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[Rob MacKillop]

Water of Leith again...DP1M

WOL4 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


WOL3 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Pete Askew]

Suer stuff again Rob and interesting how just small change of viewpoint alters the feeling of the image. The first is very much about the river with the arch just visible in the reflection. The other has a totally different feel to it I think. More mystery.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thems my thoughts too, Pete. Glad you noticed the arch

 

[Douglas McMann]

A couple of crackers Rob...as are the rest on Flickr...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Dougie. Appreciated.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Another superb set Rob, you are on a roll here, the processing is excellent.

 

[Hamish Gill]

That's funny isn't it... The first is probably a "better" photo on paper, the composition would be considered the best by most. It certainly has many of the required "tricks"; leading lines with the poles and framing with a tree. But for some reason the second is a more interesting photo. I suppose there is just somehow more narrative and less reliance on, well, tricks ...?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, guys. I think the problem - if there is one - is that those leading lines don't lead to anything worth highlighting. The interest is at the sides of the frames. I guess the wall looks more interesting in the second.

 

[Hamish Gill]

They do in a way, they lead to darkness, and by rights that should work ... And I think it does, but only in isolation from the other photo.

 

[Tom Dunne]

The first I find a bit busy but the second is really good. Makes you wonder what might lie beyond and through the gate. Comes with a nice mood.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Tom. Very private grounds to a posh house, is what lies beyond the gate. Not for rif-raf like me, I'm afraid.