November 2024 - A brick-field project of eastern India
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About the Image(s)
Date of exposure: 29/04/2023; 09:57:48 hrs.
CAMERA: Nikon D800 with 24-85mm Nikon zoom lens
Lens: f-stop f/7.1, Focal Length: 32 mm, exposure time 1/160 sec, ISO 100, white balance auto, pattern metering.
LOCATION: This is a brickfield near Taki, is a small town of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal in India. It is located on the banks of the Ichamati River. The image shows a brickfield is a field or other open site where bricks are made. Land may be leased by an owner to a brick-master, by whom the manufacture of bricks may be conducted. Historically, the topsoil was typically removed and the clay beneath was stripped and mixed with chalk and ash to make bricks.
EDITING: I used PS CS 2024 to edit the frame, by a desktop computer. I used adobe camera raw 16.4 filters to enhance clarity, shadow details, brightness and exposure. I also used Topaz software to reduce digital noise.
This round’s discussion is now closed! 5 comments posted
Mark Fox
Thanks for a very interesting and well done photo, along with the accompanying commentary. Your images are sharp and the colors well presented. Because the cloudless blue sky is so dominating, Would a vertical rather than the horizontal perspective have worked better?
Mark Posted: 11/09/2024 16:33:28
Brian Howard
I really like where you are going with this photo. A photographer I have been following for a wile now takes photos of "common items" and adds a short title to push the observer toward the story. Then he tells more in his description - as you have here. But his composition is the real story teller.
Not sure if it would have been possible to get down level with the wheelbarrows and maybe taken a photo of one with some brick in the foreground - maybe with part of the kiln. Or with Mark's suggestion you could use a portrait composition with some brick in the foreground and the kiln in the background.
Posted: 11/21/2024 01:37:49
Brian Menzies
Hi Sanat. I would refer to your image as documentary, you are pictorially telling us the story as described in your words. With that explained the landscape crop or capture paints a clear feeling of the size of the business. Cheers Brian Posted: 11/21/2024 03:36:29
Charles Walker
Sanat, this is a very interesting subject. The image has a lot of content, it is complex. Except for journalistic photographs, limiting the subject matter usually makes an image more artistically pleasing and easier for the brain to handle. My suggestion is to experiment with different crops to find simpler, more artistic compositions. Posted: 11/21/2024 21:55:21
Quang Phan
Hi Sanat, thanks for sharing. Our group is "Scapes", the comments of other friends are that this photo is a street photo, life photo or photo journalism. However, I also want to contribute to this work, in my opinion you should put the chimney to one third of the photo to make it easier to see. Your photo depicts all the details of the topic you want and is very detailed. Thank you Posted: 11/24/2024 19:20:12
