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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
What a great trip that sounds like it was Roger... very jealous 
The photo looks nicely composed for certain but for me it screams "a setup" the lighting in front of truck looks out of place since the truck is a deralict rust bucket (isn't it?)..as a subject matter it doesn't really connect with the sky for me  ...time marching on stops for no one perhaps 
Bon't get me wrong, its a pleasing looking view.
Look forward to seeing the other paintagraphs 
Mike |
Thanks for your honest and detailed feedback Mike, much appreciated
I hear what you are saying ... derelict truck but lights like it's alive .. depending on how you look at it that could be odd
From my perspective, there in person at night I got less of a feel that the truck was old and derelict and more of a feel that it was still alive ... in the dead of night you notice more the solid nature of what's left of the truck and less the details that are missing. There's also a almost ghostly aspect to it, that the truck was waiting for a driver, ready to go even though it was a rust bucket
I think where I have failed you is not conveying what I was thinking in a way that is clear to you through the image. Interesting for me to consider
re connect with the sky - agreed, I liked the angle for the truck but did wish there was a different line of silhouettes to connect with the sky better, and that there was different constellations above it to help with that. The shot arguably has too much of a "top 1/3 is stars bottom 2/3 is landscape" aspect. Always something to improve upon, although I often think in this kind of situation "is it a photograph worth taking if that connect doesn't exist?". There were a several shots I passed up on the night because of this thought.
Roger.