Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

One more from my "Film Noir" week on flickr. I deleted the psd, but believe I used one of Nik Silver Efex pre-sets and then changed the blend mode so the top would show some of the blue sky.

Feedback welcomed!

Overhead by Linda Shorey, on Flickr

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Nicely done Linda, you do have a way with lines

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I love it. Interesting note is that when I was reading your text, only about the top two thirds of the image were visible and I was very intrigued. It seemed to really capture the "film noire" mood you are after. When I scrolled down to see the entire image, I ended up preferring the image with the bottom third not visible. So much of the bottom is just black that, in my view, it puts the image out of balance in a way. Either way, I think the photo feels very "film noire" which is what you were trying for. Success!
Erich

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I recall one of my submissions to Tampabay Camera Club with the hodgepodge of ever which direction wires ... my photo was taken in Argentina. The audience made it known that it was not liked, but the judges gave it high marks because of the theme.

We live in a world of wires and building silhouettes... they are the now... the grain of the sky ties the package together. Orson Wells would be proud of your photo.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Jack, Erich and Don, thanks very much! Erich, that's a great observation about leaving off the bottom (half, 2/3, somewhere in between). The new flickr group theme this week is Minimalism, and though I thought I had recently done a few, I can see - with fresh eyes and more reading and viewing examples - that I need to simplify even further. For example, the example below would be "minimal" if cropped into two separate stories


Circled in Red by Linda Shorey, on Flickr

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ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I've been trying for a while now to get to grips with minimalism. I entered a photo a few months ago and I was told by a judge that I had a photo, even though it hat "minimal" in the title, was just too much negative space. I don't want to hijack your thread, so I won't post it unless you want me to.

Your photo strikes me as a bit abstract. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. The glass or plastic element at the top looks like an insulator you might see on an outside electrical fixture like a transformer. The colors are eye popping and extremely vivid. I love that about this photo. The contrast between the bright yellow then the warmer reds and the very deep blue is really nice. To make a suggestion about cropping, I viewed it cropped from below so that it was cut off where the red bars make a "T". Then I cropped from right to make the frame a square. I liked how that looked. Having said that, I also really like those red bars in the original. Tough call.
Erich

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Yes, I think I was going more for abstract with that shot. I'm easily confused

You are welcome to post your photo, though starting a new topic (here or in FYC) and inviting participation would be a fine way to go, also.

Almost always a tough call for me to decide how much to remove. Easier to do the kitchen-sink landscapes like MinnieV is so good at.

Many thanks, Erich.