Frankfurt and Russia

[ascari_2]

Hi guys

The 1st pic was taken in Frankfurt and the 2 other were in the Kaukaz region in Russia.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/ascari_22/IMG_1548.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/ascari_22/IMG_1410.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/ascari_22/IMG_1094.jpg

[b16pwrdej1]

I really like the use of light and shadow in the second pic.

[ascari_2]

I really like the use of light and shadow in the second pic.

Thanks but in reality this was actually the last pic that I took before leaving for the train station to leave the city where we were staying. Didn't think much of it and just snapped it. Turned out to be one of the better pics I took. Feel kind of sad when I look at the pic though since that was the end of such an awsome trip.

[Mgdh]

I love the light and shadow in #2, it's really atmospheric.

I also like what you've done witht he foreground in #3, the out of focus red flowers really help. Looking closer, at what can be seen though them (I hesitate to say this as I am probably wrong and don't want to offend) - could they have been photoshopped on later? Either way, good job. It does lift the picture.

#1 is a good night shot, I just feel it could use a little straightening. Also, my eye keeps being drawn to the road sign in the bottom right
- I wonder if a slight crop might help :confused:

Thanks for sharing them

[myth337]

all are nice.. and sometimes the snapshots are what inspired us in the first place. ;)

.. Lee

[Robert_Lay]

#1 is a great shot of along the Main River. My only problem with it is that the lights are so bright in the extreme right - I would burn them in a bit to keep them from being so distracting.

Perhaps its just my eye, but the horizon seems tilted just a bit to the left.

[ascari_2]

Thanks guys

Robert: In the 1st pic I think you're loooking at the bridge which curves downward and creates the illusion of a tilt. As for the lighting I actually wanted to get an overexposed sky. I am not tallented in Photoshop yet so what I take I might adjust for color and brightness and contrast levels but that's about it for now.

Mgdh: As mentioned in my reply to Robert, I am no pro at Photoshop, and although I could've had someone chop them for me, the shots are exactly as they appear with possibly a little brightness/contrast corrections. I think though I did pull these from the original folder. All these were spurr of the moment shots which weren't planned in any way. I had over 2GBs worth of cards and 10 days to fill them up. I was going crazy shooting everything.

[Darryl Baptista]

Great photos, specially the last one. Darryl

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