Columns

[RockNGoalStar]

Here is a shot I took at the University of Greenwich in London purely for the purposes of an online photo assignment on another website I frequent. It's not the sort of shot that I would usually take so any C&C would be greatly appreciated.

| Nikon D90 | 18-105mm @ 105mm | f/20 | 1/100sec | ISO 200 | Converted RAW to B&W in ACR and cropped and sharpened in CS5

[jiro]

Nice. I like the perspective and the use of repetitive elements. I think you did great on this assignment of yours, Tommy. Cheers!

[ilovelucydog]

I like it, Tommy. Photo assignments are so great, in that they make us step outside our box or comfort zone.

[RockNGoalStar]

Thanks you two for the comments!

Yeah I am pleased with the way this came out. The assignment is "columns and shadows", so i gave them er... columns and shadows! :P

It's true that these kind of assignments are great as I would never have thought about taking this kind of shot, and I could have walked past them a hundred times without thinking about this shot.

[MiniChris]

Just as an aside from the cleaness of this image, you might want to keep even your B&W images as RGB's. They tend to print better and definitely keep a higher degree of resolution for sharpening and Web reduction (more pixels to work with). Grayscale loses a lot of image quality.

[John C]

I like your photo and I think it certainly depicts columns and shadows; however, my eye wanders the photo looking for something to 'break' the pattern of the columns and shadows. I end up wondering if the holes in the first full column are bulletholes. (I've probably been watching too many movies lately).

[Donald]

Tommy

That's a powerful abstract image. What is the assignment that you have been asked to carry out?

[RockNGoalStar]

Thanks for the tip Chris

@ John, I take your point, however that is sort of what I wanted - a purely repetetive abstract image.

@ Donald, thanks for your comments. The online assignment is just a monthly themed assignment on another forum that I go to. The theme this month is "columns and shadows". It's quite good as it gets you out there shooting things that you perhaps wouldn't ordinarily think of shooting.

[Donald]

The theme this month is "columns and shadows".

In that case, this is an excellent image. If you're working on a pre-defined assignment, in the same way as you'd be working on a commission - you've got to deliver what is requested/being paid for. This is a high quality image that delivers on the brief.

[RockNGoalStar]

That's very kind. Thank you.

It sounds strange but it means a lot to hear someone like you say something like that