Alley Views II
Another view from an alley that leads south off Bastion Square in Victoria.
I think Melinda also took a shot of this abrupt change in masonry, and decoration.
If she did, I will find it interesting to see what she makes of it, mostly because I fear this composition does not quite work.
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Canon EOS 5Dmkii, Nikkor-N Auto f2.8/24mm lens, ISO100, 1/100th.
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Call me odd (wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been called that), I like it with the three different textures. Having said that, I would like to see more balance between the three (not just the little strip). 🙂
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Hi David. I went back the other day with a point and shoor film camera. The brick and adjacent pale stucco have bee sprayed with a thin layer of black rather like the graffiti but uniform. Ruined it for my purposes. So now I will have to live with this record from less than a month ago.
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I like the contrast in textures here, Ephem. I think the composition could be improved by eliminating that small vertical strip of bare wall on the right edge
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Thanks Andy! I did try that in post, but somehow it did not feel right. I need to work on it some more. Or take another version – this is uncropped, other than a touch of vertical straightening, so not much room to play around.
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I tried it again. I like it better without that strip. Before I was cropping with same aspect ratio, which is why I did not like it. Here is another version:
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I think that’s better – but I’m wondering what is further to the left and how that might impact on the composition. There’s definitely an image in there, it’s just discovering what works best.
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I agree. I will have to go back since this is all I took and I can’t recall the rest of it. But worth another visit I think.
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Oh boy, I get all excited about stuff like this!
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Hi ytaba36 – thanks! I like this kind of thing too, though rarely find it.
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