Critique Required Opinions Please

[Paul Lange]

These two are a slight detachment from the usual "flat" photographs of rubbish. I can't seem to work out for myself if they work or not.

This was taken with the Fuji GS645S on I think FP4.

img011.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

This was taken with the Sony RX100 and has had a generic film-like emulation applied as well as some of the colours boosted a little.

_DSC2185.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

Just interested to see what people say.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I like the composition in the first - the clean road dissecting the town from its detritus. I think the blue to be be too saturated in the second, especially in the foreground. And unlike in some of your rubbish series, the rubbish in both these images holds little magic or transcendent power. It's just...rubbish....well, you did ask;-)

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the composition in the first and the division into tidy and littered but it lacks the impact of the colour shot. I guess the cardboard just doesn't have enough contrast with the background.

 

[Paul Lange]

Not harsh at all Rob.

I think I really new what would be said. There are elements in each photo that I like but as a whole they are not quite there.

Thanks for the sensible opinions

 

[Beth Carter]

i like the first a lot, the second has a little too much empty space around the flickr missing image text. the first one has a good balance between the litter and the impact on the world. i like that a lot.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmm 2nd shot has become unavailable for some reason?

 

[Paul Lange]

Whoops, that was me organising things into sets in Flickr!