What Once Was

Posted by Rhys (Darlington, United Kingdom) on 17 March 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

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Comments (10)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

The light shining in this rather forlorn place has given the image an optimistic cheerful mood. It has that magical special appeal that you see with light streaming through a thick bank of dark cloud. A wonderful image with the wires offering further interest and perspective.

17 Mar 2008 5:25am

@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael, I took this a few weeks ago and up until now I'd overlooked it. Whilst browsing through the archives the grey foundation slab in the foreground caught my eye and so the process began. The light on the day was typical for a winter sunny day, low sun, pale blue to dark blue skies all of which played a big part in how the sky appears in this shot. Normally, telegraph wires are something photographers would clone out, but as you quite rightly say, they play an important part in this image.

drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

I'm glad you came back to this shot, it looks fantastic and the wires are perfectly situated.

Dan

17 Mar 2008 7:11am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Amazing b/w shot, well taken.

17 Mar 2008 9:29am

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Lovely B&W shot

17 Mar 2008 10:15am

Garibaldi from Sala al Barro, Italy

Awesome shot, very well done. But i can't guess...

17 Mar 2008 10:39am

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

Great B&W and a very interesting place!

17 Mar 2008 1:01pm

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

interesting B&W shot

17 Mar 2008 1:57pm

zOOm from Paris, France

A remarkable mono picture. Powerful. A silvered B&W. Very effective.

17 Mar 2008 4:45pm

Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland

Wonderfully made too... Are you converting colour to b&w in your post processing? Or do you make b&w shot with your 20D? Wys

18 Mar 2008 2:11pm

@Wysterior: For this shot I used Photoshop CS3's new feature which allows you to create a black and white adjustment layer and adjust all the colours manually as a greyscale. I haven't used this method much as I usually prefer to use the channel mixer. I have never used the B&W 'facility' on either my 20D or the 5D, I've heard that the tonal range, Image quality is not as good as when done PP.

Oswegan from Lake Oswego, United States

I like the detail in the cement pad that once supported the building, but my eye wants to travel off into the distance, and is drawn into a vanishing point on the horizon by the telephone wires.

19 Mar 2008 12:19am

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