Seen better days...

Yatlapball · 12th May 2007

A little bit of background information: It is a common sight to have chairs/sofas/benches outside of homes here to welcome your guests. Or just to sit and chat with neighbours/friends/etc. On one of my shortcuts through a slightly more rundown neighbourhood, I spotted this obviously well-used and tired sofa, thus the title "Seen better days..."

Kodak TMax-400. Handheld 1/15s at f/2.8. Scanned, adjustments and toning made in the digital darkroom (

haven't ventured into playing in a traditional darkroom yet. maybe some time later...)

Shot with the aim of trying to convey a sense of age and tiredness. Does this work for you?

deckard · 12th May 2007

i couldn't recognize what it was at first, but now I see. reminded me of my late grandfather's bed.

nice shot.

Yatlapball · 12th May 2007

Heh. I apologise for the size. The bandwidth here sucks big time. Would have posted a much larger sized picture if I could. I also somehow feel the shrunk version doesn't do justice to this photo. Can't see the grain properly either. Heh.

tribal.snake · 12th May 2007

nice, like the overall feel of it.

seems just a little tilted?

looks like a lovely postcard.

Yatlapball · 12th May 2007

Heh. You're right. I corrected by eye in CS2 only. Guess it wasn't close enough. Drawing a line in CaptureNX showed it still needed 0.23 deg CW rotation.

Thanks tribalsnake

And thanks deckard for looking

jmmtn4aj · 12th May 2007

Originally Posted by Yatlapball

Heh. I apologise for the size. The bandwidth here sucks big time. Would have posted a much larger sized picture if I could. I also somehow feel the shrunk version doesn't do justice to this photo. Can't see the grain properly either. Heh.

Use www.imageshack.us

Yatlapball · 12th May 2007

Oh. It's not my hosting server that's the problem. It's the local connection that is the problem

Thanks for suggesting though.

wunderkind · 12th May 2007

If I did not read your background information - just by looking at a shot and its title - I would have had hard time guessing what am I looking at. In part because it is in B&W, in part because it is dark, and also because it is a frontal shot.

Yatlapball · 12th May 2007

Ok. Tks wunderkind. I tried other angles, but unfortunately both sides had other distracting objects which would take away the focus on the subject. Thus the decision to shoot head-on.

Oh, and I also resized the image to 600x400 for easier viewing

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Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Seen better days... A little bit of background information: It is a common sight to have chairs/sofas/benches outside of homes here to welcome your guests. Or just to sit and chat with neighbours/friends/etc. On one of my shortcuts through a slightly more rundown neighbourhood, I spotted this obviously well-used and tired sofa, thus the title "Seen better days..." Kodak TMax-400. Handheld 1/15s at f/2.8. Scanned, adjustments and toning made in the digital darkroom ( haven't ventured into playing in a traditional darkroom yet. maybe some time later...) Shot with the aim of trying to convey a sense of age and tiredness. Does this work for you? __________________ my PBase(new) Last edited by Yatlapball; 12th May 2007 at 06:43 PM. Reason: Resized image (now 600x400)

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deckard Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,244	Re: Seen better days... i couldn't recognize what it was at first, but now I see. reminded me of my late grandfather's bed. nice shot.

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Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Re: Seen better days... Heh. I apologise for the size. The bandwidth here sucks big time. Would have posted a much larger sized picture if I could. I also somehow feel the shrunk version doesn't do justice to this photo. Can't see the grain properly either. Heh. __________________ my PBase(new)

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tribal.snake Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: west side! Posts: 685	Re: Seen better days... nice, like the overall feel of it. seems just a little tilted? looks like a lovely postcard.

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Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Re: Seen better days... Heh. You're right. I corrected by eye in CS2 only. Guess it wasn't close enough. Drawing a line in CaptureNX showed it still needed 0.23 deg CW rotation. Thanks tribalsnake And thanks deckard for looking __________________ my PBase(new)

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Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Re: Seen better days... Oh. It's not my hosting server that's the problem. It's the local connection that is the problem Thanks for suggesting though. __________________ my PBase(new)

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wunderkind Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 134	Re: Seen better days... If I did not read your background information - just by looking at a shot and its title - I would have had hard time guessing what am I looking at. In part because it is in B&W, in part because it is dark, and also because it is a frontal shot. __________________ Canon PowerShot A650 IS Nikon COOLSCAN V ED

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Yatlapball Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In God's Top Ten Posts: 2,249	Re: Seen better days... Ok. Tks wunderkind. I tried other angles, but unfortunately both sides had other distracting objects which would take away the focus on the subject. Thus the decision to shoot head-on. Oh, and I also resized the image to 600x400 for easier viewing __________________ my PBase(new)