Lullaby Lane

[Shakey]

Cruz'n the alley ways I found this.

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/15179465-L.jpg
Do you think I should crop off right at the top where the plywood ends.
That part of a window seems distracting to me.:dunno

Thoughts, comments,jokes critiques all welcome.


Tim
Cheers

[spockling]

If you were to crop it off at the top of the plywood, I think you would lose the context of the whole image. There would be no reference. I wouldn't touch the cropping. How about a duotone?:wink

[Shakey]

Okay heres two more versions

Color with crop
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/15182167-M.jpg

And a Tri tone
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/15182947-M.jpg

Any better or all trash?:dunno

Tim

[lynnma]

Okay heres two more versions

Color with crop


And a Tri tone


Any better or all trash?:dunno

TimHi tim.. I like the first one you did.. I don't think you should crop it either.. I like the way it is.. I think its a good shot..I like it:clap

[Steve Cavigliano]

I too, like the first edit. But, I have to admit, even though I don't like the tighter crop as much, the color version is very, very nice also :thumb


Nice capture :clap


Steve

[ginger_55]

I love the first version :clap :clap :clap . NO doubt in my mind which I like.

great catch. Wish I had taken it. I love that kind of photography. I don't see it here, and I don't think I would see it in the "safe" areas downtown.

ginger:thumb

[Angelo]

I would not crop it. Doing so gives it the appearance of being staged rather than real, organic.
I love the coldness of the original b/w.
The color plays offered are creative but just individually subjective.



Cruz'n the alley ways I found this.

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/15179465-L.jpg
Do you think I should crop off right at the top where the plywood ends.
That part of a window seems distracting to me.:dunno

Thoughts, comments,jokes critiques all welcome.


Tim
Cheers

[fish]

Shakes, it would have been funnier if you had a shot of a drunk passed out against the wall. Sorry...no jokes this time.

[Darryl Cox]

as you shot it.

The monochrome is appealing and leaves a lot of 'play' room for the imagination of the viewer. Just the condition of the walls, the hand painted parking zone wording and the reinforced door handle speak volumes.

Thanks,

[pathfinder]

Cruz'n the alley ways I found this.

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/15179465-S.jpg
Do you think I should crop off right at the top where the plywood ends.
That part of a window seems distracting to me.:dunno

Thoughts, comments,jokes critiques all welcome.


Tim
Cheers


Hi Tim.. I prefer this version over the crops and color versions also. I prefer this crop because cropping off the top raises the plywood sign lettering too high - as it is, it's perfectly placed in the left upper third position. Not that that position is magic - it just seems right for this image. B&W helps the gritty-ironic feeling this image presents to the world.

The blue and orange colors are a lovely combination and look nice together, but don't fit the mood of this image to my mind. YMMV
Very nice capture Tim :thumb

[Shakey]

Shakes, it would have been funnier if you had a shot of a drunk passed out against the wall. Sorry...no jokes this time.Ill reshoot and bring my tripod I'll get wasted and slump against the wall myself.:1drink:slosh .

[Shakey]

Thanks for all the replies y'all:thumb
Ginger I do not think there is a part of Calgary I feel unsafe in. But then again as the song goes..." I've got friends in low places".:evil

This shot actually is the alley way of a trendy area of town It is very much in a transition period right now.

Cheers
Tim

[fish]

Ill reshoot and bring my tripod I'll get wasted and slump against the wall myself.:1drink:slosh .

man, I love your dedication to your art! :super

[lynnma]

man, I love your dedication to your art! :super
can I come too shakey???:1drink

[USAIR]

I like the color version best very cool.
I love these kind of shots.
http://www.riverbendphotos.com/photos/13961689-S.jpg

Thanks
Fred