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Back to my old antics the other night when I was bored. 2 light pics and 2 alley pics.

I decided to change the technique a bit this time for the first light pic. Set the shutter to 4" or 5", draw the shape and hold the camera still to capture the rest of the building.

Wayne, #3 wins by a mile - moody, nice tone, great angle

I like it

third is the best for me.
very urban grungy. well done.

steve

#3 is my favourite here too, but I like what you have done with #1 the combination of painting with light and then the recongnisable background features work well. #4 doesn't work for me and #2 could be improved by cropping closer.

Wayne #3 here too (but #1 is also very good). I'd be interesting in a monochrome treatment of that shot too.

Make me another voter for image #3, think it's crying out for some grainy B&W treatment...

Like the 2nd last, Wayne. Great work!

Alex

Thanks guys

Hrmm starting to notice a pattern here...tends to be only the guys who like the urban images. No female takers?

The coloured version of the third pic looked really nice when I had a chimp, but when I loaded it into RSE the WB made it look horrible hence the desaturation and tweaking of the WB. :S

I'm a bit annoyed that the noise/grain (:P) didn't show up as much as I prefer seeing it. Will revisit the alley tomorrow night and go for a higher ISO. Incidentally, the shot was taken at ISO800

I've been trying to get the building to be shown a bit clearer, short of releasing a thermonuclear blast in the city or waving the camera around with a tripod attached Might have to think of something else...

Stubbsy, which pic did you want to see in monochrome?

Wayne #3 monochrome & grainy film noir sort of feel.

Wayne #3 for me too . In B&W and without the airconditioner unit and a corpse lying near the bins it could be a front cover for the old Malone (detective novels). Nice mood created
cheers
marco

stubbsy wrote:Wayne #3 monochrome & grainy film noir sort of feel.

Film noir is the perfect term for that photo - you can just imagine a gangster in a white suit carrying a Tommy gun walking along the alley

Great shot, it's got a real atmosphere to it.

Edit: Should have read Marco's post first - I'm just repeating him

Heh - that first one is a gem

Very interested to see that technique !

Yep I like #1 but #3 is great. Well done!

PiroStitch wrote:Thanks guys

Hrmm starting to notice a pattern here...tends to be only the guys who like the urban images. No female takers?

I love the urban images, and I am really wanting to experiment myself, BUT, being female, I would want to drag my Husband with me...but what about the kids??

I will do something one day with 'grungy' urban stuff, it will just have to be day light stuff in a respectable suburb....I'm a chicken!!

Great images Wayne, really like the third.

#1 is the bomb!

Jane, nothing to worry about I'm not a huge guy and me wandering around dark alleys dressed in black is as suspicious as it gets The alley ways around Flinders Lane are a goldmine - day and night! Though at night time, the atmosphere is much darker - no pun intended.

Will post the re-works tonight. Might go and visit some of the other laneways tonight if I have time.