Auto rikenon 1.8/55...K200D..artistic shots C&C please

[mo]

After seeing the contest section I had a little play with this lens and trying to capture the same image different ways by cropping,changing aperture,and light...here are some samples what ones do you like and why and what don't you like? Smallest F stop was 2.8 and largest was 8...I cropped some of the image trying to find out what looked best and what did not.
#1 How the image looked not cropped

#2 Again no cropping ...different angle...this angle I liked for the distant light in the background so I chose to focus on this aspect of keeping the front subject and the background light.And I did not like the harsh light on the left.

#3 these are the crops mainly from the 2nd images view point rather than the first image.I know they don't run in order from the camera...this is just to give you an idea of what the subject looked like without the cropping etc.

#4

#5

#6

#7 I just tried to capture some interesting light play on the wall....what do you think interesting or not?

I am trying to think about what I am photographing and what makes for an interesting "artistic" photo Thanks for any comments.

[fish4570]

I liked the bottom shot best. It has an intresting focal point that readily draws the eye. Try makng a black and white "print" of that shot, maybe with a little more contrast.
The young fern sprout cannot compete with the edge of the step, no matter which way you crop it. Try shooting the sprout from a spot parallel with the step edge, rather then 90 degrees to it.
You MIGHT could get very close to the fern sprout straight on, with lens wide open, 90 degree to the step, and make the step edge the transept of a "cross" with the fern sprout as stipes.
A digital cam gives you so much play room ...

[Hards80]

in the first pictures. the strong horizontal lines just completely overtake the shots.

but i really like the last shot. i like the aforementioned idea of going black and white with this. it will give even more attention towards the light and textures.

[mo]

Ok here is the B&W simple conversion in Windows live gallery.

[patrickh]

There, that;s the most immediate of the series. I also am taken by #4


patrickh

[fish4570]

Yes, that is a good one, Mo. Since your digital shots are free, you might dedicate an early morning and late evening or two or three to interesting light/shadow play.

[martyn_bannister]

I like #1 because of the strong diagonals and horizontals. The plant & the step support directs the interest up and left, while the brain perceives the steps and their main supports to be ascending up and right. A sort of pyramid effect. There is also a contrast between man-made and nature. Harsh mechanical lines and soft natural curves. Perfect natural recursive shapes and flawed man-made structures with defects in the paint etc.

To my mind by far the most interesting of the series, artistically.

IMHO of course

[mo]

Thanks Martyn I was trying for this