Post your b&w shots...

308Shooter wrote in post #18904156
Which one?? I'm thinking #1. Thoughts??

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Yes, I agree with you. Top photo.

lijoec wrote in post #18904603

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Very nice image.

308Shooter wrote in post #18904721
I always welcome thoughts.... How can one learn from others if they don't listen? I like the idea of the third crop and see what you mean about the window, which was really to get rid of the entrance area on the Lower Left of the first crop.

Perhaps your dark area crop and crop out the windows entirely??? hmmmmm.

Thanks for the comments.

Yes....that would work too.

Route 66 in the American southwest

fotoi wrote in post #18904901
Very nice image.

Thank you very much

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In front of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour Sydney

There is something to be said for lack of focus on certain images. Grand steel mills, the intersection of technology and force, become hazy memories of our forefather's lives.

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GlimmerMan wrote in post #18907800
There is something to be said for lack of focus on certain images. Grand steel mills, the intersection of technology and force, become hazy memories of our forefather's lives.

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was the lack of focus intentional or just by chance. Either way, I'd still prefer a bit of focus

Michiel>=-

GlimmerMan wrote in post #18907800
There is something to be said for lack of focus on certain images. Grand steel mills, the intersection of technology and force, become hazy memories of our forefather's lives.

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There is nothing to look at, no focal point to draw your eye. I don't get it... But hey, I'm not a critic.

mikeeagle wrote in post #18907804
was the lack of focus intentional or just by chance. Either way, I'd still prefer a bit of focus
Michiel>=-

Intentional. Manual focus as ~3" - 4" will do it. From that perspective, shallow DoF or full DoF really didn't work... that comp needed to be treated different, hence the OOF.

lucky_shot wrote in post #18907893
There is nothing to look at, no focal point to draw your eye. I don't get it... But hey, I'm not a critic.

Fair feedback and good to hear. I suppose that, for me, as long as the image is recognizable, then the concept works. Not to drag on with it, but how would you present a hazy / fading memory? I think the sepia route would have been overly artificial here.
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And ok, here's one in focus.

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