Liverpool Side Street - Construction

[GetOffMyLANd]

Just a little shot having a walk about Liverpool city centre testing Nex5 with a manual Minolta lens (handheld).. slight crop.

I like the 'site office' sign in this exposure as it suggests you have to climb the scaffolding to get to the office.

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[Elines]

I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be looking at in the picture and didn't pick up on the office sign. You set yourself quite a difficult challenge to get good overall exposure.

I think this is a case where Robert Kappa's:

"If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough."

applies

For me, I think you need to decide what you are trying to do with the scene:

- ?draw attention to the 'climb to get to the office' element by homing in on it a lot more (?if this was your aim then ?need for foreground is reduced?), and having the format as portrait rather than landscape

- contrast urban decay with urban renewal, again by focussing on smaller area

Focussing on a smaller area would also reduce exposure problems of the dark alleyway and light scaffolding

 

[GetOffMyLANd]

Thank you for the reply,

I will play around with this more when I get home.

-Richie

 

[Elines]

Thanks for the thanks - would be interested to see what you come up with

 

[mrtoad]

good point of view
balfour beatty sticks out too much
such that the busy scaffolding is pushed out of the action

cheers
geof