I am flattered that I inspired you a while back and its very interesting to see your take on some of my regular shooting grounds. The Salford Quays to me are very much like Hoylake is to you, I spend many hours around that area looking for and taking pictures.
The first bridge shot I have taken myself from many positions, one of them is even the same. The only difference between our shots being the skys. I believe this to be the closest shot shown here to the one of mine that inspired you a few years ago.
The second shot is looking across from the Shopping Outlet over the Quays, taken further back from my attempts and as a picture its both interesting and has nice lines to draw you into the focal point of the bridge. Your conversion to B&W is fine but your added gradient to the sky is distracting as it has darkened the tops of the bridge. Its ironic that the its the sky that makes the first picture work so well and has managed to ruin the second. I would re-do the processing on this shot and add the gradient on a different layer and mask the tops of the bridge to sort out this issue.
The third one doesnt do anything for me personally, obviously I know where it was taken and that may be why it may not carry the impact for me personally that it may do for others.
The fourth is another one of your classic abstracts, again taken in the Lowery and here you have sown and demonstrated you ability to see and capture shapes and lines to produce a stunning abstract. Very good and I am once again impressed. Just a thought, have you tried this in black and white and if so did it work or not?
I also like the next shot very much as well. If you had added a fancy border to this I think you may have actually reduced its impact, I understand you have a plain white one here
. Its a strong picture with very defining points of interest and stark contrast that work with each other rather than against.
The next one is very much like the third for me for exactly the same reasons, hope you understand?
More to come
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