The British Library

Anything that is published anywhere in the world is deposited here! Shakespere's First

Folio, The Gutenberg Bible, The Lindesfarn Gospels! - but what do you think of my

photograph?

Good different lines of composition! Unsual grey scale, cause I see you have lost some details on the building!

Thank you, Biliana

Hi Nick

Like the photo. IMO I think a crop would help. Would be curious if bringing the left side in to

eliminate the flag (which for me interferes with the sky), & bringing the bottom up, (as the brick is adding a completely seperate element & tends to hold me away from the structure). Not sure if I would leave the white area at the bottom to help frame the image or bring it up further & just have the grass & rocks in the forground which make for a very different perspective. A few ideas I thought you might be interested in. Curious what you think, & if I am out of line.

 

until later...g

 

 

Thanks Biliana, thanks Gary.

 

This was hand held, and I think that there is some movement evident. I posted it because I liked the structural lines as an architectural abstract. I do hiwever agree with you about the flag being a bit of a distraction.

 

I live about 5 mins walk from this building, and might pop down there again this weekend, with my tripod, to see what I can achieve!

 

Fond regrards, Nick.

Hello Nick, the clock tower is reminiscent of a cathedral campanile. The I guess this is a cathedral of learning. Strong lines with a great feel for the building.

Thanks Peter, I'm not the greatest fan of this building, but I am a fan of what it stands for!

Nicholas, just as Gary I find the wall's white and brick to be distracting and not to harmonize with the building's style, and cropping the bottom and a bit on the left to dispose with the flag would bring the building more into the picture and perhaps leave a neater and more focused composition. Above is my suggestion. I know this upsets the original format, which you might prefer to keep ... What do you think?

Thanks Ricardo.

 

I think that I do prefer your crop!

 

Although, it was the interplay between all these line that attracted me to the shot in the first place. I've got myself a second-hand Hasselblad, so I'm currently a little obsessed with the 6x6 square format, so maybe, I cannot see the wood for the trees as it were?

 

Kind regards, and thanks for your input, Nick.

Hi Nick

 

The crop Ricardo has shown is exactly what I had made reference to if the choice were made to remove the white wall cap.

 

I also feel that interplay between lines is most important. I think you do a fine job seeing the "wood" so keep it up. Shoot the larger image, & then play with some different crops. Put the different versions aside for a day or so, & then revisit them.

 

until later...all my best, & have fun with the Hasselblad

Hi! this? I can relate. Thanks.

Is the Hasselblad a recent acquisition? The MF SLR seems to be a good compromise for many situations where quality is the aim. How do you find the handling?

 

Like you I am wholeheartedly for the purpose of the library though I have to confess to finding its style rather charmless with echoes of industrial buildings without having their rationale. Have you been inside it?