Stone, Staffordshire

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...not far from home...the Star Pub on the Trent-Mersey canal.
100D and 55-250STM

Cant decide which is best...I'd welcome comments as always....
_MG_0138.jpg by brianvickers, on Flickr
_MG_0138-2.jpg by brianvickers, on Flickr

_MG_0137.jpg by brianvickers, on Flickr

[AlexR!]

Re: Stone, Staffordshire

Nice set, Brian, but for me no 1 is the clear winner, the subdued colour adds interest and the full reflection is gorgeous - in particular the golden lettering in the water is lovely.

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Re: Stone, Staffordshire

Thanks Alex!
I'd not considered the Marston's reflected lettering as significant but of course it is....thanks for pointing that out.

[lunarbo]

Re: Stone, Staffordshire

Agree with Alex..... no. 1 a clear winner with super reflections and absolutely no reason to mono the lovely subtle colour.

Used to be my neck of the woods...so thanks for sharing this.

[Bill53]

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Mono version is the outstanding shot for me Brian, great clarity and a good tonal range - nicely processed.

Bill.

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Thanks Bo, I live about 7 miles north...in Newcastle.
Bill....I like the mono too but can't say i prefer it....thanks for commenting.

[ColytonJohn]

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No. 1 for me although the sky is a bit washed out and I wonder if that could be improved? Still lovely though especially the reflections

Cheers,
John

[Nathaniel]

Re: Stone, Staffordshire

Nice set. No 1 for me as well. Excellent lens and camera.

[tesarver]

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Another vote for the BW version, a hands down winner for me.

Tom

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Thanks John, Nat Tom....your lens advice was thoroughly justified Nat!
Really enjoying this small capable system

[Stan]

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With such a bland sky, I think the first works better in mono but colour or mono the reflection has a lovely abstract feel to it

stan

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Thanks Stan

[haydnj]

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no 1 for me and being no good at processing myself, can see what John suggests as the sky is very white, Well on my monitor!

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Thanks haydnj...it is pretty washed out, Ill certainly have a go.

[H2OJunkie]

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For me the bottom one is my favorite. But they also all seem to have things that don't jazz me. The first one is blown a bit and I assume the conversion was done off the first one because the reduction in usable hues to B&W to me compounded that. My trip to all three images on Flickr and a look at the EXIF data bore that out. The composition I think is VERY good! I wonder though if the third image may have seen a marked improvement from a circular polarizer. Usually it tones down some of the glare and brings out the vibrancy of the colors. Another possibility may have been a ND Gradual filter to tone the sky down a notch. I don't know if those may have helped since I wasn't there. Great work and eye! Too bad the conditions weren't optimum!