No Longer Comforting

stsinner · Jan 21, 2009

Clancyz · Jan 21, 2009

great picture, but the color makes it really hard to concentrate on the subject matter.

Samanax · Jan 21, 2009

Did you also shoot this with the camera in portrait orientation? Would like it more if the legs of the chair weren't cut off. I like the sepia-tone conversion...very stark looking.

stsinner · Jan 21, 2009

Samanax said:
Did you also shoot this with the camera in portrait orientation? Would like it more if the legs of the chair weren't cut off. I like the sepia-tone conversion...very stark looking.

Unfortunately, that's the entire shot.. I took it before I found this forum and started caring about composition.. All I did to it was convert it from color and sharpen it. It appears that I over sharpened it, though, because I think I see a halo around the ends of the arms.

jane.aidan · Jan 21, 2009

the picture looks good... that is how it looks like to over sharpened the picture LOL

Bigpopa · Jan 22, 2009

I was just gonna say it looked alittle oversharpened but I still like it alot.......

bwlergh · Jan 22, 2009

stsinner said:
Unfortunately, that's the entire shot.. I took it before I found this forum and started caring about composition..

That's a pity. It really is a very interesting composition. Next time try for a looser crop.

Dionysus · Jan 22, 2009

you fell sort of in the middle as far as prime shot location. if it were my shot i would have either backed up a little further to show the whole chair and some of the backdrop, or i would get really close for a shot that would end up kind of abstract, focusing on a piece of the chair highlighting the age and textures of the wood.

BUT your conversion is really nice, and I love the tone to the picture...and aside from the framing issue, your meaning/title pops out and is one with the picture.

GOOD JOB

rotchcrocket04 · Jan 22, 2009

I like this alot. Besides the composition issue (which everyone else has covered for you), what stands out (in a second viewing of the picture) is the branch that sits across the arm and seat itself. Although it's light, almost blending with the background, it adds to the distress of the chair.

There could be small improvements, but something about this picture really grabs my attention. (Could be my own love for this type of "broken beauty" kind of photography)