Dreamy Tunnel

[ahandre]

Hi All.

I was @ New York - Central Park this summer, and while I rest behind The Met, I saw the (I think) lovely patterns.
It was taken on sunny-summer-day, and put the camera at the closest stable surface (the bench).....

I want to picture what looks like a dreamy - endless tunnel here.

Does it work for you guys ?
Please C&C on color & composition (or on everything, which I need to improve here).

Taken with 50mm, Aperture priority @ f/2.8, focus at second "circle" from front to give foreground and background blur.

Cheers.

 

[yehosaphat]

Nothing much to complain about. Nice job

 

[advrider]

nice. at first I thought it was a bridge.

 

[Yatlapball]

I like the idea. But your "endless tunnel" doesn't sit well with me, because I can actually tell where the bench ends. Maybe can try a slightly a different angle so that the viewer really cannot see where it ends...

 

[zorki]

Nice picture, good use of DOF !

 

[ahandre]

Hi all, thanks for c&c. (I am open for inputs to improve).

Hi Yatlapball, thanks for the tips, will note next time, or PP it to make the end of bench "invisible".

 

[hirowen]

Very good observation! I love it very much!

 

[allsmilez]

I bet this would look fantastic in b/w too.

 

[grumpy]

nice use of leading lines.
But would prefer a tighter frame as the greens on the right is very distracting.

 

[cepheus]

except the background is rather unflattering (you can't do much though) and abit underexpose to me personally, i like your concept.. good job!! :thumbsup:

 

[Luenny]

Nice job. Certainly is a new way of looking at benches. Very creative idea.

 

[zac08]

A tighter crop would probably take care of the end in sight as well as the brighter right side of the picture...

 

[ahandre]

Hi All, thanks for the tips, critiques and comments.

I hope the PS'ed versions of the picture are allowed by the moderators. If they're not, just let me know and I'll take 'em down.

Hi all, kindly C&C on the adjustment below. TIA.

Black & White version, with cropped right section to cut away the green and end of bench.

Color version, with cropped right section to cut away the green and end of bench.

 

[zac08]

I'd prefer the coloured version.

 

[sb00005]

I prefer the one without the crop. The green grass balances the colours and composition.
good shot!