What’s Your Preference?

bbtom10 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 04:43 PM

Another photo from my recent Welsh trip, this one I feel looks better in B&W.

I am trying to capture an old world style shot, bringing back the history of this old branch line as it trundles along the coast, past the houses on the hills and towards the tunnel in the distance.

Is the composition suitable - the track leads the eye through the picture but does it intersect it too much? I do like it on the vertical in this way.

What about the treatment of the surrounding area? Nik Silver Effex has done a good job on this with some LR fiddling after so appreciate your thoughts...

It was taken in early twilight, hence the high ISO...

Camera Nikon D5000
Exposure 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 26 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias +2/3 EV

Thanks
Tom

Tito87 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bbtom10

Another photo from my recent Welsh trip, this one I feel looks better in B&W.

I am trying to capture an old world style shot, bringing back the history of this old branch line as it trundles along the coast, past the houses on the hills and towards the tunnel in the distance.

Is the composition suitable - the track leads the eye through the picture but does it intersect it too much? I do like it on the vertical in this way.

What about the treatment of the surrounding area? Nik Silver Effex has done a good job on this with some LR fiddling after so appreciate your thoughts...
It was taken in early twilight, hence the high ISO...
Thanks
Tom

I like your shot,and yes, the track leads the eye through the picture. The tunnel, though, is hard to make out; it's too far away. If you hadn't mentioned it, I,probably, would've missed it. If you want the tunnel as part of your story, you need to get closer-- I think you're going to lose the first house on the left, but you have to decide what's more important to your story.

Krusty79 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2011, 08:04 PM

I think if there was something that looked very old in your image, it would give me more of the "old world" feel. Right now, it strikes me as a B&W conversion. The train tracks are a nice leading line, but leading to what? I can't see the tunnel either and my eye doesn't know where to go after following the tracks. Nothing looks particularly sharp in the image, so I'm guessing you shot this hand held. You would be better off using a good tripod and shooting at ISO 100. If you had a graduated neutral density filter, you could have used that to reduce the brightness of the sky relative to the ground to get a more even exposure.