Three b+w of cannal machinary

[ShyShy]

hi

These where taken at a near by cannal. I would like some C+C as these are my first intentional black and whites.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82...llardscopy.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82...elockscopy.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82...kgatescopy.jpg

[fotodog]

I really like the paddlelock one. NIce exposure and I like how you presented it.

On the first one, I'd prefer if you shot from ground level or near ground level to get the pattern.

I had a hard time understanding what the third one was. I think coming in closer would have helped.

Keep on shootin'!

[cfire]

I like the first one but it seems a bit empty on the upper right. The other two are very nice. Did you adjust the levels to get the contrast so high?

[ShyShy]

hi,

This is the original of the third one before I close cropped it. Sorry it's in landscape but no matter how much i roated it on my system and in photobucket it wanted it landscape.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82...s/P1040157.jpg

[interstellar]

[quote]Originally posted by ShyShy

... these are my first intentional black and whites...

[quote]

As opposed to accidental ones!?

Or rather you shot these in B+W mode (presumably) rather than desaturating. I'll often shoot things in colour even tho I want them in B+W since I prefer the manual input I can get in desaturating different channels.

Regarding your shots, I quite like the first shot, but I'd prefer it showed all of the foreground bollard, or none of it. I don't really find paddlelockscopy particularly inspiring; at the end of the day its a photo of a post and your photo doesn't really shed any new light on it (pun intended). lockgatescopy leaves me a touch confused, but not particularly interested. I'm getting the feeling that you may be trying a bit too hard to get an alternative view on the locks environment. Maybe a general perspective on the locks would be more successful. I look forward to seeing more of your work and hope this helps, not hurts.

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