Stockton Brook pumping station

[Dave Moss]

endon -018-3.jpg by davem44(100,000+views thank you), on Flickr

How to turn the mundane into art

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice tones and composition there Dave. I do like these Victorian municipal buildings. It looks like it has a very slight backward lean to it. Is that the building?

 

[Dave Moss]

It is the building its built on a slope leading up to the canal it has always been like that

 

[Pete Askew]

Is it still in use? We had a similar building in the village and despite the fact that all of the houses are listed and the village is in a conservation area, Southern Water demolished it (claiming it was too expensive to maintain) and replaced it with a square modern brick 'shed'. It amazes me that these privatised utility companies are still often exempt from many planning resitrictions!

 

[Dave Moss]

Its been closed for many years there were discussions to change it into a resturant but it was to out the way to do some work is going on in it and as its listed itself and now owned I believe by British Waterways

 

[Brian Moore]

Very nice image, Dave. I like the sepia tone and also the reflection.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Lovely reflection Dave - I think the toned image really suits the theme

Although I hate to say it - a square crop of the mid section might be a nice version?

Go on Pete - agree with me! LOL

 

[Dave Moss]

This is one I might agree needed a better crop!! thanks I normally try and make sure that the image suits tonal changes I occasionally miss something

 

[Paul Lange]

I think it could do with tilting to the left a bit so all of the verticals point straight up. I really like the edge sharpness the image has, really makes the picture I think.

 

[Dave Moss]

Having read everything I have come up with this


Stocton Brook editited (1 of 1).jpg by davem44(100,000+views thank you), on Flickr

 

[Kev Pugh]

Dave I like the crop and the tones but know I'm getting that falling over feeling, if I can say, try using PS lens correction to straighten your verts, a little bit of 'remove distortion' and some 'transform vertical perspective' should do it, IMHO, hope you don't mind.

 

[Dave Moss]

I dont mind at all all help gratefully recieved I will give it a go in photoshop later