A shot of Cardiff train station

hoodmeister · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:29

just a quick bracketed shot of Cardiff train station on the way home today.
Images then combined, red channel swopped for blue, and a few other minor adjustments.

There's a little blur @ 100% crop, cos' I was bracketing handheld.

EXIF :
D70
Sigma 15-30mm @ 15mm
f7.1
ISO 250
1/1600 & 1/500

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Pointers comments and advice appreciated - i'm always looking to improve.

boycee · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:43

love it mate really like the artistic feel to it, although I might clone out the yellow (now blue) lines on the road myself.

Care to share the original too?

j00ni · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:47

Love the colours and composition of the shot, gives a great mood. I do feel though that the 'keep left' sign on the left centre of the shot distracts the eye a bit too much, and seems a bit odd (loving that eloquence eh??

). Perhaps a different crop would help imo

hoodmeister · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:48

Original? Boring stuff tbh

I bracketed three shots +/- 2EV, but the +2EV one had no more detail than the normal exposure, even in the shadows. So I only used the -2EV // 0EV shots.

edit :

@ j00ni, yeah, I see where you're coming from, although if I cropped it out, then i'd want to lose some sky // pavement to preserve the aspect ratio... Both of which I like. Hmmmm

Maybe if the sign wasn't so brash? A lighter tone?

Zheka · 16 Jan 2006 at 22:06

Great processing man, I love the colours. I think you can get a better composition if you move the “horizon” up or down.

boycee · 16 Jan 2006 at 22:10

it's amazing how a bit of post processing can turn a relatively dull picture into something really interesting.

Alex53 · 17 Jan 2006 at 08:11

Aaaah memories. I studied in Cardiff between 97 and 2000.

Fusion · 17 Jan 2006 at 08:54

It's certainly striking, but it's effectively a plain shot that's stacked to the hilt with post processing.

Richard T · 17 Jan 2006 at 09:06

I like it!... well done

cyKey · 17 Jan 2006 at 09:57

Nicely processed, but the building seems to be glowing

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 17 Jan 2006 at 13:56

Yes yes nice... however im more fixed on the fact you can Remote link to Deviantart ?

hoodmeister · 17 Jan 2006 at 23:56

It's a dA thumbnail hosted @ Imageshack, which links to the full-view @ dA. Nothing complicated.

Or are you saying that it's against the rules to link to dA? :s

|Show| · 18 Jan 2006 at 01:17

nice image...just wondering how you processed that...it looks good...although i've not ever done anything like that and its been a while since i've been deep into PS.