Critique Welcomed Vansu Tilts

[Paul Lange]

This is one of the large bridges crossing the river in Riga, Latvia. It is getting warmer but the river is still frozen and there is plenty of snow on the floor. It was fairly exposed on the bridge and river bank and there was a bleak feel. I tried to capture that sense in this set. Hopefully I have and hopefully the frozen hands were worth it.


_DSC1764.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr



_DSC1761.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr



_DSC1756.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yup. Looks bleak to me. You captured it perfectly!

 

[Pete Askew]

You have indeed Paul. All that concrete and washed out skies. Cold and bleak. Bang-on.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thank you. I have been trying out various PPs and for ages played around with glamour glows and soft focus using NIK Colour FX. They sort of worked but I could never get quite what I wanted. I found that if I turn down the Clarity in LR and then over sharpen slightly I get some general fuzziness but with the smaller details poking through the haze.

 

[Pete Askew]

Well its seems to work well with these I think.

I forgot to mention that I was somewhat disappointed to find shot of grey concrete and no young ladies when I opened this - then I realised I'd misread the tittle.

 

[Paul Lange]

NO, I'm just not that lucky.

 

[Hamish Gill]

A success I think Paul
i really like the compo in number 3 too!

 

[Glenn Clabo]

You have successfully captured how it feels at this time of year there...and here in Boston for that matter. Nice work.

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers Glen

 

[Beth Carter]

looks like it's winter there. love the pp.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

On the first, I like the framing of frozen Riga by the stairway line, riverside lines, the bridge line, Paul. Frozen river framed by concrete infrastructure gives that cold urban feel. Second has complimenting perspective three buildings with a seemingly independent perspective of the the tower of the bridge and the bridge itself. Large broken ice planks give a good texture and feeling to the frame.

 

[Paul Lange]

Thank you again for all the positive comments. I'm glad that people like them and that I didn't overdo the PP effects.