Metro Tunnel

[anonymouscuban]

Can't decide which of these two shots I like better. Who knows... maybe they both suck. Your feedback greatly appreciated.

Nikon D300 & Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5
Both shots at 55mm ISO 200

#1 1/200 @ f/11
http://sotelo.smugmug.com/photos/425863220_8pJf5-XL.jpg

#2 1/250 @ f/11
http://sotelo.smugmug.com/photos/426239826_wf2bH-XL.jpg

[Blaker]

Can't decide which of these two shots I like better. Who knows... maybe they both suck. Your feedback greatly appreciated.




I like the first one a lot! It's more dynamic than the 2nd one, color is better, there is more balance in the composition.

[cpagility]

I like the first one. Maybe crop out the little bit of signage on the right? I think I used to go in these when I went to High School. Is this Rocky Peak area?

[R.Jay]

#1 for me as well - I like the fact the 'light at the end of the tunnel' still has clarity and colour - I also agree that you could lose the signs on the right, and maybe the post on the left to balance it again. Cheers, Richard.

[leaforte]

I like the first one. Nice use of dark space--draws me in.

[anonymouscuban]

Thanks for the feedback. I cloned out the signage on either side. What do you think?

BTW, this is the tunnel that runs under Topanga Canyon Blvd. right at Stoney Point in Chatsworth, California.

http://sotelo.smugmug.com/photos/426737152_oZiKM-L.jpg

[dlplumer]

Great shot and composition. I like them both but agree with folks on the first and the final version. :clap

[ian408]

Very nice idea.

For me, the tunnel needs to be more prominent. That means I'd like to see the tunnel almost edge to edge. From there, my eye should be lead through the tunnel to the end.

[Skippy]

Thanks for the feedback. I cloned out the signage on either side. What do you think?

BTW, this is the tunnel that runs under Topanga Canyon Blvd. right at Stoney Point in Chatsworth, California.



This one looks great with the signs taken out.
Can't have people seeing you ignored the saftely signs now can we :D

The light at the end of the tunnel is nicely captured too.

Great shot, be even nicer if the vandals hadn't put the graffiti up there too.

Nicely Captured and edited :thumb .... Skippy :D
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[roentarre]

the view is simply spetacular in deed :clap :ivar :barb

[Wachel]

What a nice shot. When I was a teenager my friends and I used to hang out around the tunnels in Chatsworth. Brings back memories.

There was one tunnel that you couldn't see the end of it and we were always too chicken to walk it. HA!

Good stuff.

[anonymouscuban]

What a nice shot. When I was a teenager my friends and I used to hang out around the tunnels in Chatsworth. Brings back memories.

There was one tunnel that you couldn't see the end of it and we were always too chicken to walk it. HA!

Good stuff.

It is a very interesting place. Still draws a lot of teenagers... usually up to no good though. Either smoking pot or causing other trouble. A few years ago, some kids sat above this very tunnel and rolled boulders off it onto an oncoming commuter train. The trained derailed. Can't remember if there were any fatalities. I sure hope not.

Nice place though. I posted some other shots of the hills in the Landscape forum.

[Wachel]

It is a very interesting place. Still draws a lot of teenagers... usually up to no good though. Either smoking pot or causing other trouble. A few years ago, some kids sat above this very tunnel and rolled boulders off it onto an oncoming commuter train. The trained derailed. Can't remember if there were any fatalities. I sure hope not.

Nice place though. I posted some other shots of the hills in the Landscape forum.

Wow! Derailed a train? Crap. We never got into any trouble like that. We generally just hung out and explored the area. Although we were pretty fond of putting pennies on the tracks :D ...maybe even stacking 4 or 5 to see what would happen...but throwing rocks and boulders on a train? That would have never even crossed my mind! :scratch

[anonymouscuban]

Wow! Derailed a train? Crap. We never got into any trouble like that. We generally just hung out and explored the area. Although we were pretty fond of putting pennies on the tracks :D ...maybe even stacking 4 or 5 to see what would happen...but throwing rocks and boulders on a train? That would have never even crossed my mind! :scratch

Different topic for a different forum but kids nowadays are not the same as when we were kids. It's like they are incapable of feeling empathy. That's as close as I can come to describing a lot of the punks I come across.

[Anselina Adams]

#1 is great shot