a shot by the TXU building downtown dallas

[crazeazn]

critique away!

[photosbymorgan2]

Can you explain what you were going for? As it is without an explanation is just a scene that is very busy in my opinion.

[KeithnFW]

cool shot. . . .but I don't think I would stop in downtown Dallas after sundown.

[dquarles]

Love the motion of the train! this would look awesome with some cross processing, heavy saturated colors!

[magvve]

Is great, I love the colors, the dinamism and the lack of balance!

[QRasco]

I like it. I think the colors are greatt. I do have a question though. Who is the fella standing by the right side of the train. Looks like a fellow shooter.

[mattchow]

dosent work very well for me at all. i agree with the previous post about being too busy, there are too many elements my eye is drawn to (oof parking meter, the is, and the train).

[markperez]

I will critique you but my rates have gone up 24%

[jerrykr]

markperez

[blonboy]

i think its an interesting shot....... As far as critiquing, im no expert thats for sure, but watch your horizontal and vertical lines to ensure they are level. Its not easy - i cant do it hand held, but at least we have post-processing to help us out. I dont know why, but im a stickler for that and if a shot is just a scant tilted one way or the other (unless intentional) it just totally draws me to that and less to the image overall.

The only other thing i might mention is the parking meter that dominates the foreground of the left side of the image. The level of DOF here tends to draw you away from it to a degree, but to me its the size, color, and general bulkiness of it that pulllllls the eye that way.

As for composition and technique - love the colors, great sense of conveying movement - and given the level of DOF and shutter speed, I think youve done a great job at exposing as you dont seem blown out anywhere in the highlights, and the shadows provide enough detail.

Nicely done.

[crazeazn]

i'm actually practicing taking shots for my digital photography class at UTD. Like many of you mentioned my professor also said that the image was too busy. The "theme" i was going for was movement, with the train moving and my car perpendicular and not moving. All i know is i wasted 5 shots trying to get this shot to work. I dont have a remote release for my elan, so using the self timer and trying to figure out what exposure and when the train would come was really difficult! (im just really proud b/c its one of the few shots on my roll that looks 'fine' without any photoshopping)

as for the guy across the street, its my friend shooting the trains as well.