[bishbosh]

HI all.

I've been looking through recent images for about half an hour now trying to decide what or which I'd like to start with, most of them have been shown somewhere on the net so I decided to go for some work of a different nature that I'd yet to get feedback on.

These two shots are taken within house ruins in SE London about a month ago. I'm thinking of providing large framed images, say poster size. I'm considering theses two images.

What do you think of them?





I'd also welcome any tips on favorable processing methods when aiming for larger printed images.

[Angela]

What I'm thinking is that these are ripe for a mono conversion!

[bishbosh]

Well I'm glad your having a giggle ... too colourful for you then? ...or you just don't like them at all?

[Angela]

No, I do like them, I just think that old buildings like this look so good in mono, particularly the second one.

The top one needs straightening a bit as well I think?

[silkstone]

Nooononooonnononononono..... The colour makes them.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by silkstone

Nooononooonnononononono..... The colour makes them.

Nooonononononononononono....The colour distracts from the texture!!

[bishbosh]

Heehee ... stop arguing on my first thread you two.

[bishbosh]

I still have little idea about what you actually think of them guys.

[Markulous]

Something weird with the geometry in both? Or is it an optical illusion (#1 looks like vertical in the middle, #2 looks like window)?

#1 colour, #2 mono

[Dabhand16]

First I have to say your subject is one of my favourites. Ever since we were given 'Dereliction' as a subject when I was doing my City & Guilds many years ago, it has stayed with me.

Second, as a Saahhff London boy myself you have captured what would have been considered a 'Des Res' when I lived there!

OK, back to the pics. #1 looks like it was taken through a doorframe. I find the near wall and near central vertical distracting, and I think it might have been better to have stood back and perhaps gone for a portrait shot to get all of the doorframe and fireplace in shot. I like the textures though.

#2 works better for me, the only thing being the diagonal thing going out of shot at the top of the frame. I'd be tempted to clone it out.

As regards processing, I don't think there is any one way that is better for larger prints or smaller ones, but in shots where colour plays a primary role it might be worth experimenting with saturation levels and even boosting/reducing one colour as well as all colours.

Framing and borders are just as important as the picture, so make sure you get this part right too, but only once you have finalised the prints.

[HHRC]

I like the second one, and think the colours add to the image, although a mono conversion would be interesting to see.

[P-E]

I see you called round when I was out

I like both in colour but would also like to see them in mono

[bishbosh]

Hi P-E... I've been surfing around here a little.... Nice to see your old and new work again BTW.
Awesome standard of photography within this forum everyone.

Thanks for the comments guys, you like the texture and colors , but not quite so keen on the subject I feel. Useful stuff thanks.

Dab, some good tips there, I've re-cropped the first as a portrait in an attempt to open up the doorway as you suggested ... I feel its an improvement compositionally ...good idea.


The trouble with this building is its juts not straight anymore, the roof's gone, so have the ceilings and floors, leaving just the walls to sag and wander as the wooden support beams rot away.

As requested, both in mono.

Uncropped so you can see the missing floor.




Portrait crop view.

[bishbosh]

I'm not so keen on them myself, I think mono is fab on the right image, it can also rescue many I find, but I struggled to get them to pop the way I wanted ...strangely tricky.