Seal Beach Pier: Adjusted

[Brian Moore]

Any better?

 

[Pete Askew]

Definitely. Still a bit lacking contrast though - I guess due to age / under development.

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks, Pete.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Brian I did not see the first one. Looks good. I will say I have problems with this type of light through fine cloud. It is a light that I come across often that just does not want to stick to the negative how it looks. It is as if the dynamic range is simply way out from what can be captured, yet at the time looks fine , as if it can be. Not being an expert , this may of course not be so, more an observation, that I now get much more with digital. It is almost as if the light rays are scattered in a manner, by the cloud with such intensity that it bleaches out parts of the negative that you would otherwise not expect it to. I have often wondered if it is something to do with the water droplets and reflection. Just my take and probably way out.

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks for the comments, Julian. I saw the two kids under the pier and I wanted the fotie for that. The clouds in the image came out as a result of underdevelopment. In fact, to the eye on the day, I never saw the clouds like I see them in this image.

Ain't photography wonderful!?

Thanks again, Juilan.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

The set up and composition of the figures in pairs, horizontal and vertical geometric of the pier , work brilliantly.It is a scene and a pattern. All good stuff , somewhere I would revisit often, being a place , with the hope of finding something different and taking away something new every time. I find this view of the pier much more interesting and capable of producing differing scenes, more so than what is often captured. That being the view down underneath, through the pillars, out to sea.

 

[Brian Moore]

The set up and composition of the figures in pairs, horizontal and vertical geometric of the pier , work brilliantly.It is a scene and a pattern. All good stuff , somewhere I would revisit often, being a place , with the hope of finding something different and taking away something new every time. I find this view of the pier much more interesting and capable of producing differing scenes, more so than what is often captured. That being the view down underneath, through the pillars, out to sea.

Much appreciated, Julian. Thank you.