Urban train track -- C&C welcomed

[KimC]

Hi everyone. Missed you all --- haven't had much time to visit this site lately. Captured this today - interested in your thoughts... Thank you

[Ziggy]

Like the POV and colors in this one.

[Stinky]

Very nice. Love the colors.

[deetheturk]

Hi Kim, welcome back, I love this shot well captured, you even managed your name on the train

[IzzieK]

+1 to David's comment -- I noticed a version of your name too and didn't have to find it...love the colours as well too...

[Rebel]

I love this shot Kim

Great colours, PoV and composition. I am a fan of Graffiti art as well so that helps

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[KimC]

Thank you everyone. :-) I thought it was rather funny that the train had my name on it.

[KimC]

I love this shot Kim

Great colours, PoV and composition. I am a fan of Graffiti art as well so that helps

Wish I could find more of it Matt. Thanks for your comments.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice colorful image Kim

[Mike Buckley]

There is usually someone with a contrary opinion and this time it's me. Though I like the graffiti and the train's vanishing point, I can't tell whether the subject is the train or the tracks. I want one of them to be emphasized more by either lowering the camera to the tracks or raising it to the train.

[KimC]

Very nice colorful image Kim

Thanks Binnur

[KimC]

There is usually someone with a contrary opinion and this time it's me. Though I like the graffiti and the train's vanishing point, I can't tell whether the subject is the train or the tracks. I want one of them to be emphasized more by either lowering the camera to the tracks or raising it to the train.

When I took this Mike, I was wishing that was either a lot taller, or had a step ladder, as I would have grabbed more of the train. Since I had to go with what I had, I tried to make the best of it. Is there some other technique that might have worked aside from focusing on tracks?

[John 2]

I can see Mike point Kim. A crop from the bottom to make it a letterbox format does it for me. Removes most of the rails and emphasises the graffiti (...and your name).

[Mike Buckley]

Cropping in a pano style as John suggests will work to emphasize either the train cars or the tracks. Alternatively, if the train wasn't moving, you could have moved in to get a close-up of the tracks and track bed. To provide context, you could have included the train's wheels without including the side of the rail cars. Another idea is to make the wheels the subject by closing in on them.

[KimC]

I can see Mike point Kim. A crop from the bottom to make it a letterbox format does it for me. Removes most of the rails and emphasises the graffiti (...and your name).

Thanks John this is helpful. I loved the cars and so many of my images don't have a lot of color so didn't want to focus on tracks and wheels of the same color.

[vaez]

+1 to David's comment why do you crop top of pic

[Geoff F]

Somehow, Kim, this isn't quite working for me. My eyes aren't following through to infinity, if that makes any sense.

After holding some pieces of card against the screen, I think I would reduce the foreground slightly. At the moment that gravel is too 'heavy and confusing'. Possibly lose a little from the left side as well if you want to keep the same size ratio, otherwise go for a different ratio.

I did also wonder about something completely different and crop more severely from the left side to produce a 4 x 5 ratio, but I'm not sure on that one.

[KimC]

Thanks to all who shared their thoughts and suggestions. I tried the various crops suggested above, and the one I liked the best was Geoff's suggestion. Thoughts?

[IzzieK]

I like both, Kim...I think they both have different merits. I like the first one for the perspective though Geoff's suggestion did not lose that, it still have a little bit left to the imagination to just imagine the end of it like the first one...I will keep both if this is mine.