Waiting for the Train

[hershy314]

Still needs something, but I'm liking it so far

 

[iDad]

Looks like it's going to be a very long wait lol (no tracks) j/k i like it! Is that snake a brush or an image chop?

 

[hershy314]

The snake is an image crop, original size would taken half the image

 

[Steve]

I love the location, where is it?
I would try to get some of the green out of the image.

 

[hershy314]

I don't know where it is, it was part of a pack I downloaded. Could try to do a image search on google.

 

[hershy314]

wasn't able to find the location only thing I could come up with that it's the ruins of an old train station. I also made a change, de-saturated the greens.

 

[Steve]

No that's OK I was just curious, I thought you may have taken the picture yourself, I just like the image.
It reminded me of this image at Liberty State Park.
This old train station in where new immigrants from Ellis Island went to there new destinations in the USA.

 

[hershy314]

I have been thinking about going out and taking a few pics of my own, but with this weather has been too cold lately. Maybe when the weather gets warmer. I only have a point and shoot camera, not the ideal choice. I don't know where to go in this town though.

 

[Steve]

Still needs something, but I'm liking it so far

Me too.
It looks better with less green but it needs more drama.
I hope you don't mind, I see it something like this.

I assume you added the bird and the snake.
I like the bird shadow but the bird is hard to find, move it up front and highlighted in the image.
Maybe where I marked or even lower, right over the shadow.
That bird wants to be the subject of this image because the shadow draws you in.
Personally I'd loose the snake.



Just one guy's opinion, keep up the good work.

 

[hershy314]

I like it, I may make those changes

 

[ibclare]

I agree with Steve about the bird. It gets lost in the "rafters." A few other things get lost. The skull is really hard to make out without going to a large size. I'd like to see it and the bucket if it's an add on come forward. Definitely the skull needs to be more remarkable. And maybe the gold is a bit too vibrant. Also, why did you cut off the snake? I can't think of a reason it shouldn't be included in the picture whole, and larger since it is in the foreground. Last critique . . . take a look at Steve's treatment of the color and shadows.

Now for the good stuff. It's a very cool manipulation. When I first saw the bushes on the track, desaturated as they are, I though it was water! It has a kind of cool creepiness to it. I mean that in a good way (hell, words are eluding me right now). Anyway, I like it's very surreal quality. Good choice. Keep up the good work.

 

[hershy314]

Thanks for the feedback, took some ideas and tinkered around with them....