red door

the purpose of this building is rather unusual and will be

explained later.

Using Kodak film always makes me happy. True color and quality is what I enjoy. If this was done with Fuji it wouldn't have the impact. Geometrically it draws you in, colors make you move your eyes. Nice, very nice.

A classic: Just wonderful from every aspect.

This is not a scene I care to think about very deeply. It invokes feelings of anxiety, fear and horror. So, is a powerfull image well composed.

"Door" pics do nothing for me....this is the exception.

Bold composition, what in God's name is leaking from under the door?

It wouldn't be all that original if it wasn't there, would it? :-) Two people have suggested it might be blood. It isn't. More than that will cost you, Marc.

Nice subject, but afew little things can still be improved, I think...

1) Do we really need the floor at the bottom edge of the frame ? I'd be ok with it if it were burned heavily, but since it's bright, it calls the eye unneccessarily imo.

2) I'd increase contrast slightly... I'd love the door to jump out to me and everything around to be darker... This picture is asking for more drama, basically... Sun light on the subject could have done all that for you, but since it hasn't, somebody's got to do it...:-) Still, nice image... but work on it a bit... Regards.

I love this shot too, great color, perfect contrast, interesting subject to my eye. I agree with one of the above comment's about the floor,and I would add the wall to the right. crop the photo a bit more so the lower right corner of the door step is the bottom.

 

great shot!

 

(btw... where does that door lead!?!)

This is a firefighters' training facility, so the stain is not blood but rust. Just shot two rolls of closeups of burned out cars this morning.

I disagree with the comment about cropping the foreground floor - I think it helps frame the stairs and landing and adds much more spatial depth drawing the eye in towards the door than if the floor/ground level weren't there.

Carl, I think you should have preserved the mystery of the location a bit longer. I was hoping for an insane asylum and I think the photo would benefit from a contorted face pressed up against the inside of the glass.

 

I'm not sure why but this photograph definitely draws the eye. It's not a typical pretty door picture and I've come back to it a couple of times now. I really enjoy the geometry of this composition. It looks slightly out of level and made me wonder if that was by design. Distorting the perspective even more could also be used very effectively here.

 

I do think you need the visual anchor of the walkway below the stairs but that appears to be a matter of personal preference dependent on the viewer.

 

Other things I liked include the monochromatic background and the textures of the different materials and surfaces. I agree with Marc, in that some darker values would help to balance the left side with the horizontal elements on the right. Of course, in order to do that you are moving away from straight documentary photography to the heretical doctrine of the artistic ideal achieved through the evil and reviled PhotoShop. Not especially by me but definitely by more than a few.

 

Later: I looked at this again at home on a decent monitor and I was mistaken about it being out of level. I still like the idea of playing with the perspective but I have to say the composition is near perfect in my mind.

 

I will try to explain why I like this image. First it is the strong contrast between the bright red door and the grey of all the rest. Then it is the overwhelming feeling that something bloody is taking place behind the door and the thick concrete. Well done.

I like this "arrangement":o) Especially that it reminds me about some great days i spent in Luxembourg, where i took this photo:

Funny similarity, isn't it.

Bright red against a drab and deteriorating backdrop. . . a pure version of the 'red gets all the attention' theme.

in all bad thiangs there is a littel brightness. like this shot fof the ghetto, with the red door, give is a edge.

What grabbed my attention was the steps and the compositional arrangement of the door in relation to them - the colour is noticeable, but not as important (in my opinion, at least). It is a classic arrangement: not so original, but quite pleasing :-)

This is one of my favorites and was selected as color print of the year last year in club competition (well over two hundred entries). Apart from the mystery of the stain, I was initially attracted to the variety of compositional arrangements (dominance, balance, proportion, and rhythm) as well as a rather odd tonal variation of red, yellow, and blue.

One of my favorites too.

Well, the red is very strong against the drab, deteriorating background. The small splashes of muted yellow and the strong graphic horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines really punch this to a standout photo. Well done Carl

want to see this in b+W

could work . . . although I think you'd end up missing the rust and its significance.