Winter Doldrums

[Iguanasan]

Windy, rainy, foggy day but I persevered and pulled out my nifty-fifty, bumped the ISO up to 1600 and went for a walk after work before catching the bus home. Ended up with a couple of OK shots I think.

Tip Top


Ferry Working Hard


Grease Drums


Wall of Lights

[Bambi]

I like them. I really like the drums.

[JAS_Photo]

I like the drums best as well but would be tempted to crop the photo to just above the sign or just below it so it's out of the photo altogether.. What do you think?

[Richard]

My eyes settled on the drums as well, I like the whole grime look to it. I'm think of investing in a nifty fifty, do you find it a bit short for portraits, or does it force you to include more of the environment?

[casil403]

Love the drums Ig....and wow that ferry shot does indeed look bleak...bet it would be killer in BW.

[Marko]

I like the drums best as well but would be tempted to crop the photo to just above the sign or just below it so it's out of the photo altogether.. What do you think?

I agree with this, for me it would be just above the sign. Cool one Iggy!
I also like that Tip top shot but you went too close into the letters imo.
Fun set Iggy!

[Iguanasan]

Thanks, everyone. The feedback is interesting as it's making me think

1) Grease Drums - I like the sign, I'd keep it in as I think it provides some sort of context and so I prefer to keep it in. The negative space above the sign is there as it's the standard 2:3 ratio for the shot's framing. I could manually crop it at a non-standard point but I didn't think it took away from the drums enough to do that. Apparently, I am unique in that opinion.

2) casil, not everything has to be B&W! Of course, not everything should be colour either I'll give it a try and see how it looks. Note that the Wall of Light is B&W so I'm not a total fanatic on colour.

3) TipTop... hmmmm... I kinda really liked cutting the edge off of that. The pavement actually has "Tip Top Tailors", however, there was no way I was capturing all of that with my nifty-fifty unless I had a 12 foot step ladder hanging around

[Mad Aussie]

I like the drums too ... nice earthy/rusty colour palette.

[asnow]

I beat the drums as well.

[Hillbillygirl]

Thanks, everyone. The feedback is interesting as it's making me think

1) Grease Drums - I like the sign, I'd keep it in as I think it provides some sort of context and so I prefer to keep it in. The negative space above the sign is there as it's the standard 2:3 ratio for the shot's framing. I could manually crop it at a non-standard point but I didn't think it took away from the drums enough to do that. Apparently, I am unique in that opinion.

2) casil, not everything has to be B&W! Of course, not everything should be colour either I'll give it a try and see how it looks. Note that the Wall of Light is B&W so I'm not a total fanatic on colour.

3) TipTop... hmmmm... I kinda really liked cutting the edge off of that. The pavement actually has "Tip Top Tailors", however, there was no way I was capturing all of that with my nifty-fifty unless I had a 12 foot step ladder hanging around

Gotta agree with ya' on all accounts Iggy.
I'll have to be different as my favourite is the "Tip Top" shot. Love the angles and dof used. Very well done.