Something missing?

I would appreciate and comments and critiques. Does the missing bulb

add to the picture or would it have been nice to have it there. Thanks!

HI

 

The missing bulb is a controversial question to me. On a side it is a broken symmetry, and this is nice, on the other side one could think that this missing lessen the image as architectural shots should be perfectly clean.

 

Apart that, the idea, the perspective and the portrait framing works perfectly to me and the image is very pleasant.

I like it, especially since you listed this in the "abstract" catagory and not the "architecture" catagory. The missing bulb leaves one visually unsettled a bit and wanting to look more. One's eye is continually drawn there. As the previous poster suggested, as an architecture picture, you'd probably want the bulb to be there. Either way, it's a great picture.

Thanks Giuseppe and Michael for your encouraging comments. I really appreciate it. I agree with you that the missing bulb is a bit of a question mark. I noticed it only after I was looking at the picture on my computer.

fantastic subject, though i feel that the composition could be a little better, though its hard to say cause i dunno what the conditons/space is like

2 for POI&Object, 2 for color&detail, 3 for angle&lightning, 6 for originality = 7/6.:) please correct me if I am wrong.:) brgds

 

Charles and Johnny, thanks for your comments.

Only thing missing is a title

Zz, can you please suggest one ;).

I like what you've "seen" here in this abstract-architectural detail photo. The missing bulb makes a fine centre of attention and the other details enhance that. All except one that is: for me the grey zone bottom right should be cropped off, exactly where I'm not sure (ie with or without the angle formed by the railing corner?). I wonder what others think about this?

I see your point -- sort of -- about the grey area at the bottom right corner. Is it distracting, or do you think it does not harmonize well with the rest of the tones? I tried out your suggestion and it looks good ( I am attaching it alongwith this post). My initial reason for keeping it there was to create a sense of symmetry (top-bottom). I now realize that the symmetry is sort of non-existant in the initial version. Anyhow, something to keep in the mind for the future. Thanks!

Noticed that you had joined PT, so I sauntered over. Good abstract with a strong pattern. Love the missing bulb and the reflections. The skylight(?) resembles a snowflake (a good take off point for your winter shots? :-), and is itself a worthy centerpiece here. However, I wonder if it would be better if its brightness was toned down a bit?

Niranjn thanks for stopping by. You have a good point about the brightness. It might be a good idea to reduce it a little bit. I plant to go to the museum again sometime and try the shot. Will try to keep this in mind.

Mandar, A beautiful composition! almost like a geometry lesson... arcs, circles, spiral, octagon, triangles... the whole enchilada! (Reading F. Patterson's book has made me see shapes and lines without labels, itz working!!) this is very nice and different from the usual spiral compositions I've seen. Something different is always attractive to me. Missing bulb, it adds that unsettling feel to it making it sort of dynamic (it would be nice with the bulb too). I would like it if you leave the bottom grey as it is, it is suggestive of the part of inside grey spiral. I like the way you see things up close, reducing the clutter around and the way you delineate geometrical patterns. I enjoyed your portfolio. Glad I am getting to know all of you PTs.

Chitra, thanks for your comment. This photograph is dear to me as I was really a beginner then and noticed this photograph in a bunch of photographs that I thought were "not good". That day I learnt that it pays to look at all the photographs after few days of taking them.