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xarqi
20th of November 2007 (Tue), 19:07
Hi all:
This is my first time posting in the sharing section, so let me apologise in advance for any gaffes.

I posted these two images in the EF50/1.8 thread, but I thought they might have a better home here, especially as I'm interested in any comments.

These were taken during a stroll down Queen Street yesterday, and are my first attempts at urban architecture images.

Basic set up was 30D RAW ISO160 around f/8 and 1/200 using the 50/1.8. I did quite a bit of PP on these (no kidding ;)).

What do you think?

(Images are linked to their respective flickr pages if you want to see them bigger)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2051233882_8e15834035.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13175461@N08/2051233882)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2051232792_28b4d402dd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13175461@N08/2051232792/)
blazon508
20th of November 2007 (Tue), 21:09
the 2nd one has lots of texture and pattern to the composition, nice.
Mike-DT6
21st of November 2007 (Wed), 18:28
I really like both of them, but the first one is really vivid, with nice colours.

What is that second one?

Mike
xarqi
21st of November 2007 (Wed), 19:18
The second one is a portion of the face of a high-rise building. It has recessed windows, but part of each window surround is cut away.
Mike-DT6
21st of November 2007 (Wed), 20:32
Okay, thanks :-D

Mike
Etienne
22nd of November 2007 (Thu), 02:23
I love the 1st one!
Take care
Etienne
xarqi
22nd of November 2007 (Thu), 02:25
the 2nd one has lots of texture and pattern to the composition, nice.

I love the 1st one!

Thanks.
Derek Malta
7th of December 2007 (Fri), 22:56
i'd go for the 2nd one
good job
xarqi
7th of December 2007 (Fri), 22:59
i'd go for the 2nd one
good job

Thanks.
drandtus
8th of December 2007 (Sat), 17:54
The second one is just great. I have been training myself to look for lines, textures, and patterns, but I have seen anything as cool as that. Great shot.
xarqi
12th of December 2007 (Wed), 23:20
The second one is just great. I have been training myself to look for lines, textures, and patterns, but I have seen anything as cool as that. Great shot.

Thanks. Yes, it came out really well, I thought. I think it was important to eliminate the building edges to reduce the image just to texture, with no context, and the monochrome conversion helped too.