Rusty city

Photo Rusty city by JmG
JmG
Title:
Rusty city
Category:
Digital darkroom
Location:
Les Arcs (South of France)
Description:
Still playing around, with no other pretention than creating some "weird" visual experience.

In big (so in better right? ;) here: http://jmGargantiel.zenfolio.com/architecture/e23499164
Tag(s):
colors rust old walls
by JmG 2 april 2011 15 feedback

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  • mblum4

    What do you like?

    i like the architecture and the colors in this photo,nice composition the constrast ,wonderfull shot ,

    What would you improve?

    its nice as it is

    by 13 May
  • ViewsOfParadise

    The contrast of the blue doors against the rusty look of the buildings is very neat. Makes for an interesting photo.

    by 4 December
  • JmG

    Thanks very much @Colleen and @icecraze !

    by 7 April 2011 in reply to Colleen
  • icecraze

    Awesome! I love the contrast between the earthen tone and the blue really beautiful!

    by 7 April 2011
  • Colleen

    love the colors, angles, and how the blue compliments the rust

    by 6 April 2011
  • JmG

    @travis Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it!

    by 4 April 2011 in reply to travis
  • travis

    @JmG like the new sky, but the rest of that gallery is awesome too!

    by 4 April 2011
  • JmG

    For those who told me about the sky, and if interested to see the new look —then—, a new version is viewable here:
    http://jmGargantiel.zenfolio.com/architecture/e23499164


    I think it's, indeed, better! Thanks again! :)

    by 4 April 2011
  • JmG

    @Patricia I didn't want to crop from the top because I wanted to keep the stones and textures of the upper left window.

    Thanks for passing by... :)

    by 3 April 2011 in reply to Patricia
  • Patricia

    :) You with your pp skills, I'm sure you can put in another sky.

    Now what I would do because the bright sky is really asking to much attention, is crop out from the top up untill the gutter.

    by 3 April 2011
  • travis

    @JmG - yup the Terry Gilliams one. I know it doesn't match exactly, but the feel of the shot sparks a memory :)

    by 3 April 2011
  • kanonkop

    @JmG ah, i see, re the perspective and buildings. glad you didn't correct it then, its nice and genuine

    by 3 April 2011 in reply to JmG
  • JmG

    @travis Which Brazil, the Terry Gilliams one?

    (if so, thanks, I love him as a director!)

    by 3 April 2011 in reply to travis
  • JmG

    Thanks everybody!

    I must precise that the blue shades are real, I mean, they're really blue, In only twicked the colors to render them like fluorescent, or so, but the basic coloring of the walls, the shades, and everything, is in those real tints to start with.

    For the blown out sky, message well received, I'll definitively add one in another version then! :)

    Thanks again for all the cool feedbacks!

    by 3 April 2011
  • teneeattoh

    Colors reflect the atmosphere , time and space of the shot. A familiar feel 2 these streets. Like the photo^^

    by 3 April 2011
  • travis

    Nice feel to this shot, dramatic colours odd lines, reminds me somehow of that art movie called Brazil. Very nice

    by 3 April 2011
  • darkSoul4Life

    Wow this photo looks wonderful and the composition is really nice. But I think you overdid it a bit (for a normal photo, you overdid it too much but you wanted something "weird" so it's only a bit) with the saturation. This strong saturation let it look unreal and the houses doesn't look ancient as they are and the blue is a bit disturbing. Another thing is that the sky is blown out. Maybe you try to to take two photos one with right exposure on the sky and another like this. Then you'll could have the sky and the city well exposed after you merged both photos. Anyways it's a great "weird" photo with nice details.

    by 3 April 2011

  • JmG

    @kanonkop if you mean that the walls are not straight, they indeed are not! These are very old streets in an old village and those ancient houses are not straight.
    Plus the perspective, indeed, that I did not want to correct to keep the sense of surealism, it gives this.

    Thanks man!

    by 2 April 2011 in reply to kanonkop
  • kanonkop

    nice surreal colours, nice break from reality.

    is it just me or is there some kind of perspective distortion or something? do you see it as well or are my eyes are playing tricks on me..

    by 2 April 2011
  • JmG

    @Earthdrtr Yes, you're absolutely right about the sky. Blue, or with clouds... Maybe I'll trick it on another version.

    Thanks! :)

    by 2 April 2011 in reply to Earthdrtr
  • Earthdrtr

    I love the vibrant, violent colored buildings! Wish that the sky had been blue when you shot the picture so it could be violently vibrant as well!!!

    by 2 April 2011
  • JmG

    Thanks guys! The idea was "rusty city", so of course, the colors must be "violent"! :)

    by 2 April 2011
  • stran9e

    @samhegde bit burned for me too !
    love this composition

    by 2 April 2011 in reply to samhegde
  • samhegde

    I like the composition :) colors seem slightly off. Maybe the sky could have some more detail.

    by 2 April 2011