ACME MACHINE

I really like it.

 

I do wonder whether it might improve when you can get rid of the that pesky pole in the center? It kind of breaks the image at the moment.

Love the geometric patterns. I think you could crop the partial window on the left, it kind of pulls the eye away...And I don't mind the pole in dead center, it helps bring the sky into the picture.

Very strong colors wich make think about the sing. Almost leads to a certain cartoon world, where a coyote and a roadrunner live in eternal battle.

 

I do like the photo and the after touch made here. Different cropping might have what I would have done. But it always depends on the mood and varies by day.

Very nice colours, David.. so, here was where the roadrunner purchase his superengines????. Great documentary. Warm regards and my best wishes for the new year.

Thanks. Normally I might agree with you about the pole, and you might be right. But I felt that the pole added ugliness to the industrial scene. I think it would have been better if the pole had a more old-fashioned sort of look to it. Cheers

Good suggestion. I find that the split window does not much distract me, but I can see that it might not be so for everyone. Thank you for you thoughts.

It is really funny, as the first person to comment when I posted this to Flickr, said something about Wiley Coyote, and I did not understand the reference. Now you, too, have made reference to it. I had no clue as to the association. I guess that falls into the category of "live and learn." Thanks for the comment.

Thanks, amigo. Back at you on the New Years wishes. See comment above about cartoon character.

I hate to be the third person to make the reference but the first thing I imagined when I looked at this was Wiley Coyote walking out those front doors with a big cardboard box marked Acme.

I seem to recall having to explain the Tasmanian Devil to you some time back, also from the same cartoons.

The treatment lends a cartoonish feel that also fits in with that Warner Brothers animation vibe.

 

I agree that the pole enhances the ugliness factor. The ugliness and the geometry makes this a strong shot.

 

I tend to agree with the notion of loosing that half window on the left. Not only to pull the eye back into the frame, but I also think it would make a more pleasing aspect ratio. As stands the images seems to sprawl a bit.

Thanks. I guess you crop freaks are going to wear me down. Why can't you guys just control your eyes anyway? It's clear that my education is sorely deficient when it comes to cartoon characters (most everything else too, I guess). Well, I've always got my Pnet friends to enlighten me. It does seem to me that if Wiley Coyote is coming and going here they might at least install a doggie door.

" Why can't you guys just control your eyes anyway? "

 

I have as much control over my eyes as the rest of me, which is to say, none whatsoever.

 

Wiley is Acme's number one customer ! he buys all his explosives and giant mouse traps and giant sling shots as well as the remainder of his other sundry Roadrunner catching equipment from them.

I too would expect a doggy door :-)

Wiley or not...I love this ugly shot...It's tops....Marjorie

Daily I learn from you oh wise one.

You calling my pic ugly? lol Thanks

G'day Dave,

 

I hope my rating allows me to join your chitchat '6' club...lol. Great shot...I love these types of street / building shots, you've captured this one well.

Thanks. Anytime a man of your talent gives me a favorable nod, I'm most grateful.

actually, i imagine wiley coyote blasting out of the smoke stack on the left. everything he ever does backfires on him. i don't mind the window on the left. if you do decide to get rid of it, i would clone it out rather than crop it. i like the balance of the image as it is. absolutely LOVE the processing on this one David!

I thought you liked the square format. I'm with you on the horizontal vertical ratio. I'm not sure, but I think there is a bit more on the left that I cropped out, so I could make the window whole again for the purists out there. Thanks for your thoughts.

I love the geometry of this shot. This is one of my favorites of yours. I wouldn't change a thing.

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Touche, David. Touche.

Hi David, Great image. Very nice contrast and sky. Happy New Year. 7/6a

You can sometimes obtain such a clean, revealing light in some of your pictures (this one is a good example) that I must admit a certain jealousy. I struggle with my post production but seem to fall further and further behind. When I see what you are able to do and compare it with my own efforts I feel a little lost. This is so clearly seen and delivered that it seems to almost go beyond the reaches of photography into some other medium. Acme is right.

Thank you for your appreciation.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If I could make images like you do, I wouldn't have to rely on a limited ability to use artifice to make something with a gleam. My work often is reflective of light. Yours has light emitting from a deep inner soul.