Chandler Tracks

[johnjuan57]

Theres not much subject here except for the tracks, so I thought I might highlight them. Is it enough to save the photo?

Camera GENERAL IMAGING CO. X5
Exposure 0.143 sec (1/7)
Aperture f/4.7
Focal Length 25.7 mm
ISO Speed 100

[NgaiHill]

Interesting PP effect you have here. Almost looks like tilt-shift but for the length of the rails. Makes them look like a model. Very interesting. TFS

[Murray Warner]

Empty tracks can certainly say alot.

[Officer196]

I really like this shot.

[johnjuan57]

Thank you all very much for the great comments, I really like it myself.

[tlonghenry]

Your pp strikes me as a little odd... In a good way. You can't help but look at it to try and figure out what is going on with the perspective. Another way to go might be to soften the effect and then pull the botom rails out of the picture frame ala out of bounds technique.

[johnjuan57]

Originally Posted by tlonghenry

Your pp strikes me as a little odd... In a good way. You can't help but look at it to try and figure out what is going on with the perspective. Another way to go might be to soften the effect and then pull the botom rails out of the picture frame ala out of bounds technique.

Thanks tlong for all the great comments, Im still so new to all of this, Im not sure I follow you, but I have some of the same setting on my flickr, that are a little different. Thanks for all the help.

[flytyer57]

Thought I was lookinig at your HO train set at first. Nice perspective here.

[johnjuan57]

Originally Posted by flytyer57

Thought I was lookinig at your HO train set at first. Nice perspective here.

Thanks flytyer, it will make ya think

[IABoomer]

It's a different kind of shot. If I was going to do this, there's a couple minor tweaks I'd make.

1. I'd level out the tracks. The left looks just a little higher than the right and with nothing else going on in the image, it's kind of apparent and a bit distracting.

2. I'd feather the blur along the edges. Create a second layer from the original and blur it, which I expect you did here. Then, add a layer mask and use a soft brush to paint along the rail lines so there's not such an abrupt shift between the crisp and blurry edges.