I initially posted a different shot today, but I’ve taken it down again, as the more I looked at it, the less I liked it (I’ll try to rework it, but suspect that it’s destined for obscurity). I suppose that’s the downside of having a few shots in reserve – it’s tempting to think “no, I don’t like that, let’s go with something else instead”. That said, I’m not sure that this one is much better :-/
Actually, this is a routine thing for me. Whenever I’ve put something up that I really like (i.e. yesterday’s shot) the day after is always a bit of an anti-climax. No matter what I put up I’m inevitably dissapointed with it, and wish that I could have come up with something better.
No matter.
Anyway, this shot is one of several that I took a couple of days ago at a printers near to where I work. This building is actually an old pub (and all the signs are still in place) but, certainly as far as the exterior goes, its days of glory are over. I spoke to the owner while I was there, and he told me that he really thought the outside of the building would benefit from being cleaned – but I don’t suppose it would be anywhere near as (photographically) interesting if that ever happened.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
1.37pm on 17/3/04
f3.2
1/160
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
11.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
comment byHouser at 01:57 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
Funny - cause I just caught the earlier shot before you flipped em. Not tryin to bust on you, but I think the change was a good thing.
But I play the same games with my stuff, putting weaker images on weekends, when less people hit my site, and stronger images on the weekdays.
I really like this shot. Looks like you dropped the saturation on most colors, save the reds. The building certainly looks like it does have character. I did the same yesterday to a couple images I took, which will publish tomorrow.
comment byHates_ at 02:06 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
I caught the earlier shot as well. I really like the replacement though. It's always tough trying to decide what to post. I always want to post the latest stuff, so of course older stuff which may still be better always gets put at the bottom of the pile.
comment byJasmin at 03:22 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
I love the colours here, they remind me of something very old. Hmmm, was it deliberate to post 2 photos with the same theme (i.e. symmetry) consecutively? I 'm enjoying both of them tremendously and keep flipping back and forth between yesterday's and today's. You've got a wonderful eye for such things.
It's the same from my side. The new picture has a very lomo/cheap-shot-feeling (in a *good* way), which matches the subject nicely. I already thought about making a photoshop action that makes pictures look like those lomo shots. (vignetting/strange colors/somehow not sharp).
comment byReinhard at 04:12 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
It's true. the picture has a lomo-feeling. i like this. your fotos are amazing.
greetings (Grüezi) from switzerland.
comment byMikee at 04:17 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
You have such a good eye for photography it's amazing.
comment byjane at 05:00 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
Like this - been reading about The American Prohibition Act and this shot instantly took me to a seedy drinking hole in New York for some reason. The ads at the side were all a ruse of course.... And then I read your piece and hey presto!! It was a pub after all. I loved the old washed out,seen better days look and you have captured that so well.
comment bycraig at 06:56 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
it looks like this biker bar in my neighborhood that i've been warned not to photograph, due to the frequent assaults that take place there. i bet you could get a really tough wedding invitation made there.
comment byTiago at 07:42 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
dazzling... love the lomoish feel and those reds!
comment bymilo at 11:49 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
pop goes the red, really nice
comment byMike Golding at 11:59 PM (GMT) on 19 March, 2004
For me the previous picture was better, it just goes to show that if your gut was right at first there is a very good chance you were right. There is no accounting for taste, as they say, I think you should have left it up. Why not post two in a day?
comment bydjn1 at 11:26 AM (GMT) on 20 March, 2004
Thanks everyone.
Mike: I'm afraid that I deleted the other shot. The more I looked at it, the less I liked it. Add to which that it was one of those shots that I spent far too much time on (and still couldn't get right) and I decided that it was easier to just get rid of it rather than agonise over it some more ;-)
I initially posted a different shot today, but I’ve taken it down again, as the more I looked at it, the less I liked it (I’ll try to rework it, but suspect that it’s destined for obscurity). I suppose that’s the downside of having a few shots in reserve – it’s tempting to think “no, I don’t like that, let’s go with something else instead”. That said, I’m not sure that this one is much better :-/
Actually, this is a routine thing for me. Whenever I’ve put something up that I really like (i.e. yesterday’s shot) the day after is always a bit of an anti-climax. No matter what I put up I’m inevitably dissapointed with it, and wish that I could have come up with something better.
No matter.
Anyway, this shot is one of several that I took a couple of days ago at a printers near to where I work. This building is actually an old pub (and all the signs are still in place) but, certainly as far as the exterior goes, its days of glory are over. I spoke to the owner while I was there, and he told me that he really thought the outside of the building would benefit from being cleaned – but I don’t suppose it would be anywhere near as (photographically) interesting if that ever happened.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
1.37pm on 17/3/04
f3.2
1/160
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
11.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Funny - cause I just caught the earlier shot before you flipped em. Not tryin to bust on you, but I think the change was a good thing.
But I play the same games with my stuff, putting weaker images on weekends, when less people hit my site, and stronger images on the weekdays.
I really like this shot. Looks like you dropped the saturation on most colors, save the reds. The building certainly looks like it does have character. I did the same yesterday to a couple images I took, which will publish tomorrow.
I caught the earlier shot as well. I really like the replacement though. It's always tough trying to decide what to post. I always want to post the latest stuff, so of course older stuff which may still be better always gets put at the bottom of the pile.
I love the colours here, they remind me of something very old. Hmmm, was it deliberate to post 2 photos with the same theme (i.e. symmetry) consecutively? I 'm enjoying both of them tremendously and keep flipping back and forth between yesterday's and today's. You've got a wonderful eye for such things.
It's the same from my side. The new picture has a very lomo/cheap-shot-feeling (in a *good* way), which matches the subject nicely. I already thought about making a photoshop action that makes pictures look like those lomo shots. (vignetting/strange colors/somehow not sharp).
It's true. the picture has a lomo-feeling. i like this. your fotos are amazing.
greetings (Grüezi) from switzerland.
You have such a good eye for photography it's amazing.
Like this - been reading about The American Prohibition Act and this shot instantly took me to a seedy drinking hole in New York for some reason. The ads at the side were all a ruse of course.... And then I read your piece and hey presto!! It was a pub after all. I loved the old washed out,seen better days look and you have captured that so well.
it looks like this biker bar in my neighborhood that i've been warned not to photograph, due to the frequent assaults that take place there. i bet you could get a really tough wedding invitation made there.
dazzling... love the lomoish feel and those reds!
pop goes the red, really nice
For me the previous picture was better, it just goes to show that if your gut was right at first there is a very good chance you were right. There is no accounting for taste, as they say, I think you should have left it up. Why not post two in a day?
Thanks everyone.
Mike: I'm afraid that I deleted the other shot. The more I looked at it, the less I liked it. Add to which that it was one of those shots that I spent far too much time on (and still couldn't get right) and I decided that it was easier to just get rid of it rather than agonise over it some more ;-)