer - Yep, got it, I think I cropped it a bit too tight :P I wouldnt know if its a good candidate or not, but now that you mentioned it, I'm reminded that its good for landscape and sometimes portrait shots...
Redrabbit - Thanks
ZackB- Yep, got it, I'll try and play around with the channel mixing and see what I can come up with.
SexyNinjaMonkey- Haha :P