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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Took some pictures yesterday. Since I've gone on another one of my commenting/criticizing tears, I thought I'd give everyone else a chance to take out their frustrations by telling me how much I suck.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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There was kind of a theme to the shots that I didn't really notice until I was going through them afterwards. Roughly half of them are of old, abandoned decaying buildings. The other half are of new construction.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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It's that awesome time of year when there's good photography light right as I leave work. Wish I'd used my polarizer on the earlier ones to deepen the sky's blueness a bit, but I didn't need to polarize this one because it was direct late-afternoon sun directly on it.

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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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And I'm done.

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>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>270496
I think I can kinda tell what you're going for here but the left arch just doesn't have enough contrast to stand out as a subject.

>>270498
This is awesome.
>> Delicious !3GqYIJ3Obs
>>270497
Needs moar fill flash.

>>270498
>>270504
>awesome
Seconded.
>> Anonymous
>>270520
thirded
>> Anonymous
Definitely better than the last batch, except for>>270499which is just boring.

>>270497
>>270496
Nice, but I can't help thinking these would be pretty interesting sets for a shoot with human subject(s).
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>270496
I really like the shadow side of this shot. The other half is good, gives a sense of where the shadows are coming from, but the shadow side / texture is amazing.

>>270498
also like! nice reflections.
>> Anonymous
OH GOD THE JPEG ARTIFACTS
>> Anonymous
>>270667
agreed, not terrible shots but AC you really need to use a lower compression setting
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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>>270667
>>270758
Hm. Might not be jpeg artifacts. Might be hamfisted postprocessing.

Here's another shot with my normal postprocessing. Subsequent shots will be (1) the same shot saved at 100% and (2) The same shot saved at my normal 85% but without my normal sharpening.

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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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USM + JPEG 100% quality

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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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No USM + JPEG 85% quality

So is it JPEG artifacts or something else?

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>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>270496
My favourite of the bunch.

Although not the most interesting subject, the abstract shapes and different contrasting tones intrigue me.

Reminds me of a Ciro Totku, only about 20 times busier.