is this interesting?

[Scho]

took these yesterday.

it's the kitchen of an old cotton mill i work in. i think there is some really interesting stuff going on with the way the mill has been adapted as the economy has changed.

i'm not sure of the original function of this room but it's last use was a canteen for littlewoods mail order place. now we just make brew's there.

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i'm considering expanding the project , i think there's some great detail in the pics.

so go on then...is this interesting or just art school bollards?

honest c&c very welcome.

Edited by Scho on Wednesday 13th February 09:58

[EmmaP]

This is very much the sort of thing that I did in year two at uni so it is quite evocative in that sense. Lovely light in that top shot - soft and pink.

I think that there is the makings of a project here. I'm always fascinated when I visit places that now have a totally different function to that for which they were originally designed, ie a former bank now a clothes shop, lace factory now a city apartment. I was in a bar on Granby Street in Leicester at the weekend called 'Turkey' and wondered what that used to be. It had a tiled frontage and wooden paneled interior with hooks on the ceiling.

[cirks]

your model seems to have a ladder in her tights

[Scho]

cirks said:

your model seems to have a ladder in her tights

class, never spotted that

[Jenx (V6GTO)]

cirks said:

your model seems to have a ladder in her tights

No...she has her tights in a ladder

[hawkaye]

set times to make tea? WTF? Is there set times to pick your nose too?

interesting shots though, I like them lots (especially the laddered tights one).

Edited by hawkaye on Wednesday 13th February 12:06

[JustinP1]

The third one is excellent.

It is almost voyeristic as you think there is something going on looking into the cupboard...

Until you realise it is just a room full of junk!

[Scoobydougie]

hawkaye said:

set times to make tea? WTF?

Only three cups a day, I couldn't survive the office on that, I'm on my 3rd by half nine!

[Famous Graham]

Second one's my favourite - appeals compositionally.

For some reason it reminds me of a set a friend did of an abandoned hospital. Although there's no people involved, you can visualise them, if that makes sense.

[Scho]

not just me then! great. there is LOADS of this stuff all round the mill. expect to see more soon.

oh and hawkaye, i'l get a shot of the nose picking schedule asap.

[flat-planedCrank]

Cool shots, i like that industrial feel

Number 1 is my fav
Number 2 is cool as well, nice contrast of objects (but i'm seeing a bit of barrel distortion ?)



Cheers.

[Scho]

flat-planedCrank said:

Cool shots, i like that industrial feel

Number 1 is my fav
Number 2 is cool as well, nice contrast of objects (but i'm seeing a bit of barrel distortion ?)



Cheers.

there is some great signage in 2 that you can't read on the net :-(

barrel distortion is present and bugs the hell out of me. is it cs3 that can sort that out?

[flat-planedCrank]

Scho said:

flat-planedCrank said:

Cool shots, i like that industrial feel

Number 1 is my fav
Number 2 is cool as well, nice contrast of objects (but i'm seeing a bit of barrel distortion ?)



Cheers.

there is some great signage in 2 that you can't read on the net :-(

barrel distortion is present and bugs the hell out of me. is it cs3 that can sort that out?

I dont have cs3 but a quick google reveals - Filter > Distort > Lens Correction

I'm sure i've seen a plugin that had a database of lenses and their distortions, so it just read the exif data and fixed the distortion without user input, can't remember its name though


Cheers.

[beano500]

flat-planedCrank said:

can't remember its name though

"Bloody Marvelous" - I should think.

What's a bit of barrel distortion between friends? Actually I don't think it's distracting in this context....


I like this theme though. More please!

[flat-planedCrank]

beano500 said:

flat-planedCrank said:

can't remember its name though

"Bloody Marvelous" - I should think.

Its not quite what i was thinking about, but the RAW processing tool 'Bibble' does exactly that

beano500 said:

What's a bit of barrel distortion between friends? Actually I don't think it's distracting in this context....

In many ways a tiled wall is the 'perfect storm' for spotting barrel distortion


Cheers.

[Elderly]

flat-planedCrank said:

Scho said:

said:

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I dont have cs3 but a quick google reveals - Filter > Distort > Lens Correction

I'm sure i've seen a plugin that had a database of lenses and their distortions, so it just read the exif data and fixed the distortion without user input, can't remember its name though

Here it is :- http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/

CS2 does it too

[flat-planedCrank]

Elderly said:

flat-planedCrank said:

Scho said:

said:

.

I dont have cs3 but a quick google reveals - Filter > Distort > Lens Correction

I'm sure i've seen a plugin that had a database of lenses and their distortions, so it just read the exif data and fixed the distortion without user input, can't remember its name though

Here it is :- http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/

CS2 does it too

Ah thats it, thanks


Cheers.

[VxDuncan]

Nice shots, and congratulations on not going down the cliched Black and white noisy vinette route. That said...

Top shot my work with some VERY subtle HDR work to fix the blown highlights, maybe showing some detail outside.

Looks like the beginnings of a great project.