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Urban Living - Now in colour

Postby Marty on Tue May 09, 2006 11:53 pm

For all the members wanting to see colour versions of my urban shots.
These are just quick tests, playing with pp which I will apply to the whole series.
Comments/criticisms apprciated.
Also reduced in size to fit on screen, sorry about the previous big size but I see great losses in quality whenever I reduce to less than 1000 pixels.
Here goes.

The entrance (love the grafitti)...

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Where the roof should be...

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The studio and shooting gallery...

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed May 10, 2006 12:03 am

I prefer the colour versions now I have seen them, well done I think this place is a goldmine for photography of this nature.
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Postby Mitchell on Wed May 10, 2006 12:10 am

I missed the other post - but I love the sense of depth created in that first image. Even the graffiti has depth. My eyes keep being drawn into the black hole. Love it. :)
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Postby Marty on Wed May 10, 2006 12:23 am

Hey Craig, dont say the colour are better.....
You should know all my personal work is b/w because I am a moody bastard.
And Mitchell, thanks for the comment, I love the grafitti in there. If you read the other post you will understand the dark rooms, I was shit scared in there by myself.
How is your new set-up going..?? if you want to test out a 580 flash just let me know.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed May 10, 2006 12:27 am

Sorry marty but in this case the colour just works for me. :) Don't get me wrong I still like your moody bastard black and whites too!
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Postby Marty on Wed May 10, 2006 12:36 am

Only kidding Craig.
I am actually keeping the series in colour, I have worked on a few new techniques which give the urban/grunge look I like.


I dont think I found this link on this forum.
But if you want to see what I find inspirational look here.....
http://andrzejdragan.com/
Check out the 'personal' section in his portfolio.
If you know how to do this, I will shout you some beers...!!!!
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Postby stubbsy on Wed May 10, 2006 10:39 am

Marty

I like both the colour & B & W since both give different moods.

In #1 here, for example the riot of warm colours is much more of a visual contrast with the decay of the building than would be the case with a B & W conversion. And the wonderful graffiti either side of the doorway is much more a part of the image than it would be in a monochrome image . Suffice it to say I think this first image is the best from both samples you've shown us.

The shooting gallery shot, OTOH works much better for me in B & W despite my stated views about cropping the image.
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Postby Marty on Wed May 10, 2006 11:06 am

Hey Peter,
thanks for the comments/advice.
I did try the crop you suggested, which I agree works well with the image.
But for the overall composition of this image the galss is required.
The glass is an important part of the set, as this room was locked with two glass doors which had been smashed to gain entry.
You had to climb through a small hole in the broken glass to get into the studio/gallery.
When I get some other images ready, you will see the significance.
Thanks for taking your time to give advice.
And many thanks to all who have commented.
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Postby stormygirl on Wed May 10, 2006 11:12 am

Hi Marty,

Brilliant set of images...I too missed the B&W ones.I love this kind of Urban shots, it really tells a story.

Are you after the PPing method for Andrzej Dragan? I know someone who has done it and worked a treat! Let me know, and I can post a link to his method.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed May 10, 2006 11:26 am

Wow hadn't seen any of Andrzej Dragan's work, but apparently from his bio he's been involved in photography since 2003, and he is a physic professor, bloody impressive for a fairly new 'hobby'.
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Postby wendellt on Wed May 10, 2006 11:38 am

that 2nd one is amazing so much depth and colour
i think the colour ones are slightly bette rthan the b+W
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Postby Marty on Wed May 10, 2006 11:47 am

Hey Stormygirl, just got you PM, many thanks....
Alpha, that guy is amazing, wonder when he will publish 'Draganizer for Dummies...'
Wendellt, thanks, after a barrage of comments from the forum, I am moving away from my preferd b/w and will process the set in colour.
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Postby Mitchell on Wed May 10, 2006 11:52 am

stormygirl wrote:Are you after the PPing method for Andrzej Dragan? I know someone who has done it and worked a treat! Let me know, and I can post a link to his method.


Sorry to take your link off track Marty but - stormygirl (or Marty now that you have it) would you mind posting the link? I'd be very interested...

Marty - planning to give my new set up a good workout this weekend - have borrowed a friends flash - but thanks for the offer. I might even buy a ticket on Sheila's ferry... :D
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Postby Marty on Wed May 10, 2006 11:57 am

Hey Mitchell,
I just looked at Stormgirls link.....
whoa, hope you are good with photoshop... :shock:
Actually its quite easy to follow. :)
If you do take a ride on the ferry to Manly, let me know as I live there. Maybe show you some of the sites....!!
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Postby stormygirl on Wed May 10, 2006 12:00 pm

Here is the link...it's posted in another forum, I hope the Mods are OK with this!

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/cgi-bin/u ... 00023;p=14

'Jake' is the photographer, and his image is first on the page, with a description about half way down....good luck! :shock:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed May 10, 2006 12:03 pm

I like this Jake fella -
Contrary to popular belief a good photograph is a good photograph and to put it eloquently, well you just can’t polish a turd.
Well put!
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Postby Mitchell on Wed May 10, 2006 12:44 pm

Thanks for the link storygirl

Marty - I'm thinking hitting the harbour on Sat - I'll PM you and see if you are around
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Postby jerrysk8 on Mon May 15, 2006 2:44 pm

love kill pixie's work. one of my fav street artists.
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Postby Marty on Mon May 15, 2006 4:18 pm

Hey Jerry,
there is a lot of it in this building.
Is he from Sydney...???
Any other locations you can recommend to see good work.
PM me the details if you have any.
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