Belfast C&C

Oriel

Hi Folks,
Don't know what to make of this one.
Keep it or throw it away?

S.

Fajitas!

Nice grain, exposure & mountain gradients, but nothing to keep the eye, nor not enough to keep the eye searching, imo.

City-Exile

For a picture that has so much in it, it's got absolutely nothing of interest.
I'd discard it anyway.

Oriel

Aye. There are two focal points - the Harland and Wolff cranes and the mountains in the background.
A little too exposed to the top of the image too I guess.
I liked the houses around the mid-left of the image.

Fajitas!

Maybe I would prefer it if the cranes were more on an equal plane, so you could see them rising against the mountain... maybe.

As interesting as the houses might be, there's not enough of them/they don't fill enough of the frame to make them of relevance when looking at an image of this size.

digitalbeginner

Oriel wrote:

What are you talking about?
You posted looking C&C, I happened to say, upon pressing, that I thought they were bland.

Oriel wrote:

Hi Folks,
Don't know what to make of this one.
Keep it or throw it away?

The latter,

Dave

City-Exile

Fajitas! wrote:

Maybe I would prefer it if the cranes were more on an equal plane, so you could see them rising against the mountain... maybe.

Good theory, but in reality, it would have been very difficult to get that shot, given what's in front of them.

Fajitas! wrote:

As interesting as the houses might be, there's not enough of them/they don't fill enough of the frame to make them of relevance when looking at an image of this size.

Agreed. I didn't notice them until Oriel pointed them out.

I don't think I could have taken a better shot, but you've got to try, haven't you.

440Hz

Not gone on the contrast, personally. And a stronger focal point might have made more of it. Nice sense of perspective with the gradient on the mountains. Prob wouldnt keep it, not bad but nothing special either.

sineadw

I like it, not sure why but its kind of growing on me. I think it has some nice individual components (the mountains in particular, the grain, the cranes and industrial landscape...) but I'm not sure they gel particularly well. The whole is less than the sum of its parts type thing.

Oriel

digitalbeginner wrote:

The latter,

Dave

Why the quote Dave?
If you don't like it say so. Slate it. I'm not going to think its "nasty".

440Hz

sineadw wrote:

I like it, not sure why but its kind of growing on me. I think it has some nice individual components (the mountains in particular, the grain, the cranes and industrial landscape...) but I'm not sure they gel particularly well. The whole is less than the sum of its parts type thing.

I'm the opposite... that was my initial thought but then I changed my mind. I liked it more on the first glance! hehe (perhaps I should have a glance minus the copious amounts of alcohol )

ThOnda

That would be great wall-ster (supersized poster). In some governemnt office building.