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Many thanks for your comments.

Alex

Great image! Very well composed and effective. Congrats.

Great picture. I like the way the two cranes intersect and how the crane in the foreground seems to dominate the other one. The square format suits this image perfectly. Top marks.

Fine art to be sure. Well done.

Great shot for sure. I like the cross in the composition and the black and white effect. Mickael Kenna effects, very very good.

Pleasantly graphic high contrast, might have been drawn. Not sure I'm excited about vignetting though; fine shot.

Very nice and effective composition

Wonderful graphic and composition !! The B&W is perfect. Congratulations ! BRAVO ! BRAVO !

I would buy this and hang it on my wall. Excellent.

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Very nice shot, well done. I would almost like more symmetry to the image, the additional detail on the right is a little distracting. (if that makes any sense)

This is an intriguing graphic composition that I too admire very much. But the vignetting is distracting. I suggest letting the background go flat white. This would remove the distraction and enhance the graphic nature of the image.

Nice photo, good composition. I wonder - what created the vignetting? I'd guess it was introduced in post processing to fill the 'void' in the top corners of the photo filled by the bodies of the cranes in the bottom corners.

 

Is it just me, or is there a preference lately for symmetrical and somewhat abstract images for POW? Just curious....

 

Scott

I would have to echo Chris Fraser's comments. The vignetting is very distracting and easily removeable. I wonder if the vigentting was left in intentionally?

Well, I have to say that this one just really doesn't do anything for me. I see what he was attempting to do, but, in my unexpert opinion, it just doesn't work. The background is unappealing, especially the oft-mentioned vignetting and the composition isn't interesting enough to hold the eye. If the cranes were perfectly symetrical, I suppose it could generate graphical interest, but as is, I think it doesn't work.

I thank you very much to have chosen this shot as photography of the week. There is not a precise reason regarding added the vignetting, it's only a choice of my personal taste. I understand that you can appreciate it or not, I accept the critics very gladly. I'm trying to develop a my recognizable style passing through a type of postproduction that is the most identifiable one.

I'm here on Photo.net from a very short time, so thanks to all for the critics and the comments that I read with much interest.

Alex.

There is enough near symmetry to create a pleasing graphical composition.

 

The elements draw the eye around the image but where to rest the eye for a moment? The

centre of the cross? No great interest there. Is it strong enough overall to warrant repeated

viewing? Not for me.

 

Is there a rule one shouldn't add vignetting. No. Does it distract in this otherwise Litho like

image? Yes, for me it does.

 

There is no human factor or other element to show scale which would undoubtedly help.

Hi Alex, just like to add my 20cents worth to this discussion. To me the cranes are a very strong rigid sort of an element with a bit of a conflict going on in that one looks to be trying to lift the other. Also, the crossed elements give the composition great strength which, I hesitate to add, appears feminine to me. It is interesting and causes me to consider composition, so, thank you and kind regards, Peter.

Alex, I am like several others also attracted by the photo, but I'm not convinced that it is a very good photo in terms of photographical quality.

 

The play of hard lines and structures of the cranes creates a simple but unbalanced composition which needs some counter weight, which you provide be a strong edge vignetting in the upper right corner. However, the soft shaded vignetting is in my eye not in harmony with the hard contrasted main structures. In short in my view the picture is balanced by the use of structures and vignetting but is not harmonious and therefore in my modest view not particularly "aesthetic". Just a personal view.

 

Anders

Without reviewing other's remarks, which I hope keeps me honest, I will offer my views of this photograph. A most unusual and interesting composition. I don't believe I have ever seen a composition quite like this before. Overall, it's very well ballanced. It does not hold my attention too long, however. I don't know why that is, but it just doesn't have that "grab" to it. It's a nice piece, never-the-less. I think that the photographer burned in the upper corners too much which, in my view, detracts from the image.

The vignetting pulls my eye back down to the cables and the intersection of the two cranes. Without it, I think my eye would follow the crane lines up and out the corners of the picture.

 

I like the not-quite-symmetical balance. The difference in height of the two cranes is compensated for by the difference in abundance of cable and the greater mass at the lower right.

 

The two outside frame lines complement perfectly the elements of the image.

 

This is a splendid piece of work that takes on the appearance of a drawing. Congratulations!

I like the tension of the composition. If cranes can't show tension, nothing can. The comments that it lacks symmetry seem simplistic...they think "symmetry" means no tension, equal=equal. I see a strong and tense dynamic.

 

Background and vignetting are another issue...I'd prefer to see some extremely out-of-focus, heavily fogged background perhaps, but I think a big print would reveal a lot of tonal detail in the cranes (they're not just graphic silouettes (sp?), so perhaps the vignetting would seem even more important then.

Dare I say what I am thinking? I must.... I can't help it.. its so obvious. What this picture needs

is life. something darting in the sky.... something to give movement to an overly static

composition. What this picture needs .....God save me...... What this picture really

needs......is...... Is a BIRD. Flying free in the sky , laughing as it goes at the giant erector set

below. I feel better fo having said it.

Alan, be careful what you ask for! Someone might give it to you--sorry Alan, I couldn't

resist such a perfect set up!

 

Anyway, the fact that this photo is asymmetrical falls in favor of this already pretty static

composition. For me, I just think that there is just too much dead space, at least I think

that is what makes me end up with some indifference to the image. When I compare this

to the clothespin shot in your portfolio, I think that image, even tho there is a lot of white,

has a lot more impact as everything feels more connected.

 

As to the vignette, in some ways, for me, it helps this image, but I think it is a bit abrupt

as it travels into the pure white. I tested putting a very light gray over the entire image

and it became more integrated--I put a value of 233 for all r/g/b on a separate layer and

chose multiply for blending mode. This is on my laptop, so it may not be the best value

on a better monitor.

 

So I think this is a nice graphic image, but it just seems to be missing something, I won't

ask for the bird, but maybe it is just too empty.

i suspect it's very difficult for any serious photographer to appreciate this picture when he takes into account the massive crime of cropping that's been perpetrated (sorry in advance, mr. seewald). i won't even mention the tonal failures digital capture brings to the table (note: i said capture, not display).

 

otherwise, very well perceived, very well balanced, very well presented. now that you've shown the potential, it's time for a proper camera. if you can imagine, such devices can be had for as little as $25 dollars on a famous internet auction site these days.

 

vuk.