Battery Russell Redux

Comments, ratings appreciated on semi-abstract shot. I posted this

earlier, but decided it looks better upside down. Tell me what you

think.

It does look pretty cool upside down. Nice shot either way, good color and simple dominant lines.

You're right. It looks better upside down.

Bob, Having not read your RFC, I was trying to figure out what it was about this that made me like it more than your first post. It took a minute then finally "clicked" that the only difference was the orientation.

 

Flipping this helps the eye flow in a more natural path. The dark window seems to make more sense in this position below, rather than above, the diagonal shadow. The crumbling foreground walls also seem to rest more easily in the frame.

 

In both, I love that metallic looking blue color and the texture of the walls.

Very good. I like it. great scene and texture and structure and color!

Biliana

I too prefer this version Robert. It's so much more open and less oppressive. The cool blue and warm greys are a nice combination too. Can you explain the title please.

Becky and Doug, thanks for stopping by. It's funny how changing the orientation made this much better. By making the ceiling the floor, it gives the photo a base.

 

Laurie, I like the metallic colors, too.

 

Biliana, thanks for your nice comment.

 

Hanna, this was shot at Battery Russell, which is part of Ft. Stevens, which overlooks the mouth of the Columbia River. Through WWII, they had big guns aimed out towards the mouth of the river. Redux--brought back, tried again . . . For me, another attempt at this subject. I was thinking Rabbit Redux by John Updike, a book which has become completely forgettable.

Interesting with some mystery. very nice texture, and colors that accentuate the mystery of what is behind the door.. I

Pnina, thanks for stopping by---I'm glad you think that this is mysterious.

This is definitely a great dreamscape, or rather a nightmarescape. I like the way you've composed it, with the foreground setting a theater-like scene to slowly introduce us to the subject. I like the way the foreground is broken almost in correspondence of the line on the wall. The blue eerie light, indeed, is what the nightmare touch is all about, and I like the way some light borders this door to mystery.

 

I just read about this having been flipped and I think this was a great idea. Is all more logic this way.

Savatore, thanks for commenting on this one. I'm going to bring my kids back here and try some people/portrait shots with this color scheme--seems like it would be worth a try!