Peek Viewing

[Rob MacKillop]

DP1M.Nik​

 

[Tom Dunne]

Can hardly keep up with you at the moment.
Two fine shots and I see you're spying again in the first.
The second is excellent. Has a nice timeless feel to it. The stepped verge of the house on the left works well against the straight lines of it's neighbour. The space looks like a little school playground.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yesterday was a productive day! Sometimes you just feel in the mood, and scenes present themselves to you. It's hard to find something new to say about the Forth Bridge, but here and in some other shots I've tried to integrate it as a backdrop to the community.

Stepped verge? You mean on the roof? That's what we call Corbie Steps. A Corbie is a blackbird. It's a feature of Scottish architecture.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Yesterday was a productive day! Sometimes you just feel in the mood, and scenes present themselves to you. It's hard to find something new to say about the Forth Bridge, but here and in some other shots I've tried to integrate it as a backdrop to the community.

Stepped verge? You mean on the roof? That's what we call Corbie Steps. A Corbie is a blackbird. It's a feature of Scottish architecture.

I know exactly what you mean Rob. I like that name Corbie Steps.
"I've tried to integrate it as a backdrop to the community"
I think that is exactly what you have achieved Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ta.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Nice job framing the interesting part within the photo Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Glenn.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a great title. And the shots live up to it. The second is just stunning.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Pete. I do like it.

 

[Douglas McMann]

An unusual view of "the bridge" on the second one, I rather like it....

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Dougie. I dare say you have a few of the bridge.

 

[Keith Hollister]

I hate to be the buzzkill on this, but the first one really doesn't do it for me - too much dark, busy foliage that just distracts rather than framing the bridge. At least to me.

The second one is quite intriguing, but I think I might try reducing the amount of darkness at the bottom of the image either by bring up the shadows a bit in places or cropping some of the bottom. I think the geometry is great, the sky is aces but my eye keeps getting drawn into trying to see into all of the blocked up shadows. The building on the right has just the right tonality IMHO - dark but not opaque.

Almost ...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Interesting comments, Keith, and you might be right. I can never for the life of me, though, understand photographer's obsession for detail in shadows. I love dark shadows. Detail can be distracting, and I think that would be the case here.

As for the first, I wasn't buzzing about it, so no buzzkill suffered. I agree with your comment there.

 

[Keith Hollister]

buzzkill might be an American thing.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating all shadow must have detail. I just think this particular image might be a little more compelling if some of that stuff were lifted just a hair. If I look closely, there is some detail in there, so it's not completely blocked up. Then again it might ruin the image.

I calibrate my monitor to a lower white point than some so I get a better match to paper white on my prints. That second image would likely block up many of the shadows on a print.

 

[Brian Moore]

I like the 2nd one a lot, Rob. The bridge seems to be bridging the gap between the two buildings. It's a cool alternative view to a commonly photographed marvel of 19thC engineering.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Brian. I also love the sky in this shot.