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I really like this, I really like the geometry of the pipes and the dimension (DoF). The lighting and shades of grey really set this off in my opinion, I just like looking at it:-) I just have one question, how long did it take you push all those pipes in to position like that? Some folks will do anything to get the shot;-) Great work!

Regards,

Richard

I have no problems with the image as an idea - it's a nice geometric pattern that could work well. But the word is 'could'. I can see it's had some work in PS to elevate it beyond ordinary but instead of going to that trouble you should have revisited the site - clearly sewer pipes on a construction site - at other times of the day. Then you could have wowed us in colour or at least achieved better lighting. The sky is flat and lifeless, the shadow uninteresting and the whole thing listless. You could have buolt this with toilet roll tubes under studio light.
An opportunity missed, I think. But you obviously have an good eye for image. All you need is a bit more stamina

Birgit, I wish I had your eye for a good photograph. Its depth of field is right for me with a mixed series of maximum sharpness of rings and soft/polished insides. The textures make it. I like the ordered shadows as well. The square format is clearly the right format for it and the crop spot on to capture the splash of light in the foreground tube. The B&W medium suits this best, for me.

Every thing here is perfect, perfect composition, perfect lighting and perfect depth of field. B & W is my favored for abstracts, with color it usually loses something. Very nice

 

No one asked but my guess these are tapered bearing races.

perfect composition, perfect lighting

 

Nice repetitive patteren. I give the photgrapher credit for picking up on this.
I also give the photogapher credit for having courage to keep the image real. I dont feel any touching -up is necessary. I like the natural look of the image. Scenes such as this benefit from the realism.
Blobs, goo, gunk, and unmatching shadows are all elements of the natural scene.
Very nice work.

My approach, when I have nothing "assigned" is to just go out looking for the photographs I know are hiding in plane sight out there somewhere. This looks like one of those photos. I have also been attracted to these sorts of things, industrial sites, building sites, destruction sites. The comment someone made that man has a sense inherent of size, proportion, composition and the like seems to resonate with me.

It would be interesting to see it "shopped" a little, but then I like the rawness of it too. The burning in of the upper right corner would remove more than it would replace, it seems to me.

Cloning out the tool handle, hmmmmm, sometimes removing the human reference creates a greater sense of loneliness or at least of alone-ness.

It evokes a feeling, which like music, is part of photography's job description as far as I'm concerned. I enjoyed it, thank you.

i'm drawn in by this image much more than most any abstract architectural shot i've ever seen. i think it's due to a combination of not only the patterns (which are not immutable, but change throughout the frame), but the variety of tones overlapping various textures brought out by the unique light. great job. (i'd love to hear how you shot and processed this. not because it defines whether it's a good image. i think that any image chosen for this forum and that speaks to me so much merits an opportunity to teach me and others about how others achieve their inspired vision.)

Well, it's quite okay, and quite well seen - and fairly well done - but hardly a picture I'd look at more than once, I'm affraid... Firstly, because I have seen two many photography students trying all sorts of graphic images like this one in their first or second semester. Secondly, because my eye gets unavoidably drawn down to the area circled with red, which I feel is not the main area of interest in this image - so I'd say the emphasis is misplaced in this composition... And thirdly because I would personnally object to ANY burning at all in the corners of this picture: simply because I feel the real light flowing INSIDE these cylinders is a very important added value to give us a sense of depth in this image... In short, I see here 3 major artistic mistakes in the composition, and my interest for the resulting image will therefore remain quite low - despite the obvious graphical qualities that this angle offered us... Just my opinion of course. Best regards.

After looking at is again I realise how carefully the entire image was focused, the limited depth of field seems, along with the excellent tonal quality (which is quite good), to suggest a medium speed film, perhaps even a 6x6 image.
When I shoot with a TLR I don't feel restricted but rather liberated with a square format and a shot like this where the objets almost playfully rattle around in the rigid format is just right. A rectangle would not work.
The distractions in the red circle, I never even noticed and still don't.
For me the realness of the situation doesn't distract so much as it confirms the delightfully "random order", if there are such a thing.

There is a certain degree of cleverness to the choice of subject as well as the angle and overall composition. Therein lies the problem for me, beyond that sense of clever there is nothing else to engage with. The photo does not elicit anything from me, it is not  visually pleasing, it tells no story and  has no emotional impact. The subject is reasonably well handles as are the technical considerations,  however the overall result is not satisfying.

full filled composition~

Love this shot ! Works on all levels i don`t think it would work so well in colour, if the pipes were not so big i might suggest they had been arranged this way.,Perhaps they have ? Interesting to think such harsh materials could be so calming...Exellent composition.

Superb!

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Tough crowd !

Bill P.

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Tina, it sounds like a Relativistic Time Dilation issue to me.....

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/gustavus_physlets/TimeDilation.html

Bill P.

Birgit, it's actually a pretty nice photo. A little eye kandy never hurt anyone.
My dear friend, the late Wayne Wright, would say "If only the best birds were allowed to sing, it would be a pretty quiet forest."

Bill P.

Fantastic idea! Congrats!

Great light and shadow!

This is the kind of photo that keeps me excited in both architecture and photography.