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Old Saddle


Old Saddle
Photo Information
Copyright: Britta Doell (Briddl) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 162 W: 41 N: 134] (555)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-04
Categories: Daily Life, Transportation
Camera: OLYMPUS E410, Olympus DIGITAL 17.5-45mm, Hoya 52mm Skylight (1A)
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/80 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-04 12:34
Viewed: 172
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On a walk through the inner city of Bremen I came across a parking place for bikes. Some where very modern, some were really old. And this one here was a perfect combination of both, a fairly new bike with an old saddle made of leather with wrinkles and scars all over.
I tried to capture this saddle concentrating on its structure.
During pp I tried to bring out the sense of age by darkening the image, adjusting contrasts and applying a sepia tone; I softened the image a bit and worked with layers to keep a lot of details of the saddle while desaturating the background a bit.
On my screen this image now looks quite good. After a disaster with a dark post some days ago I really hope that this one works out on all your screens and you can see what I was up for.

Thanks for having a look. Kind regards, Britta
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  • Great 
  • sande Silver Star Critiquer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 0] (275)
  • [2008-09-04 12:37]

Great picture.Good composition.And the black and white did it.
Best regards
Ben

Hello Britta. Nice shot, the textures of the aged saddle are captured well in your shot. Thanks for sharing.

Regards Phil.

hi britta.
no need to worry. this is nicely toned. i like the marbling of the leather. definitely looks like an old saddle that was too comfortable to throw away.
congrats.
Brian

  • Great 
  • Peeotr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 394 W: 147 N: 319] (2173)
  • [2008-09-04 16:28]

Funny composition, a try to make something else from just a bike. Close to abstract.

Und täglich grunzt das Murmeltier.
Hallo Britta,
ich bisn sicher, dass ich gestern eine Bewertung zu diesem Bild geschrieben habe. Auf dem Laptop. Wahrscheinlich habe ich mal wieder die falsche Taste gedrückt, denn weder mein Kommentar noch die Bwertung sind ja bei TL gelandet. Heute ist auch noch die Festplatte des LT in Rauch aufgegangen - bad luck. Na jedenfalls gefällt mir das Bild immer noch, obwohl ich normalerweise die Motive nicht so genau in der Mitte mag. Dafür hast du über dem extrem bequemen Ledersattel ja noch ganz genial das Rad eingebaut. Gelungene Komposition - coole Farbe (passend zum Sattel)und genialer Rahmen. Danke fürs teilen. Gruss aus dem Novemberwetter-Süden. Thomas - so, jetzt das grüne Männchen und dann Add - gell
Ich werd wahrscheinlich einfach zu alt für die Kombutter.

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