Industrial Guts

[curelightwounds]

anchor-guts-1 by jackylicious13, on Flickr

I dunno. My big concern right now is the blown out windows in the back. I sort of like it even though it's a faux pas.

What do you guys think?

edit: Oh right, forgot
Nikon d5000
Sigma 10-20mm
10mm FL
200 ISO
1 sec
f/4

[IABoomer]

I don't know if you hadn't asked if I would have even noticed the blown windows. I'm immediately drawn in by the yellow and find myself mesmerized by the collection of pipes and hoses.

It's a really cool shot, but it makes me sad that places that used to make things are disappearing.

[curelightwounds]

I know what you mean.

It's sort of like watching a car getting crushed. Sure it's inanimate but just thinking of all the people who've been there is sad. It may be physically empty but it's full of memories.

[ellie mac]

I do find the blown windows a little distracting in this one. Have you thought about a portrait crop of the left hand side? This would remove the windows & focus attention on the platforms/walkways on the left. Would give a less cluttered feel overall, without losing the sense of abandonment/decay.

You really find some fascinating buildings to photograph - I've been enjoying seeing what you have been posting recently.

[windrider86]

Please include the information asked for int he guidelines. thank you

[EOBeav]

Compositionally, I think things could be improved. Since you're shooting wide, I would suggest getting lower to the ground and closer to those papers, and having the machinery as your background. You could go portrait orientation to get this. As it is, there's too much in the image for me to be able to say what your subject is. There's lots of potential here though.

[mywanderlusting]

Since you specifically asked about the windows - I didn't notice them until reading your comment. They almost blend in with the scattered papers. I'd almost suggest making the subject a little more defined, but there's a certain level of craziness in the building that works for me!

[curelightwounds]

It was the first day with the new 10-20mm.

I made three mistakes that day:
1) Exploring multiple places because I need to do a lot of re-shoots now
2) Taking it for granted that I could post-work my way out of the kinks
3) Not reading up on wide-angles before going out with it

Ultra wides are a completely different animal. Just when I thought I had tamed the 18mm the 10mm makes life hard again :[

I've read up on some stuff and I'm revisiting one of those places this weekend.

I understand now that UWAs shrink the foreground so I need to shoot lower to the ground or closer to whatever I want my foreground to be because it shrinks.

[benchdog]

I like the compostion and didn't notice the windows at all. I found myself looking closer for details in the subject trying to figure out what may have been manufactured here. Must be my industrial side coming through. I did find this interesting but would suggest shootting this a little closer with more depth of field maybe even bracketing it. I think this lends itself to being a good HDR shot.

[Laurenbiz]

Originally Posted by EOBeav

Compositionally, I think things could be improved. Since you're shooting wide, I would suggest getting lower to the ground and closer to those papers, and having the machinery as your background. You could go portrait orientation to get this. As it is, there's too much in the image for me to be able to say what your subject is. There's lots of potential here though.

I agree that composition would be stronger if you got lower.

Also, I think the windows are fine. I noticed that, overall, you have a very unique, grungy, dirty photo. I think this would look great in B/W or maybe some sort of a harsh, high-contrast processing.