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Peter Carucci
{K:1672} 3/2/2006
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Great capture. The crop is effective in this case. This image is fine as is, I'm not sure that burning the edges further would add any more. I have always found abandoned RR photos very interesting. Excluding some parts of the NYC subway, I've never seen any where the RR was electrified and abandonded until now. B/W rendering makes this a really striking photo. Great job.
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Michael Alexander
{K:5293} 4/13/2005
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Lou, Thank you so much for your critique! Evidently, your critique made the front page of usefilm while I?ve been away. It?s rare that someone can give an honest and helpful critique unlike the ?slap on the back-good shot? comments I normally receive.
As far as my image, well, I shot that with a coolpix 5700 and it?s got a rotating view screen (one asset of point and shoot cameras) so, I didn?t have to actually lay on the ground.
I think your right about the edges, I was just trying something new and fishing for some feedback about burning the edges as opposed to doing a gradient vignetting(sp) or no ps effects at all. And I also agree with cropping out the light left of the arch, I tried cropping it a few different way?s and decided that this crop might add more depth to the image. But that?s why it?s nice to have a second pair of eyes to look at it and get some honest feedback.
I appreciate your tactfulness in offering useful suggestions to make this a better photo in addition to taking the time to actually examine it. I also thank you for your ?I really like this image? comment, I believe that to be a sincere complement and it meant a lot to me!
Thank you,
I took a look at your portfolio, I?m going to study your pictures and comment on them as soon as I get a chance
~Mike
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James Ferrier
{K:35} 4/11/2005
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Great picture! I love it. Great depth, contrast, framing, well everything really. Nice one :)
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Peter De Rycke
{K:41212} 4/11/2005
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Very good perspective shot !! Good you took the low viewingpoint to make the arches of the bridges stand out better !
Peter
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Marcos Benedicto
{K:1100} 4/11/2005
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Excelent image Michael!!
belissima
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Marcos
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 4/11/2005
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hello.. one wonderful perspective, great also for the contrasts of white and iron! ..and of the power line in parallel. personally I love I cut of the "old slabs" 6x6 and the effect of the Holgaroid. in this case much beautiful all, only, I believe that the exposure is not perfect! the reading of the light has been made on the white and therefore it is been born like gray! even if, to say the true, your photo has one atmosphere the much beautifulst!
congrats also for the front page!
cheers
roby
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Ian McIntosh
{K:42997} 4/11/2005
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Good point about the sky left, could be either a lot more or none would be useful
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Lou Mmm
{K:342} 4/10/2005
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Michael, I really like this image. It looks like you got down low to the ground to get this perspective--hope you weren't wearing snow afterwards! I like the human figure, too.
Please take this criticism in the constructive manner in which it's intended (and note that I'm not a professional!):
-- the burned edges are distracting to me; they're much too wide and don't appear to have much of a gradient (i.e., darker closer to the photo's edge)
--You might consider cropping out the light gray sky to the left of the last beam on the left; the light color of the sky is distracting. Or you could cut out that last beam entirely. Either, I think, would work.
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Michael Alexander
{K:5293} 2/25/2005
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Geno, this was taken in Taylor about a mile north of I-94. This was at the end of a subdivision street off of Ecorse between Pelham and Allen rd.
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Geno Bisoni
{K:81} 2/24/2005
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mike where can i find this place this would look cool in I/R
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michaelle .
{K:3807} 2/16/2005
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Personally I think both the framing and the tones you have chosen are very effective... Usually, in black and white images, one likes to see white whites and black blacks, but in this image the overall flatness of the tones adds to the mood of the image. I like how you can still see the details in the towers overhead and how the snow, even with the limited depth of field in the foreground, has texture. I don't think that adding any more vignette to the corners would add to this image, and think that you have very effectively captured the mood.
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Dana Finchum
{K:2200} 2/11/2005
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Nice shot, I like the composition and perspective. I think if you burn the edges more you'll get a 'Holga' appearance. A bit of grain would accent the mood.
Dana
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Tiger Lily
{K:10966} 2/10/2005
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Hi Michael, The sense of perspective is great. The man can be cloned out, is your choice. I like him there but did not notice him until I read your about. I changed the contrast a little and added a black blurred framing as something different to try. This is all amateur advice so use with caution. :-)
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Michael Alexander
{K:5293} 2/8/2005
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Here's a referance shot.
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Michael Alexander
{K:5293} 2/7/2005
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Thanks for your comment, I was going to put this in the ?alone? photo project originally, but the guy walking was just too small for the category in my opinion, in fact; I didn?t even know he was there until I zoomed up on this composure. Those towers are spaced about 100 ft apart.
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Michael Alexander
{K:5293} 2/7/2005
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Howard, thanks for the comment, I did some research on the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad before I posted this, but I didn?t come up with too much. I?m not sure where the towers are still standing but the only place I?ve seen them is in Taylor, where I would really like to photograph is ford rouge steel where these tracks started. Thanks for the info!
~Mike
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Howard M. Parsons
{K:3496} 2/7/2005
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Nice composition! Yes the square crop and off centeredness are effective. I don't think burning in the edges would be an improvement, but try it anyway and decide. Personal opinion: I like this image better than the out-of focus color one.
F.Y.I. I think this is what's left of the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad, which was once owned and used by the Ford Motor Co. It ran southwest from the Rouge complex to Toledo, then south through Ohio to Ironton which is on the Ohio River. It was built in the 1930's and WAS an electric railroad originally. Later diesel locos were used. It closed around 1950 I think.
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Tran Linh
{K:816} 2/6/2005
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Very nice composition. The lonely figure adds dimension to the scene.
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Adelino Barreto
{K:12661} 2/6/2005
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Intressting B&W.
Regards.
Adelino
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Yasmine El Sissy
{K:1299} 2/6/2005
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very good perspective,, regards
yasmine
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