[blacktopjunkie]

December 18, 2008 at 9:07 pm

http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.asp

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_64/runningdownwhatsbehind.html

[blacktopjunkie]

December 18, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Well I’ve always wanted to do something like this but felt it was a bit cliched. I guess what I was trying to do was take a photo of something normal enough, almost boring and just have this darker element off to the side to throw it a little. Anybody photographing New York in the 80s had piles of similar photos so I was never sure if it’d work. They’re almost always better in B&W too.

I’m in Dublin and know of a few more examples, So might have a go at them and see how it goes

[blacktopjunkie]

December 18, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Thanks for the input everyone. I have a tendency to deliberately frame photos so the main subject is to the side etc. I think it only works for me as I know what I’m looking for. I’ll take a few shots at the weekend and see how they pan out.

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December 16, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Thanks for the reply. Do you think I should have the runners as the main focus? I have very shaky hands so need to use a tripod, will have to run out into the road for that. What about the colouring etc. Do you thik its okay?

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October 26, 2007 at 1:31 pm

No probs. It was about 8.30 in the morning. There’s no detail cos there wasn’t anything actually there except a wall of mist. The sun was just breaking through to the left of the photo.

[blacktopjunkie]

October 26, 2007 at 11:17 am

Nope you’re right. My apologies, a crop does tidy it up a lot without losing the effect. I think?

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October 26, 2007 at 10:50 am

Had a look at Mick’s work as suggested and definitely see where you’re coming from, but I felt that a frosty morning, as this was, has a greater effect if it’s bright.

I have a tendency to leave in big foregrounds and backgrounds and agree here again it’s a bit too big, but I wouldn’t like to cut too much off as i think it emphasises a sort of “stand alone” quality in the trees??

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October 5, 2007 at 5:54 pm

I like this, but (possibly an unfair criticism as I’m from the area) I always feel this particular church ruin is more dramatic when you give a sense of the barrenness around it? Did you take it recently?

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September 24, 2007 at 8:27 am

Hi, thanks for the feedback

They’re the exact same probs I saw with it. I took the photo with my arms stretched over my head and it came out all wonky but I couldn’t straighten it completely without cutting the moon out.

I figured leaving the moon in was a better idea as I felt Dun Laoghaire was too far away for it to suit a simply panaromic shot.

TBH I like sky photos and thought the moon might give me an excuse.

Do you think a simple crop to make it a panoramic shot would leave D’Laoghaire too small?

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March 17, 2007 at 8:55 am

These are the kinda interesting shots I like. Though I would have done the following. Cut the grass out of the way and had the landscape in focus as opposed to the telly. The stuff around the edges is a distraction I think. Where’d you take it?

[blacktopjunkie]

March 9, 2007 at 9:24 am

Yep. I’ll have to scan it in though, so I should get it done tonight

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March 2, 2007 at 9:10 pm

Only got it at Christmas. My old man and me got one each. The last 2 left in the Argos’s in Derry. Clearance sale and all that. I don’t intend on moving up for a very long time to be honest. It’s a good camera and if a photo I take using it doesn’t come out the best it’s usually my own fault. I just need a bigger memory card for it :)

Actually my old man is a bit of an influence on the photography side of things. When he had our house built he had a darkroom built into the garage! Our childhood was spent inhaling chemicals running around in white coats. :)

[blacktopjunkie]

March 2, 2007 at 4:13 pm

Lovely image. Really strong colours. Can I ask if ou used any effects on it.

Never thought the seats in Dublin Airport looked that clean

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March 2, 2007 at 3:00 pm

I think this would be a great photo to mess about with in photoshop. You have a beautiful blend in the colours in the sky that could be played with. It’d be nice if the bottom part where the green is just visible were a little lighter, again could be done in photoshop. That’s a personal thing though. :wink:

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March 2, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Thanks very much. I appreciate the commments greatly. I was suprised at how well it came out. I took it with a pretty rudimentary Fuji camera Finepix s5600 which hasn’t done too well in my attempts to take lanscape shots