Smithfield

[cian.m.hayes]

January 25, 2007 at 5:00 pm

Well I’ve been putting this off for long enough, I’m finally getting around to posting some photos. I hope to have more in the comming days. Any comments would be very gratefully received. Follow the flickr links for higher res.

//Cian

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cian/350279161/
I think this building is called phoenix house, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I love it’s profile and I wanted to give it a dramatic, imposing look; like a huge ocean liner bearing down on you and you only in a life raft. I’m not sure I got it right, it just doesn’t have the punch I was looking for. Any suggestions?

______
Left, bw: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cian/350533951/
Right, bw: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cian/350533909/
Left, colour: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cian/350279185/
Right, colour: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cian/350279176/
Also from Smithfield, this is my first time deliberatly trying to create a diptych and I like how it turned out. The only problem I have with it is that it needs a border and I never use borders. I’m not sure why, I just never have and now I’m not really sure the best way to go about it, I’m thinking about a thin black edge and then a 50mm white around on all sides (assuming a 700mm wide image). I also have colour versions but I think the BW is far stronger.

[joe_elway]

January 25, 2007 at 6:34 pm

I really like these shots. Very professional looking. I think you were right to go b/w… the shapes really stand out and that’s what it looks like you went for. Well done. BTW, is this Smithfield in Dublin or London?

[cian.m.hayes]

January 25, 2007 at 7:21 pm

Thanks Joe, it’s smithfield in Dublin. Both shots were within 100 meters of the Luas stop.

//Cian

[cian.m.hayes]

January 29, 2007 at 11:42 am

I took another look at the Phoenix House pic, trying to dial up the drama a few notches

//Cian

[JohnnyMcMillan]

January 29, 2007 at 12:03 pm

Cian…if you made that shot perfectly straight in PS….would be a bloody great shot!

[cian.m.hayes]

January 30, 2007 at 11:17 am

Thanks Johnny, I tried last night but I just got frustrated. I was using a guide along the central ridge but because not all the points on the ridge line up perfectly, it just got confusing. I’m going to try again tonight. I think it only needs a very slight adjustment, about 0.5 to 1 degree clockwise.

//Cian