Staff Only at The Bodlian

The saturation is just perfect.

 

6/7

 

Cheers

 

Misha

 

PS: The left bike is very important for the composition. I wish we had all of it in the frame and then some.

Thanks Misha, I'll have a look at the original, and see if I caught it on the day! - If I did, I'll repost it.

 

Regards, Nick.

hi nick, out of curiosity i played with some crops of this image. one has the 2 center bicycles, and the other just the 1 in front of the sign. they tighten up the image quite abit but do not know if the 4 bicycles are an important matter for you. btw... i noticed ben had moved the sign via layers etc. the image looks real nice. oh to have the time and abilities, and be 33 again.

This is a cool one. Very nicely composed. Good tones and exposure.

 

 

Kind regards.

Nick,

Very nice shot looks as if some of the staff wish to leave faster than the others,

maybe it because they will be working late?

 

I do like lighting and over all colour.

The shot has proprioeption and spatial awareness.

 

Now for my shot that you commented on.

What you see on the right of the shot is a cactus. As it is set in the desert it seemed only right that it was in the shot. plus that it was what I hiding be hind to take the shot. Hope you still like the shot.

Many thanks for your time and imput it's a great help so,THANK YOU!

 

I like the light in this making the bikes look quite saintly!

What makes this photo very beautiful is the light.

Very good exposure; nice tone. Kind regards....

Nicholas, I like the shot and the light. I'd have taken the last bike on the right away.

Thanks Everyone for your kind comments, especially as some many of you are such good photographers.

 

The interresting light comes from this shot being taken on a very bright day, however the light here is warm and reflected, bouncing off the sandstone walls, as these bikes were chained up in a little covered archway between two bright courtyards.

 

Paula, I considered such a crop, but in the end, I didn't think it was so dramatic, mainly because of the new placement of the "Staff Only" sign within the frame. Perhaps I was wrong?

 

Regards to you all, Nick.

Beautiful colors, great composition.

I like this.

Thanks

Oxford is a University town, and everyone, but everyone ride bucycles, even the University

Staff! But parking is in very short supply, so hallowed parking for bicycles are fiercly

guarded, and wo betide the student who defies the proctors! Please feel free to critique.

I like this a lot. I do not like the crop. That said, the bike to the left is just out of the picture which is a tad annoying. The bike to the right is also a tiny little bit annoying.

 

All that said, this is really a wonderful photograph. Well done!

 

 

Thanks Gabor, thanks David, its great when such good photographers such as yourselves like my work.

 

David, I agree about the bicycles, and as mentioned above, I think the original has the whole bike on the left, I'll see if I can rescan it. The bikes on the right were a little "messy", but I don't think that I can do much about them - such is life!

 

Regards, Nick.

Hi Nicholas, personally I like the origional image as posted, but that is me, and I don't like to mess with any image post shooting anyway!

You have a good eye! Regards, Todd

Yes, Nicholas, try to resacan. Only three bikes crop doesn't work. To me what had to be left out was just the half hidden bike on the right.

Nicholas, you really upload photos at a pace difficult to keep up with! Nice and effective simple shot here, a few homogeneous elements standing out against a uniform and pleasing-colour background. If there is a bit more of the left bike in the original frame I think that rescan is really worth it, as it would improve the symetry and round off the composition, and in passing you might consider reducing contrast a tad, which looks a bit excessive to me. Best.

Nice portfolio... I like this one a lot.

Thanks for everyones kind comments and advice. I have rescanned the image, as I had inadvertantly cropped the original image, and I have reposted it above.

 

Here, I include a copy of the original posting, so that others can see what the helpful comments above refer to.

 

Regards, Nick.

this is a nice image and i only given you 6/6's ,iam sure the image is good and the colors are nice the composition is nice.

Jemmny will ban me as soon as he see my comments on the forum,so what chances i have to report it to photo.net ,of courses no much chances

best regards

My kinda shot ... very nice

 

Kenny ...

Very nice !

Lovely photo. I spent three years in Oxford and I never noticed this area.

 

I've got an Oxford folder as well. Have a look if you like.

Nice rich colours. Very typical of the Oxford I saw in the few hours I was there.