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I love the first image. So much repitition and the eye just gets carried off into the distance then back again. Personally, I would have cropped out the very bottom where the black gate is since it acts like a brake and disrupts my eye flow. But I really think it's a cool image.
The second is neat, but my eye keeps trying to focus on the brown pipe further back. When it can't I feel like my contacts are not working or something. It may have worked for me if the brown pipe wasn't there. But the texture is very cool.
I was a little iffy on the second picture, but I decided to post it anyway because I liked that texture on the bar. It probably would have also worked better if I hadn't used a wide-angle lens; I don't really like the distortion.
I went ahead and cropped the first one a bit, and I really like the results.
The 1st one works better for me. The 2nd one kinda makes my eyes sore, so I just look away. I just can't seem to focus on it. Prisons are depressing but very photogenic.
Liban
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have." Nelson Mandela
I prefer the crop. That's actually the first thing that went through my mind and you cropped it perfectly...great job.
The second shot is interesting. I like the texture, and interesting color. Did you use a fisheye? I quite enjoy the distortion, but it still feels the shot is missing something. Great shot though, nice eye.
Jails are always freaky. I remember Alcatraz island and that was freaky.
What's the status of the place. Is it a tourist attraction now?
Nice work.
The prison was last in use in 1990 and it was still owned by the state when Shawshank Redemption was filmed. Shortly after that, a preservation society took over the prison. A short part of Air Force One was filmed there, and with the profit, the preservation society put on a new roof. Since then summer tours and ghost hunt tours are held there. The preservation society is still putting work into it and they are continuing to restore it.
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