stain series b Stain b2

I have two Stain Series in my Portfolio. I would appreciate comments

on the entire series. The stains are due to a long-standing roof leak

at Florida Internationl University.

"Spotless" portfolios! This photo, without doubt is my favorite.3b is not bad too. If you invite the board of judges to Florida, next year`s Turner Prize will be yours! Regards!

Nice composition and good color. I like the feel of this shot.6/7

You joking? You must have taken these stain series in my country, Hungary (Central Europe) where after communizm and a long and deep economic crisis roof leak in a state university or hospital is quite normal. But in the rich USA? If you say that this is spagetti splashed on the wall by studenst just for fun I will believe it easier.:P

This Stain b2 is the most colourful of all, so I like here the colours. The composition could be improved. The horizontal dividing line is almost in the middle, so I would try to crop from the top, so that the line go up to the 2/3 of the height of the photo. Then I would crop from left and right (more than from left), so that the rectangle be proportional.

 

I like even more Stain 2 and Stain 1 from the series A. I played around with a2 in PS. Turned it uppside down (the bigger portion of spagetti be in the lower part of the pic - your original is top heavy). Increasing contrast (with Levels) and saturation, and cropping the top and bottom. The result is a fine abstract. The same (levels and saturation) done with A1, and rotated it 90 degrees clockwise - just for having a shot in which the horizontal lines dominate rather than the verticals as in A2.

 

Regards.

 

P.S. Is it stll leaking? :)

Thank you, Daryl, Krum, and Ivan, for all of your useful and thoughtful comments. It's not leaking right now, because we're in our dry season in Miami. The stains have faded and aren't as interesting, but come the next rain fall, I'll be able to work on Stain Series C. Any thoughts for the next time?