Train

[Marko]

Not my usual thing, please critique the heck out of this.
Thx - Marko

[EJC]

Hi Marco

I like the visual lines of the train getting smaller and curving out of site. The colours are nicely vibrant. I'm not sure what the focal point is but if the whole work of graffiti on the left was included it might help.

Cheers

[Greg_Nuspel]

You shouldn't paint the side of trains Marco :evil2:

Technically everything works, visually I'm struggling with it. I guess I want the graffiti to contrast with something or just be amazing, and I'm not getting that.

[Marko]

Cool - thx for the comments. This one was composed on the fly as this train was going a good 30 km/hour when I shot this. I'm not sure what the focal point was either to tell you the truth, it was mostly about what I thought was a neat perspective at the time.
Now I think the shot would be stronger without the graffiti.
Thx! - Marko

[Mad Aussie]

Honestly, I don't think there's much I can critique here. Composition is nice, exposure is nice, sharpness etc all good.
It's a train with graffiti on it. Not the most exciting of subjects really so about the only thing I can add is that to make it more interesting a composition more 'out there' is probably needed.
What that would be though I'm unsure. Lying down on the stones and shooting up?

[kat]

I agree with everyone! From what I understand..this was a moving train??? Wow..I am not that brave of trains...would of had motion sickness within seconds!!! Nice colors!

[AntZ]

Technically fine. Great sky, colour and sharpness. But as already mentioned, I think the image lacks a clear subject. It is partly the train, partly the graffiti and partly the leading lines. Unfortunately the graffiti is ruined by the text, and the train is ruined by the graffiti.

Well worth posting though, because sometimes photos like these do appeal greatly.

[jlabel]

Its pretty. But I didnt like it. I think it is a personal taste.
Should I pay attention to the train or to the half painting?
Maybe short DOF would work a lot better

--Warning-- Cheating

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8392/img2030copyk.jpg

[Greg_Nuspel]

This looks like a model train

[Marko]

Thanks all - Interesting cheat jlabel. This does give the image a clear focal point but it's not the reason i took the shot and stops the eye dead in its tracks ;)

Just curious - what effect did you use?

thx - Marko

[jlabel]

Hmm just photoshop lens blur with masked areas for stronger effects for distance