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Don't apologize for the stories. Pictures in context are a delight. I like the vanishing point in this picture.<br><br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>mmoonptdeux</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69138/photo-assignment-july-27-aug-9-roads-trails-pathways#post_1928870"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I'd like to submit three for critique</p>
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<p>This one was from 2008 from the Roman road ruins at Apamea in north-central Syria. They say that Marc Antony and his armies marched down these roads back somewhere between 30-40 BC</p>
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<p>This next one was taken in 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a neighborhood most tourists don't venture near. I liked the contrast of provided by the old and the modern with the spires of the Petronas Building in the background</p>
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<p>Finally, the ones I took last weekend were somewhat disappointing by my eye - the most interesting pic was this couch I found on the side of the road - made for an interesting contrast with the trees behind them I thought (none of the ones with the road in sight came out very well IMO)</p>
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<p>Roman Roads picture: I like the lighting in that it provides the contrast to the paving stones climbing into the distance. Interesting juxtaposition with the other shots in your post - one can argue that KL is also a bit of a ruin and that urban decay is a common thread (or just decay).</p>
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<p>Couch: Love this shot.</p>
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<p>KL. Could you have tried it from about 10 feet to the right and gotten more of the towers?<br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>bard73</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69138/photo-assignment-july-27-aug-9-roads-trails-pathways#post_1929235"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Well, I am not super happy with either of these but they are the best of the photos I managed to get a week ago when I went to a local metropark. All the others were boring. </p>
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<p>The color on all my photos looked washed out that day (it was hazy, hot, and humid with sun and intermittent clouds). I figure for these assignments, I would leave the photos unedited, but I know that doing some editing for exposure/color/etc would improve both of them. You can barely tell that there are clouds in the photo of the overhead train trestle. </p>
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<p>I am mostly interested in comments about the perspective in each photo, since I tried to do something other than the standard trail photo, and am not sure if what I did really worked. In 1st one, I got down on my stomach to capture the worn spot in the middle of a mown grass trail through some prairie habitat at the park.</p>
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<p>I tried what you did in your first picture this weekend, it didn't work. Kudos for yours. The rut fades too soon though - could have had more of a vanishing point to it.</p>
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<p>The bridge is a beautiful shot. Love the skewed angle.<br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>bard73</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69138/photo-assignment-july-27-aug-9-roads-trails-pathways#post_1929237"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Here are two photos I took last year at a different metropark. These were taken with my older digital camera (maxed out at 3 megapixels).</p>
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There's a Flickr group devoted to stone walls, you should submit it. Interesting in that this is a curved road.</p>
<p>The bridge shot could have been made more interesting with more of the bridge in it, just a slight titch to the right. Still, interesting subject.<br><br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Tech Tee</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69138/photo-assignment-july-27-aug-9-roads-trails-pathways#post_1930126"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Here's another "road" picture. This road has a similar story to the one I posted before. It too is probably 200 years old. it's called Quaker Bridge Road, and the "Quaker Bridge" still exists, although it has been repaired countless times over the years. It doesn't carry much traffic, because it doesn't go anywhere anymore, like most of the hundreds of miles of these sand roads in the Pinelands of New Jersey.</p>
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<p>This was taken in the fall, I think. Remember, we're in the Pinelands...so the pine trees, at least, stay green. the rest of the trees are oak...and they're quite leafy now, in the summer, but, in the fall and winter, they get really ugly.</p>
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<p>The thing that pisses me off about this one is the God damned beer can off to the left. I need to learn how to clone in Photoshop...I also need to pay attention. If I had been, I could have walked over and picked it up.</p>
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<p>Didn't notice the can till you mentioned it. I actually like the fact that you didn't center the road in this shot.<br>
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