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10-MAY-2007 Troy Jones

Holding The Lines

CRW_5257A_2.jpg
This is from Grumpy Ole Sod.

The Little White Balls (one on the left and the other on the far right) are very large Doppler Radars located west of Norman, Oklahoma in the heart of Tornado Alley.

Note: the Doppler Radars are approximately 2-1/2 Miles away.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/3228s f/4.0 at 30.0mm iso400 full exif

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Guest 16-May-2007 11:47
Now, I really don't mind comments as long as they are courtious and something can be learned from them. So, have at it, I might pick up a trick or two.
Tommy 14-May-2007 18:53
Rod, Thanks.
Now I can call myself whatever I want...
Rod 12-May-2007 23:02
Are you logged on when you make comments Tommy? If you are you have to remember to add your name after your comment. I always comment when I'm not logged on to the challenge & you get a comment box where we write our words of wisdom & just below that are two smaller box's one for your name & the other for your email addy which we don't bother with.
You're bringing back memories now Tommy mentioning slide film as we had to be very careful composing the shot. I'm not really against cropping as such but I think too many people take an ordinary shot & try to crop it into something. Take a shot that has nothing going for it at all & give it a skinny crop & somehow it looks a bit more interesting, the same happens when we put a photo in a frame it seems to give it legitimacy as though it's good enough to frame. I'm talking about real frames not the silly PS ones:-) Look at Lonnits skinny beach shot in exhibition it seems to sit very nicely but most are done to hide poor composing. I will start a post at the main thread as poor ole Troy seems to get these discussions under his picys without his participation & he might get grumpy again:-)
ctfchallenge12-May-2007 16:18
Rod - this is getting tedious. Twice, I hit "enter" before adding the signature. -tv
ctfchallenge12-May-2007 16:14
Rod - the previous unsigned comment was for you from me.
How do we get our name to show in the header of the comment - so I don't have to rely on my feeble memory to add my handle at the end?
ctfchallenge12-May-2007 16:11
"...they call me Bad News" -Johnny Cash.
Anyway, I agree with you more than I let on... I disgard most shots before they are taken if they don't compose well in the viewfinder. Remember transparencies? Cropping was nearly impossible - although electrical tape and a magnifying glass could work wonders. Now I'm glad not to be locked into a 2x3 aspect ratio - although Cartier-Bresson still hovers over us all. What if you want a square image?? Bring out the Hasselblad, if you can afford it. Way beyond my reach - so I crop (sometime).
Brent 12-May-2007 00:24
Very interesting shot Troy. It is always nice to know some information about what you are viewing -Tornado Alley sounds scary! This is my first peek, so I can't say whether I like changes you have made or not. I don't know if the PP works for me on this one. I think a sharper image would maybe emphasize distance better looking down the line and seeing all the different pylons more clearly. Good effort to start us off though :-)
Rod 11-May-2007 22:56
I can see Tommy is going to give us trouble:-) What's wrong with tight cropping in the camera when you compose the shot? The other thing is the shot is the main ingredient of the final picy, I do PP my shots in PS to bring them to life but I don't crop very often as I prefer to develop skills with the camera & not the computer. The art of seeing is what photography is all about not the art of post processing, & the art of seeing is done with the camera. Of course the better you can PP a shot the better to bring what you saw through the viewfinder to fruition. Trying to create shots in PP is doomed to failure & a future as a commercial artiiiiiist:-) We had skinny crops 35 years ago but none remain in my memory:-)
ctfchallenge11-May-2007 20:27
First look - interesting. Second look - more interesting with a 'modern' aesthetic, aside from some technical pp glitches. (I can't pp either.) Unlike Rod of the pure photography school (ala Cartier-Bresson?), I'm of the school that says the rigid camera frame is seldom suitable for the subject, and the shot is just one ingredient of the final pic, i.e. cropping and exposure adjustments are ok, even desirable to make a good pic a great one. Your "Holding the Lines" is very modern, because it compresses a deep subject into the flat picture plane, while the lines of the wires cause the eye to explore the entire frame, even interacting with the edges (my reason for preferring a tight crop). -tv
ctfchallenge11-May-2007 15:59
That's wonderful, Troy, much better! ~Sharon
aam1234 11-May-2007 14:33
Definitely better.
ctfchallenge11-May-2007 12:32
Yep, looks better, now. /Oved
Guest 11-May-2007 12:29
Okay, The Posts Are Gone and resized a hair. Thanks for the comments.
ctfchallenge11-May-2007 09:40
I don't dislike the red thingy, but the post just might be a bit too much.
unusual pp, but it works for me
regards
tom
Rod 11-May-2007 08:00
Hehe, just saw the grumpy ole sod bit:-) Who called you that Troy, I will have a word wiv them:-)
Rod 11-May-2007 07:58
I luv the title Troy "CRW_5257A_1.jpg" very creative mate:-) A fine shot too showing plenty of distance. Like Sharon I find that wooden pole spoiling the effect of the shot but unlike Sharon I mainly dislike the skinny crops as it tends to show a lack of care when composing in the camera. But as always you post the shot that you like best mate. Well done on starting us off in Eligible:-)
elips11-May-2007 03:09
This shows distance just great, Troy, and I love the repetition of the towers. I find the telephone pole on the left a bit distracting and wonder if it and the red thing could be cropped out. It would make for a very tall skinny image but I think that would be fine. ~Sharon
ctfchallenge11-May-2007 02:27
Way to get the ball rolling Troy. The power lines look like they go on forever. Right on topic. -COAmature