When the grockels have gone...

[_dobbo_]

Inspired by Matt (gravy)'s slightly bleak holiday snaps I thought I'd get out this morning with the D70.

There is a funny feeling in a seaside resort when the season ends and it starts to go all quiet. I've tried to capture this but I'm not really sure I have to be honest.

Critiques welcomed.











edit to add an interesting note. I googled "Grockels" just to see how wide spread the use is. Astonished to find a Pistonheads Gassing Station posting about 8th or 9th result!

>> Edited by _dobbo_ on Tuesday 20th September 10:56

[te51cle]

No. 2 is a bit too dynamic a composition but the others capture the bleakness of off-season in a British holiday resort pretty well ! My parents hated crowds so I recall lots of wet windy beaches with nothing but seaweed, tar spots, washed-up litter and a rotting smell for company It also meant there were no amusements open to spend any money in so it made it a really cheap holiday. By 'eck those pictures bring it all back to me !

[thunderstruck]

The one with the bench best sums up for me what you are trying to achieve

[superlightr]

no 3 does it for me. ! The darkening sky, cold sea, cold wet sand... time to go home.

Well done.

[_dobbo_]

I've just been looking at these again now I'm at work, and I think one mistake is that I've done my usual post processing and maybe made them all a bit to colourful and vibrant - not the effect of a bleak cold seaside resort.

[simpo two]

_dobbo_ said:

I've just been looking at these again now I'm at work, and I think one mistake is that I've done my usual post processing and maybe made them all a bit to colourful and vibrant - not the effect of a bleak cold seaside resort.

Black and white, Luke - use black and white!

[focusonme]

I hope you don't mind, I was bored and decided to play around with a couple of your pictures in PS.





I couldn't quit get the lights positioned correctly on that one. But you get what I was trying to do.

[imperialism2024]

Maybe they could use some spot coloring...?

[_dobbo_]

simpo two said:

Black and white, Luke - use black and white!

Interestingly enough, I had done a black and white set but not uploaded them.... now that I'm home again, here you go:

(The "grain" is deliberate)

[simpo two]

I like this one the best. A bit too obvious with the lighting effects IMHO, especially the curved light from the streetlamp, but to me it really emphasises the character of the picture.



Grain is the obvious treatment perhaps, but I've tried it a few times and all it seems to do is degrade the image. Old b/w photos weren't grainy - they used slow film and the prints were damn sharp!

[Captain Beaky]

Soundtrack..."Every Day is Like Sunday", Morrissey