The Brewery Ruins

Honest C/C please...

#1

Nice portfolio ... You did a great job keeping the focus on the different aspects of this subject and printing the entire set in one styling. The contrast is pretty intense but I suspect this is a factor of HDR which is the choice you made in printing this series. The perspective works well here. The choice for wide is a nice way to let the viewer (me) have more of the subject. Each frame is filled very nicely.

Might just be me, but there are very noticeable dark spots in various areas of most of the images. It's a weird looking light falloff.

Subject matter is great and I like the PP in general, but these dark areas bug me.

jetcode wrote in post #11059127
Nice portfolio ... You did a great job keeping the focus on the different aspects of this subject and printing the entire set in one styling. The contrast is pretty intense but I suspect this is a factor of HDR which is the choice you made in printing this series. The perspective works well here. The choice for wide is a nice way to let the viewer (me) have more of the subject. Each frame is filled very nicely.

Thank you

Todd Lambert wrote in post #11059165
Might just be me, but there are very noticeable dark spots in various areas of most of the images. It's a weird looking light falloff.

Subject matter is great and I like the PP in general, but these dark areas bug me.

True I noticed that too, just doing this new PP techniques. I guess too excited to post this series. I will keep that in mind.

Thanks buddy

In my experience high contrast printing generally pushes the limits and this in turn reduces the gradation affecting shadow and highlight detail the most.

Todd is there a specific image that is the worst of the bunch. I'm not seeing glaring black spots and that is either a function of being half blind or some other technical issue (like the difference between the monitor you are using and the one I am using).

jetcode wrote in post #11059380
In my experience high contrast printing generally pushes the limits and this in turn reduces the gradation affecting shadow and highlight detail the most.

Todd is there a specific image that is the worst of the bunch. I'm not seeing glaring black spots and that is either a function of being half blind or some other technical issue (like the difference between the monitor you are using and the one I am using).

I think it's mostly the heavy vignetting that's being used here, that's what I'm seeing.

It looks more like a dark veil around parts of the image, rather than a standard vignette.

A bit underexposed...and HDR the water wheel. Just my thoughts...would like to see the water wheel after you HDR it though.

Also you might frame them and put "The Brewery Ruins" in the frame. Kinda distracting being in the middle of the subject of your shots.

Some underexposed, some crooked, some have DOF issues, some cropped too tight causing machinery pieces to be cut off, light falloff or bad vignetting, HDR has rendered some of the skies to look totally unnatural, odd object in background of #7, and a lot of wide angle distortion. Interesting subject matter, I just don't think that you pulled it off.

I'd go back and give it another shot. Maybe even some B/W, also some macros of the gear mesh, sprocket spokes/keyway, maybe the names and dates that are stamped on the equipment, etc. Think beyond just an overall shot of a piece of machinery and look for details that are often overlooked. Lots of potential, but these just don't do it for me.

Its an interesting subject, though IMHO the composition could be better, ROT is a good starting point..rules are meant to be broken but not always , right now most of these images convey an impression of grab shots rather than planned ones..i believe if you were to plan this, take some time to think about the composition the results will be spectacular given the subject matter.

Cheers