farnz Posted January 16, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) View of the Thames looking east from beneath Blackfriars Bridge. There were homeless living under the bridge but I respected their privacy. The horizontal curve just above the horizon is the Millennium Bridge aka 'The Blade' and the 'Wobbly bridge' I struggled with whether to crop the lamps on the left but felt that the wall was needed to provide a border and to lead the eye in the classic "Z". I like the chiaroscurro feel because it adds depth to the darkness. Not sure if it's to everyone's taste though. Thanks for looking and comments welcome. D2, 8 secs @ f5.6, ISO 100 [attach]21914[/attach] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmr Posted January 16, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2007 Pete, the shot works for me. I think you were right to leave the lights in, for the reasons you state. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted January 16, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2007 Cropping out the lights, you would kill this image Pete. Very well seen and captured. Azzo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maio Posted January 16, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2007 This one is difficult for me. I like the lights in frame, but they overpower everything else for me. Perhaps if the glow was dimmed a little with the burn/dodge tool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted January 16, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 16, 2007 Pete, I agree ythat it was the right decision to leave the lights in, they are pretty essential to the image. I would take the small one out on the edge and develop the remaining lights and the left hand walk way to make them less prominent, as below. I put more light into the bridge and darkened the water a little and felt it was a nice variation on what you had done. There is a lot of info even on your jpeg. This has been very well exposed IMO. Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 16, 2007 Share #6 Posted January 16, 2007 Pete - You did right to keep it uncropped. The existing composition is exqusite, and the play of the left hand straight lines against the arc, with detail below is sublime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted January 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks you so much for all of your generous comments - this is my first B&W. I used a conversion technique described on this forum and was extremely pleased with the results. (Always wanted to do B&W work with film but never had enough space. Ahh, the joy of digital.) Rolo, thanks for your example, which I agree improves the image. Now if only I knew how to do it ... John, I agree that the image would benefit from the lights being toned down but they are so burned out that burning only seemed to produce the 'halo' effect below. Other than putting lampshades on them I couldn't figure out how to tame them. Any tips are most welcome. Pete. [ATTACH]21973[/ATTACH] Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted January 16, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 16, 2007 Pete..If you are using PS, try and bighten the image slightly with the mid tones in Levels, then darken slightly the blacks, always with Levels, and see what you get. Cloning is one way, to get rid of the light in the background. I've no PS installed here, so i'm guessing. Azzo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted January 18, 2007 Thanks, Azzo, I'll give it a go. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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