Comments please............

[Mr Noble]

As I didn't win the comp this month and never posted this in the first thread I wonder if you well versed chaps could constructivly critisise my effort as I am taking it all on board at the moment in an effort to improve.

Any feedback would be good. (except from V6 GTO)

Greg

[Mr Noble]

Original here.
G

[740i]

I'm not well versed Greg, but think your superb image would make a great "unplugged" album cover.

[simpo two]

Original image is under-exposed and to my mind the effect doesn't work, it just looks as if something's gone wrong. I'm not sure there's enough interest in the picture to make anything.

Well you did ask

NB If there's not enough info, double it



>> Edited by simpo two on Wednesday 1st March 21:23

[up-the-dubs]

simpo two said:

Original image is under-exposed and to my mind the effect doesn't work, it just looks as if something's gone wrong. I'm not sure there's enough interest in the picture to make anything.

What difference would more exposure bring? (reading books now, but sometimes it's tough to figure what the book is talking about )
Cheers.

[fergusd]

up-the-dubs said:

simpo two said: Original image is under-exposed and to my mind the effect doesn't work, it just looks as if something's gone wrong. I'm not sure there's enough interest in the picture to make anything. What difference would more exposure bring? (reading books now, but sometimes it's tough to figure what the book is talking about ) Cheers.

More exposure would make everything brighter ;-)

So if you look at the original image, I would expect the socket to be white . . . but it's grey . . . and thus probably underexposed . . .

Fd

[Mr Noble]

Agreed, but the correct exposure made it look to white and not contrasty enough.

Agreed also that its was tough to make a socket look interesting, but that was the point of the exercise.

Greg

[V6GTO]

Greg...you're so hurtful!

I agree with Simpo about not having a point of interest in the original shot, but the way it has been manipulated gives a good lift to an ordinary subject. I could see a row of similar images working, or maybe a poster with similar images around the outside and a plug, (processed the same way), in the middle.
I like it.

Martin.

[406tm]

Greg

I can see that image of the socket in an electrical parts catalogue. I like it but then, I tend not to look at every pic and dissect it for errors or focal points etc. I think too much emphasis is placed on the rule of thirds, colour balance and points of interest. At the end of the day, if you like it, it matters not what others think.

Just my 2p worth

Dave

406TM

[twelve_75]

I really like what simpo's done with the reverse black and white neg.

Adds depth to the image to a great level IMO. Don't flame me please

[te51cle]

My thought with the power theme was that the power is switched on but nothing was plugged in. Also there seem to be two halves to the image, the left half with the holes for the socket and the right half with the switches. Needs something to link the two together compositionally and philosophically - a swirl of light from a torch bulb or some LEDs for example.

[fergusd]

Mr Noble said:

Agreed, but the correct exposure made it look to white and not contrasty enough.

but don't you think the top image that simpo posted is both whiter and more contrasty ?

Fd

[Mr Noble]

I guess, Simpo corrected the white balance in the top shot.

I like that double shot too.


Thanks for the comments guys. It all helps.

Greg

[simpo two]

Mr Noble said:

I guess, Simpo corrected the white balance in the top shot.

Nope, just corrected the levels then made it B/W. WB is about colour; there is no colour

[beano500]

simpo two said:

WB is about colour; there is no colour

Wow - how surreal is it all?!!

White Balance is about colour...

White is ALL colours....

In Black and White there is no colour...

In Black and White, there is no White Balance....



















Where's the Black Balance, then???

[simpo two]

beano500 said:

Where's the Black Balance, then???

Luckily black is too dark for any problems to show...

Perhaps we should talk about Levels rather than Balance.