Dying city;

[ewiedenhoff]

Canon EOS 400D, Canon EFS 10-22mm. 1/60, f4.5, ISO100

Shot taken during a weekend at my friends place in Tonnerre, France. A complete block in the city center is more or less abandoned.

What I wanted to illustrate is the life of a small business fading away. What I'm looking for here is if you think color-saturation is enough, framing, etc, etc....the more you can give me, the better. My first contribution of many I hope.

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[hifigraz]

It is very nice. But maybe a little bit less saturation would illustrate the sadness a little bit more...

[ewiedenhoff]

Originally Posted by hifigraz

It is very nice. But maybe a little bit less saturation would illustrate the sadness a little bit more...

Thanks hifigraz, i'll try that !

Rgds,
Emmanuel

[KansaiGreenie]

Hi ewiedenhoff,

Wow! This is a lovely image and quite thought provoking. I think that you've done a great job.

I agree with hifigraz, I think that less saturation would better communicate that the business is fading away. In my mind saturation indicates vitality and exuberance. Also, I wonder if the image would be stronger if the store was a smaller part of the image. In other words, I wonder if showing the store's relationship with the rest of the street wouldn't communicate how small and insignificant it is.

In either case, this is a very striking image. Well done.

KG

[EMansfield]

Apart from less saturation, maybe the photo will appear more interesting if there is a person sitting at the door steps. Just my two cents.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

[ewiedenhoff]

Originally Posted by KansaiGreenie

Hi ewiedenhoff,

Wow! This is a lovely image and quite thought provoking. I think that you've done a great job.

I agree with hifigraz, I think that less saturation would better communicate that the business is fading away. In my mind saturation indicates vitality and exuberance. Also, I wonder if the image would be stronger if the store was a smaller part of the image. In other words, I wonder if showing the store's relationship with the rest of the street wouldn't communicate how small and insignificant it is.

In either case, this is a very striking image. Well done.

KG

Thanks for the feedback, unfortunately this is the original size, but i'll think about this in the future.

Emmanuel

[ewiedenhoff]

Originally Posted by EMansfield

Apart from less saturation, maybe the photo will appear more interesting if there is a person sitting at the door steps. Just my two cents.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

Thanks Eric,
Unfortunately this street/block was so abandoned that now by-passers were even near ! But indeed, good idea !

Rgds,
Emmanuel

[GadgetRick]

Yes, less saturation and shoot wider to give an idea of thew hole street fading away. This is a nice photo but doesn't illustrate a whole area fading away, just one store.

[ewiedenhoff]

Originally Posted by GadgetRick

Yes, less saturation and shoot wider to give an idea of thew hole street fading away. This is a nice photo but doesn't illustrate a whole area fading away, just one store.

Cheers, I'll take this in consideration the next time, as said, this is the original size but indeed, it make sense !

Rgds,
Emmanuel

[doubleconvex]

I've had a go to try to add some value... check the attachment out.