Nice Photos.

JamieWednesday posted:

Lovely composition Jamie.  

Not sure if I'm meant to be critical, but just short of perfect due to the perspective leaving the ceiling sloping. For me it either needs to be parallel and perpendicular, or much more exaggerated non-parallel.

Eloise posted:

JamieWednesday posted:

Lovely composition Jamie.  

Not sure if I'm meant to be critical, but just short of perfect due to the perspective leaving the ceiling sloping. For me it either needs to be parallel and perpendicular, or much more exaggerated non-parallel.

The perspective is Jamie's choice of composition, where he stood and at what he aimed his camera. The sense of balance is achieved by keeping his verticals vertical. The different angles of the ceiling just fall naturally into place. The quest for perfection quite often end ups with sterile and boring images.

Haim Ronen posted:

Eloise posted:

JamieWednesday posted:

Lovely composition Jamie.  

Not sure if I'm meant to be critical, but just short of perfect due to the perspective leaving the ceiling sloping. For me it either needs to be parallel and perpendicular, or much more exaggerated non-parallel.

The perspective is Jamie's choice of composition, where he stood and at what he aimed his camera. The sense of balance is achieved by keeping his verticals vertical. The different angles of the ceiling just fall naturally into place. The quest for perfection quite often end ups with sterile and boring images.

You may well be right... it's just my thoughts.  As I say, for me it's an "almost but not quite" image.  I like it but there is something that niggles me too.  That's not to say it would necessarily be better if the image was more "perfect".  

I also don't know if the perspective was from choice or not.

Eloise posted:

I also don't know if the perspective was from choice or not.

Common Eloise! I know that you love arguing but do you really think that Jamie was lead to that spot at gun point or was it all an accident? How about posting some of your recent images?

Haim Ronen posted:

Eloise posted:

I also don't know if the perspective was from choice or not.

Common Eloise! I know that you love arguing but do you really think that Jamie was lead to that spot at gun point or was it all an accident. How about posting some of your recent images?

Jamie, I apologise if my critique about your image have offended you.  

But quite frankly Haim it's got nothing to do with you.  I made a comment about Jamie's image which for some reason YOU have taken offence to.  If Jamie is upset and I have overstepped the thread in commenting critically I apologise ... but TO HIM.

Ears...

(And everyone is welcome to comment and critique...)

I was afraid that Jamie might be too polite to say anything so I had to put in my own two cents. 

How old is the sweet pup?

Lost symmetry

Haim Ronen posted:

How old is the sweet pup?

4 months or so.

Haim, I've rotated the image by 6 degrees and straightened the verticals. There's symmetry and lost symmetry.

Erm, whatever.

I tend not to adjust images like that one as the perspective is real and, imo at least, adds depth to the lit scene behind.

Tea at the Ritz:

Kevin-W posted:

Painful Memories:

You are not kidding.

Kevin-W posted:

Tea at the Ritz:

Kevin,

Every time I look at your pictures I gain weight.

count.d posted:

Haim, I've rotated the image by 6 degrees and straightened the verticals. There's symmetry and lost symmetry.

Thanks. The title is misleading since there was never any real symmetry there. The floor to the left of the column was horizontal and the part to the right of it was slanting upwards towards the next parking level.

It's been such a lovely day so I thought I'd cycle to the beach. 

And this was on the way back - the foundations of the old Hayling Billy line bridge, which closed in 1963 because nobody could afford the £400,000 to replace it.

I always take pictures of this kind of stuff. Even more intriguing in foreign languages. Must be channelling my inner Kurt Schwitters or something. 

            Busy

Cat Scratch Fever:

That's lovely Jamie. Really captured the sense of wonderment.

Thank you, she was certainly entranced!