Urban scenes without people; sky is okay

Rest stop in Northern Spain ...

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Owain Shaw wrote in post #18055867
Rest stop in Northern Spain ...

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I can't Like images individually--the Like button doesn't distinguish--so I'll tell you. Those first two have something special. It's hard to say what. They're studies in color, to start with.

OhLook wrote in post #18055936
I can't Like images individually--the Like button doesn't distinguish--so I'll tell you. Those first two have something special. It's hard to say what. They're studies in color, to start with.

Thank you. In both images the thing that caught my eye was a vernacular object painted in the colours of the Spanish flag. The picture of the ladder has a lot of repeating horizontal lines which helps accentuate that form. Compared to that, the first picture with the barrel is pretty messy ... there's some vanishing/leading lines, but the barrel is in the centre and the lines don't run all the way back; there's also that slab of green and the bar sign in the background. It's messy but I still think it kind of works; the barrel being right next to the shadow of the building helps it to jump out, perhaps.

Owain Shaw wrote in post #18056547
Thank you. In both images the thing that caught my eye was a vernacular object painted in the colours of the Spanish flag. The picture of the ladder has a lot of repeating horizontal lines which helps accentuate that form. Compared to that, the first picture with the barrel is pretty messy ... there's some vanishing/leading lines, but the barrel is in the centre and the lines don't run all the way back; there's also that slab of green and the bar sign in the background. It's messy but I still think it kind of works; the barrel being right next to the shadow of the building helps it to jump out, perhaps.

Most people would walk past the barrel scene and dismiss it as "ugly industrial neighborhood" and not see anything worth recording. The messiness you describe, I don't think is a fault. The minor objects play a supporting role by making the whole picture more complex.

From a recent trip overseas.

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Porto ... Park Life.

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OhLook wrote in post #18056868
Most people would walk past the barrel scene and dismiss it as "ugly industrial neighborhood" and not see anything worth recording. The messiness you describe, I don't think is a fault. The minor objects play a supporting role by making the whole picture more complex.

I think you hit several nails on the head. First, do you want to make images like everyone else's images? I would say that is creative disaster. And second why not use the environment that you are in? I love this quote by Ansel Adams referring to Stieglitz's work.
"Stieglitz would never say that certain objects of the world were more or less beautiful than others-telegraph poles, for instance, compared with oak trees. He would accept them for what they are, and use the most appropriate objects to express his thoughts and convey his vision." - Ansel Adams

airfrogusmc wrote in post #18069609
I think you hit several nails on the head. . . .

Thank you. I appreciate your appreciation!

OhLook wrote in post #18069622
Thank you. I appreciate your appreciation!

Ha Ha ....

Blue ...

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Madrid in August ... "Nobody on the roads, nobody on the streets."

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