[guerito]

I found this in Kiel, near the harbour. I like the contrast of the sculpture and the cranes. I wish there hadn't been so many other things in the background, though... If you have any ideas how to improve this picture, don't hold back, please!

[Don Schaeffer]

It's also a contrast of masculine and feminine. It would be neat if you could separate the foreground from the background better.

--Don

[Toad]

I like it - the color and sharpness of the foreground is great - maybe a very slight blur on the background or use of a simplifier like Buzz would provide the separation that Don suggests without losing the symetry of the forms.

[peter]

hrmm .. yeah ..some contrasting between the foreground and bacground would be good.. other wise .. its a great find ..

[Rufus]

Don said:

............................."a contrast of masculine and feminine.........."

Rufus said:

'Eh? I thought they were giant downpipes from a big motorbike!! :o

[guerito]

Thanks for the advise, folks! I blurred the background and now it looks like this:



BTW if you see some artefacts in the picture: I went the whole distance and worked two hours on the details, just to find that my bl**dy PSP9 couldn't reopen it's own file. :x So I had to do it all again, but this time I did it fast and with a lot less enthusiasm. I really hate to do the same work twice.

[shuttertalk]

hey really well done on the 2nd one. it's such an interesting shot, and much better without the background clutter. awesome!

[peter]

cools ...

[Don Schaeffer]

Great photo. The bur really improves it.
--Don