riverrun

[Rob MacKillop]

Water of Leith, Edinburgh

X-E1

River 1b by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

or


River 1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

I think I prefer the first, which has been Niked.

 

[Pete Askew]

Whereas I refer the second as the green carries you into the arch and through to the pair of windows!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I thought the green was overdone. I think I need to play with it a bit more.

 

[Darren Turner]

very nice scene Rob, i like both, the green aint overdone for me, i like saturated colours

there both great but i feel the first has the edge, the PP suits the subject well.

Daz

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Daz. Like your new avatar.

 

[Stephen McCullough]

Rob,
Before I get to the whole colour thing, the composition is very very effective. If you had been higher I don't think the result would have been nearly as effective. Wat you have chosen to include in the frame works so well for my eye. It's all relevant, part of the story. Your timing was so good - just look at the reflection and shadows. Great use of light.

I really don't prefer either. The color works very well for me. Is reach, and gives a great feel of the rich vegetation and the moist environment. The reflection is richer too I think. But the BW is just so effective too. The pull to the arch is stronger for me, and the building in the background looks older than in colour so it better matches the bridge.

I hope one or both end up as prints.

 

[Darren Turner]

cheers rob, i was sat in Millennium center in Cardiff with Laurie and she nicked my fuji xpro1 & papped me..........with my own camera hahahaha

was having 5 minutes in warm waiting for it to go dark to go around Cardiff bay, i wasn't asleep here HONEST

cheekycowbag lol


Daz

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Stephen. I didn't think it was that good

 

[Beth Carter]

ooh, a rare color shot from rob... i think the archway and brick line above it are too close to the top of the frame, but looking at the reflection being a tight crop is preferable to showing sky in this instance. so i'm not too sure what else you could have done..

i prefer the color version (maybe pull back on the greens or yellows a tad), but i think the sepia is nice too because of the rich tones. i still don't like the colour version, the u is just a little too much. [ner]

 

[Stephen McCullough]

ooh, a rare color shot from rob... i think the archway and brick line above it are too close to the top of the frame, but looking at the reflection being a tight crop is preferable to showing sky in this instance. so i'm not too sure what else you could have done..

i prefer the color version (maybe pull back on the greens or yellows a tad), but i think the sepia is nice too because of the rich tones. i still don't like the colour version, the u is just a little too much. [ner]

Hmmm. I see what you mean, but I feel the 'u' gives a little depth, and certainly greater alphabetical range.

 

[Beth Carter]

Hmmm. I see what you mean, but I feel the 'u' gives a little depth, and certainly greater alphabetical range.

cough*vestigial*cough

 

[Stephen McCullough]

cough*vestigial*cough

Sigh.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Number one is cool...number two is cooler...IMHO.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Rob, this is a very nice composition. Both are nice. Pete has a very good point. In addition, the shadow/highlight on the reflection of the top of the arch is more defined in the colored one. The shadow areas are denser in the colored one. More tonal separation will bring the B+W to the same expression level, imho. The tree, the iron fence extending into the arch, the bridge and the reflection like an open claw... Beautiful.

 

[Brian Moore]

I like the power of the reflected arch, which I think is stronger in the BW version. Nice one, Rob.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Very 'slide film' look to the color one Rob - nice Velvia look to the greens

I think the green does help tell the story, and move the viewer through the image

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, lots of interesting, often conflicting views there. Thanks to everyone. You've given me much to think about.

 

[Paul Lange]

I like both Rob but I think the first is more balanced. The burst of green and blue really works but I think maybe some colour is needed on the right maybe in the leaves? It's just an idea.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Paul.