Christopher Creek...C&C

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Wagon and wheels off on the side of the road-- entrance to a little community in Northern Arizona...Christopher Creek.

Adjusted the saturation, and contrast slightly to bring out the rust/metal a little more.. hopefully not too much. I have the originals.. I just thought they were too dull before PP.

Let me know what you think? Thanks in advance.

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( I dont like that the sign is cut off...but eh,)

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Sorry so many pics..

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

47 VIEWS? ...and nothing.

 

[ajkramer87]

I like number 2. Although I think it would look pretty good as an HDR. Other than that they dont do much for me.

 

[Abby Rose]

4 is a nice wheel picture. It bugs me that the other wheels are cut off... maybe either a tighter crop or have the whole wheel there? Hmm...

I would also like 1 if the sign wasnt chopped off.

Seems like a pretty little place.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

I thought they would make pretty cool HDR's too, but i dont know how to do those yet..lol

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Im going to go back out and re-shoot them all i think...see what other things i can come up with. i figured a wheel dead center would have been lame...
so i played around with off centering it while taking the shot. I guess I can try to achieve the same thing *while* getting the whole thing in there huh? lol

do they really suck that bad? :lmao: Not going to hurt my feelings any LOL

 

[pbelarge]

Im going to go back out and re-shoot them all i think...see what other things i can come up with. i figured a wheel dead center would have been lame...
so i played around with off centering it while taking the shot. I guess I can try to achieve the same thing *while* getting the whole thing in there huh? lol

do they really suck that bad? :lmao: Not going to hurt my feelings any LOL

You are a good sport. They do not suck...they just do not create a super feeling.
I think you going back out and trying again is a good idea. There is always something to see, sometimes seeing it is just not that easy.

 

[SwissJ]

i figured a wheel dead center would have been lame...
so i played around with off centering it while taking the shot. I guess I can try to achieve the same thing *while* getting the whole thing in there huh? lol

I rather like the cropped wheel. My eye can complete the rest of the wheel without actually seeing it.

Although I'm not drawn to the wagon pics much, I prefer #1 over #2. Again, I don't mind the cropped signage (probably just an odd preference of mine, cause I think many people like to see things in their entirety). #1 is also too saturated for my liking.

It's not easy to see, but the stick construction holding up the sign looks kinda cool. Definitely deserves some attention.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

*bump*
Any other suggestions, comments, C/C anything?

What should I have done differently?

 

[white]

Well, there are no interior shots; maybe there was some interesting symmetry on the wagon floor, or maybe you could have created a "found still-life" with what I assume would be fallen leaves, twigs, etc.

This seems like a tough subject to shoot well because there is all kinds of sticks and grass interfering with the picture. I don't think the long shots work, and the wheel shots are a dime a dozen, so perhaps what you could have done is moved in close and created photographs that were purely compositional -- emphasizing line, texture, shape, etc.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Thanks for the suggestion. Will do! I'm gonna do a retake when I can get some diff shots of the wagon.

 

[scorpion_tyr]

I like #3. The color suits this shot really well. Also I like how it's cropped.

 

[burstintoflame81]

I like 2 and 3 the best. I think 2 would look better with a little more PP though.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

What pp would you recommend? I raised saturation and played with contrast settings thats it.

 

[burstintoflame81]

Maybe some dodging and burning, color adjustments, contrast etc.. I will mess with it later on when I have some time. I am not sure exactly what it could use but I am sure a few tweaks could add a little more to it. The angle probably isn't the best and could have been shot not quite as tightly ( is this the original or did you crop down? )

The 3rd one I really like even though technically it has that sort of warm color cast, I think that really works well with the subject. ( might be something nice to try to re-create on pic #2 )