Inchanga Railway Station

[Neville Bailey]

Inchanga Railway Station is located in a very picturesque setting.

I would value feedback on my composition and exposure of this photo.



Inchanga Station by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr

[shruggy63]

I'm a bit of a beginner too so take my comments with a pinch of salt. (BTW you need to include your exif data so more experienced technicians than us can help more.) It's a classic triangular composition which is always strong. With the benefit of hindsight that critiqueing someone else's picture brings: The exposure is good on the background hillside but bad on the foreground at the left & right of the image, is your camera set for a spot exposure? I'd crop some of the left side out & try to put some light into the covered area on the right in a photo manipulation S/W package. If you can go back & re-shoot I'd step to the right (don't get hit by a train!) & try shooting from different heights. Are you shooting RAW?

[autofocus]

The exposure looks good, but the composition leaves me wanting something. Don't get me wrong, it's a pleasant photo, but I'm kind of searching for a subject. The tracks, and the railings, and the walkway leads your eye off into the distance where I'd like to see a subject. But unfortunately, there really isn't one. Leading lines work best when they lead you into something, and it's just not here..sorry for being so critical.

[Neville Bailey]

Originally Posted by shruggy63

BTW you need to include your exif data so more experienced technicians than us can help more.

You can see all the EXIF data if you click on the photo - here is the link.

Originally Posted by shruggy63

The exposure is good on the background hillside but bad on the foreground at the left & right of the image, is your camera set for a spot exposure?

No, it's set for multi-segment exposure.

Originally Posted by shruggy63

I'd crop some of the left side out & try to put some light into the covered area on the right in a photo manipulation S/W package.

How's this look?


Inchanga Station by Neville A Bailey, on Flickr

Originally Posted by shruggy63

Are you shooting RAW?

Yes.

[Neville Bailey]

Originally Posted by autofocus

The exposure looks good, but the composition leaves me wanting something. Don't get me wrong, it's a pleasant photo, but I'm kind of searching for a subject. The tracks, and the railings, and the walkway leads your eye off into the distance where I'd like to see a subject. But unfortunately, there really isn't one. Leading lines work best when they lead you into something, and it's just not here..sorry for being so critical.

I agree with you. In fact, I waited for a train to arrive, but time was against me, so I gave up and took the photo you see.

I was hoping to get a train disappearing around the bend in the tracks in the distance.

[shruggy63]

Sorry, maybe I should pull my neck in when it comes to critiques, didn't mean to be irritating. Good luck to you man.

[Neville Bailey]

Originally Posted by shruggy63

Sorry, maybe I should pull my neck in when it comes to critiques, didn't mean to be irritating. Good luck to you man.

Oh no, I wasn't irritated at all - in fact, I found your comments very useful and interesting!

I've just re-read my reply to your critique and I can now see how you could have got the impression that I was irritated - my responses certainly came across as rather terse and to-the-point. Please be assured that was not my intention at all. While I was replying to you I was watching a TV show at the same time, so I guess I was distracted and I did not realise how my post came across!

Please accept my apologies and please keep the critiques coming!

[IABoomer]

I like the colors, the lines, and the exposure. If there's one thing I'd change, I think the view is too "guy standing next to the tracks taking a picture".

I think getting down lower to the ground and putting the viewer closer to the rail would add a sense of scale to the trees, the distant hillside, and the tracks that isn't quite there now.

[shruggy63]

Thank you Neville. that's very generous.

[milosh]

For me, this is a pleasant image, but apart from what Autofocus said (lack of an interesting subject), I think its composition is not very strong. The rails together with the wooden beam on the left act as great leading lines, but, at the same time, I am left with a feeling that the main subject is on the right, yet there is more space on the left side. Just like if you're trying to show something on the right, but your camera was moved too far to the left.