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The reception


The reception
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Copyright: Jens Schroder (HeadlessGuy) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 170 W: 97 N: 442] (2149)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2008-10-16
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Mood
Camera: Canon G9
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-19 21:02
Viewed: 333
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the "reception" area of one the Chinese factories that I work with.

I’ve been asked to put together a series of photos from the factories and their workers. Only requirement for the photos is that they must be in black and white.
I don’t normally do a lot of B/W conversions so I’d be interested to know how to improve this aspect.

I don’t have much to say about this other than it was shot with the intention to be converted to B/W.

I’d be happy to hear your honest and personal opinion about the photo. Any suggestions as to how to improve the shot will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jens

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This image, as it is, looks quite good to me. I like the increased contrast, I think it fits the atmosphere. The composition itself is quite interesting - it conveys an aura of oppression/melancholy, so if that's what you wanted to achieve, you got it!

When I referred to the image looking good "as it is", I meant that I would like to know your B&W conversion method. Did you simply converted it to grayscale? Perhaps a procedure based on channel mixing would have produced a different image.

Hi Jens - sorry, Just seen this one. I do echo much of what Tiina says regarding the atmosphere you have captured so no point repeating all that. I do have one suggestion, though.

Try shooting shots like this from a lower point of view, just to see the effect. The reason I say that is that I've done something similar here recently and the low POV shots - albeit with a wide angle(17mm) - seemed to be the most dramatic/effective especially when in b/w.

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