Not the sharpest of images, but I like the rustic colours and detail. I want to try and get back here this weekend - The Ham Yard in Soho, only a five minute walk from the lights of Piccadilly Circus.
Craig| October 17, 2006 12:43PM Thats the Italy flag in the background, this was taken just after the world cup!
Nick| October 17, 2006 1:04PM So how do you get in the red door!
david| October 17, 2006 3:07PM it always amazes me that places looking so run down can be found so close to the glitter and lights around the corner!
btw, do you not sharpen before posting then?
Craig| October 17, 2006 3:09PM hehe I did sharpen this one, I also tweaked the contrast and colours and it still came out slightly blurred!!
intern| October 17, 2006 3:32PM Ohh i love Piccasilly ...
this is an excellent streetscape ... the details are amazing ... we have to keep these dilapidated scenes on mind too. well done.
Craig| October 17, 2006 3:56PM After a quick pointer from David from http://roadtonowhere.my-expressions.com I tweaked the image a little and its looking better. Cheers David.
Roger| October 17, 2006 4:40PM this looks cool. Watch out for that door if your on the other side of it.
shane j montgomery| October 17, 2006 11:10PM Nice brick patterns here Craig
Brett Admire| October 18, 2006 1:01AM I like the composition of this one..too bad it isnt super sharp.. but it's still nice
Sidney| October 18, 2006 3:07AM Strange. With the red door opening to the air.
Quite an eerie effect.
Kathy Love | October 18, 2006 12:04PM I've been looking through your images and have liked quite a few of the compositions. Even so, your post-processing still needs some work to bring out the best in the image. Many of the landscapes, and a number of others, seem terribly flat, an overall grey marks the surface. Often if you just create a new copy layer of the image, then go to image/adjustments/autolevels you will often see the image clean itself of the grey cast. This is a start. This basic technique does not work on all images, by the way. But post-processing is essential, I believe, with digital images. A good sharpening technique is another necessity. Better, with digital camera images, to go to fliter/sharpen/unsharp mask rather than use the sharpen filter. Set the unsharp mask somewhere over the 100 mark, dependent on your taste. There's much else, of course. Things like curves and shading if you want to go deeper (not everyone does). This is not meant to be a lecture incidentally. Just that to get the best from images some (at least) basic photoshoping is vital. Other than that it's all looking good.
Craig| October 18, 2006 1:11PM Hi Kathy, thanks for the post - I take on board some of what you have said. Some of my recent landscape images have been a little grey, but this is mostly how I wanted them to come out - I do use photoshop and tweak contrast, colours, levels etc.. but I dont like to do to much, with the Devon and south Essex shots I wanted that dull feel to it.. thats what these places can be like in the winter.
Cheers,
Craig
mathieu| October 18, 2006 2:23PM wow! i dont like the flag ;) im kidding but they won the world cup snif
armeen| October 19, 2006 4:33PM the texture and the lines drawn all around the photos are really exciting. i specially like the flag and the red/pinkish door. if you were to go back and photograph this place again, one idea of improvment is to include less of the sign on the bottom of the photo. it's size and white color are relaly dominating in the photo. or if you were to open the editorial of the photo, you could use the close stamp tool and eliminate it :)
[terrorkitten]| October 19, 2006 6:58PM I love the different levels to the photo...great texture as well. Phil
Chris| October 20, 2006 5:23AM I really like this shot. I know just where this is. Just don't wander there at night! I really like the colors and textures in this one. Very nicely done.
lorissa| October 21, 2006 7:26PM love the textures you've brought out. nicely done!
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Thats the Italy flag in the background, this was taken just after the world cup!
So how do you get in the red door!
it always amazes me that places looking so run down can be found so close to the glitter and lights around the corner!
btw, do you not sharpen before posting then?
hehe I did sharpen this one, I also tweaked the contrast and colours and it still came out slightly blurred!!
Ohh i love Piccasilly ...
this is an excellent streetscape ... the details are amazing ... we have to keep these dilapidated scenes on mind too. well done.
After a quick pointer from David from http://roadtonowhere.my-expressions.com I tweaked the image a little and its looking better. Cheers David.
this looks cool. Watch out for that door if your on the other side of it.
Nice brick patterns here Craig
I like the composition of this one..too bad it isnt super sharp.. but it's still nice
Strange. With the red door opening to the air.
Quite an eerie effect.
I've been looking through your images and have liked quite a few of the compositions. Even so, your post-processing still needs some work to bring out the best in the image. Many of the landscapes, and a number of others, seem terribly flat, an overall grey marks the surface. Often if you just create a new copy layer of the image, then go to image/adjustments/autolevels you will often see the image clean itself of the grey cast. This is a start. This basic technique does not work on all images, by the way. But post-processing is essential, I believe, with digital images. A good sharpening technique is another necessity. Better, with digital camera images, to go to fliter/sharpen/unsharp mask rather than use the sharpen filter. Set the unsharp mask somewhere over the 100 mark, dependent on your taste. There's much else, of course. Things like curves and shading if you want to go deeper (not everyone does). This is not meant to be a lecture incidentally. Just that to get the best from images some (at least) basic photoshoping is vital. Other than that it's all looking good.
Hi Kathy, thanks for the post - I take on board some of what you have said. Some of my recent landscape images have been a little grey, but this is mostly how I wanted them to come out - I do use photoshop and tweak contrast, colours, levels etc.. but I dont like to do to much, with the Devon and south Essex shots I wanted that dull feel to it.. thats what these places can be like in the winter.
Cheers,
Craig
wow! i dont like the flag ;) im kidding but they won the world cup snif
the texture and the lines drawn all around the photos are really exciting. i specially like the flag and the red/pinkish door. if you were to go back and photograph this place again, one idea of improvment is to include less of the sign on the bottom of the photo. it's size and white color are relaly dominating in the photo. or if you were to open the editorial of the photo, you could use the close stamp tool and eliminate it :)
I love the different levels to the photo...great texture as well. Phil
I really like this shot. I know just where this is. Just don't wander there at night! I really like the colors and textures in this one. Very nicely done.
love the textures you've brought out. nicely done!
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