Weeds On The Tracks

[swmdrayfan]

Taking a suggestion on a way to shoot railroad tracks, I did this. Your thoughts?

[CLKunst]

Aha! You have returned to your tracks! This is a very interesting perspective John. I would have liked to also see a picture of you belly down between the tracks taking this picture. Just kidding! I think this is an improvement, on your initial straight ahead approach. You still get the tracks retreating into the distance, you know instantly what you are looking at but the weeds seem to resemble a small forest and give an unused and desolate feeing to the scene. There are a few little tidbits I think I would have tried to exclude from the shot, like the bit of white paper on the left or the roofs coming out of the trees on the right but overall I would say this is a definite improvement. Are those roofs attached to anything interesting BTW?

[swmdrayfan]

Well Cindy, I wasn't really belly down. I just set the camera on part of the street where the tracks cross the road and let 'er rip. Those roofs aren't attached to anything particularly interesting, and I meant to clone them out, but got so caught up in cloning out the telepone poles alongside the tracks I missed them. As far as the bits of paper, I thought maybe they added that touch of desolation, so I left them in. I didn't really go back to the tracks, this shot was one of several I took on the same day.
John

[CLKunst]

Oh I see! Well you could certainly interpret it that way too. I didn't even notice the lack of poles and wires until you pointed it out. Good job of cloning there. Those roofs look like rusty warehouse corrugated tin roof things from the 40s or 50s like you see by the side of rail road tracks sometimes. I can't get enough of them personally 'cause I'm attracted to the broken down and forgotten thing look, so that's why I asked. I'm glad to hear and see that you did a variety of perspectives for this scene. Just keep working it till you get out of it what you're looking for.

Best,