Morning Photo Walk - Origianl & B/W for C&C

[skwty]

this image was taken in the early morning hours, I am facing towards the sun as it is rising (behind bridge) I posted the original for C&C comparison. Thanks!

1).

Barbed Wire by sukosaki, on Flickr
2).

Barbed Wire at High Contrast by sukosaki, on Flickr

 

[lyonsroar]

You've killed all the useful EXIF data but I can tell you that I feel the DOF is too shallow...or maybe the whole this is OOF? I can't decide...

 

[skwty]

oops. sorry about that.

File Name misc_23.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.9
Shooting Date/Time 4/7/2011 5:38:32 AM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 640
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length 23.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode Manual focusing
Picture Style Faithful
Sharpness 0
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0isable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
File Size 4967KB
Dust Delete Data No
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Camera Body No. 1523909261
Comment

 

[bazooka]

Because you're shooting into the sun, nothing is correctly exposed. The sunset is overexposed and the subject is underexposed. You should pick one or the other or do some exposure blending.

Also, the background is very busy... is that a bridge? I just think there is a lot in this shot that you could have left out.

 

[Speckles]

I can't tell what's in focus. Is it that piece of wire?

 

[lyonsroar]

I can't tell what's in focus. Is it that piece of wire?

That would be my confusion as well. I can't tell if just the very tip of the wire is in focus, or if the whole picture is OOF. I'm leaning towards the second due to shooting into the sun...

 

[480sparky67 66]

You've killed all the useful EXIF data.............

OP didn't. Flickr did.

 

[lyonsroar]

You've killed all the useful EXIF data.............

OP didn't. Flickr did.

FlickR has never removed any of my EXIF data. Is that something you can disable other people seeing? All I see via FlickR is this:
Exif data

Image Width1024
Image Height683
Bit Depth 8
Color Type RGB
Compression Deflate/Inflate
Filter Adaptive
Interlace Noninterlaced
Software Adobe ImageReady

 

[Speckles]

You can disable sharing EXIF info on your flikr settings.

 

[lyonsroar]

You can disable sharing EXIF info on your flikr settings.

Hmmm. So then OP did kill it!

I can't for the life of me come up with a reason you would care whether people know what focal length, aperture, etc a particular picture was taken at...

 

[skwty]

Well, I "thought" the focus was right as the wire hits the post. I see the background blown out and all the "busy" stuff, but I thought the focus was one thing I got right But I posted because I wanted other's thoughts.

Thanks for those by the way.

And according to my FlickR settings, I do NOT have the EXIF settings OFF. I think they were "killed" when I resized the image in Photoshop. I usually don't do that, I don't think I grabbed the original to upload.

 

[manaheim]

What's the story? What's the subject? What's the feel? I don't get anything but a random shot. Think about what you're trying to say or portray. Just because it looks interesting to the eye in context of your reality doesn't necessarily make it a good photo.

 

[skwty]

What's the story? What's the subject? What's the feel? I don't get anything but a random shot. Think about what you're trying to say or portray. Just because it looks interesting to the eye in context of your reality doesn't necessarily make it a good photo.

I am going to take note of your comments. For the record, I am not saying this is the best shot I ever took in my whole life, not even saying it's a good shot. I just wanted to know what others thought of it, how it turned out since hitting the shutter button.

Thanks everyone for your input, I do take it and try and learn from it for sure.

 

[skwty]

Also, the background is very busy... is that a bridge? I just think there is a lot in this shot that you could have left out.

Yes, that is a bridge. I guess I am curious what would make a good background? Maybe I could have taken the shot facing another direction? Away from the sun, over the river directly to the left of shot?

Thanks for input.