red and gray

[KenC]

just something from walking around the city with my camera at lunch ...

 

[mishele]

I really like it. I'm diggin all the lines. The subtle changes in grays and the red wood make the picture interesting to me. Nice job!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

That Security sticker is really jarring, and ruins it for me.

 

[KenC]

That Security sticker is really jarring, and ruins it for me.

I was kind of on the fence about that, but I thought it held the image together by creating a clear starting point for one's eye. Maybe I'll create a version with the bright part of it darkened considerably and see how that looks. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks, Mishele.

 

[reedshots]

I don’t see it,
although the focus is sharp and the PP looks to be done well, I see no real subject, the image does not have an abstract or art feel to it.
For me it is just a well processed image of an old wood wall with red paint on it.

 

[KenC]

Thanks for commenting, reedshots - hard to get much feedback on here.

 

[mishele]

Thanks for commenting, reedshots - hard to get much feedback on here.

It's hard to give feed back on "art". It's in the eye of the beholder. There isn't a right or wrong w/ your shot.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Nuh uh! It's wrong to have that sticker in it!

I jest.

Images like this are fun for me. I can break it down into two other compositions. That is totally eye of the beholder stuff. Images like this force the viewer to find something for themselves in it. It will speak to some, and not others.

In general, people have less to say about abstract imagery.

 

[mishele]

I actually agree w/ you. If the sticker thing wasn't there it would be better but it's not a deal breaker for me.

 

[KenC]

I can break it down into two other compositions.

Top half and bottom half? I've always been interested in images that can be divided to give two other images that work (maybe not with this one).

I'll post one with the sticker darkened for comments.

 

[KenC]

How's this version?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

A square crop, everything just under the sticker, and then crop further down to create a landscape ratio of the bottom. If that makes sense.

Your edit helps, in my opinion.

 

[Qianqian]

I like it!=)
This photo makes me think.Make me imagine what is the story behind it.The photographer creats this image in real and this photo makes other creat different images in their mind.

 

[KenC]

A square crop, everything just under the sticker, and then crop further down to create a landscape ratio of the bottom. If that makes sense.

Your edit helps, in my opinion.

Yeah, I think it's growing on me. Thanks.

I see what you're saying about the crop (I think), but I wouldn't want to crop the bottoms of those jagged red strips near the bottom of the frame.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Yeah, no! The bottom is where it is all at!