The Line

[Pete Askew]

Another from Magdeburg Havel.

Leica M9 + 18mm Zeiss Distagon M f1:4.0. ISO 400, 1/250 at f1:8.0. PP in LR / Nik SilverFX Pro 2.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good comp, for sure, but I also like the toning.

Behind you!!!

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Yes I like the composition a lot, The three things that are immediate are the lamp post track and tree. Make it four, the white building

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Julian.

 

[Brian Moore]

Yes I like the tones also and its always nice to see a railroad track stretch off into the distance. Nice comp Pete.

 

[Detlef Kuhl]

Like the composition and tones as well. The composition definitely looks as more than guessing through the finder using your 18 mm lens.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Detlef. I am very good a guessing with that lens. I only took one shot and I didn't change the framing but I did correct distortion in PS to get more parallel sleepers etc, which lost a bit from the top and RH side. Here's the original.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

What a difference to those sleepers! I wouldn't have thought of doing that adjustment, but I can see the benefit.

 

[Pete Askew]

Yes, I found the angle distracting and it kept leading my eye to the right. The final result was a compromise between as parallel as possible and keeping the horizon and building horizontal / perpendicular.

What Detlef is referring to is that you can only see about 30% of the view of the lens in the viewfinder and you need to guess the composition. In this case I managed first time!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Only 30% of the view in the viewfinder? Get a proper camera, Pete. These leeches are useless! Hahah, my spellchecker changed Leicas to leeches. I'll leave it as is!

 

[Paul Lange]

It's really good to see the before and after on this as it tells a lot more about how you approached the image. Hopefully a train didn't approach you.

 

[Pete Askew]

That's 'cos it's one of them crappy Zeiss lenses, Rob.

Funnily enough it did, Paul. Passed straight through me though. How odd. Hmm, thinking about it, how did I get in here, I don't remember opening that door!

 

[Paul Lange]

That's 'cos it's one of them crappy Zeiss lenses, Rob.

Funnily enough it did, Paul. Passed straight through me though. How odd. Hmm, thinking about it, how did I get in here, I don't remember opening that door!

That's a bit uncanny, what you said could have come straight of a book I am reading at the moment.....Have you been in my house again while I'm at work?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yours too, Paul?

 

[Pete Askew]

Omnipresent!

 

[Paul Lange]

Let someone run a forum and they think they're god already...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You mean he isn't??????!!!!!

 

[Pete Askew]

You'll find out one day.

 

[Rob MacKillop]