Birkenau Railway Photo

Photographer’s Note

Shot of the railway tracks inside Birkenau concentration camp.
I was lucky to get a reasonable central european sky even though I had been hoping for snow.
Tech> almost straight out of the can using 1.5 stop hard grad for the sky and tweaked curves in captureNX

delpeoples, Wandering_Dan, gokanlam, ricochet, kdialyna has marked this note useful

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Wandering_Dan (3257) 2008-04-30 12:14

Hello, Richard -

Poignant photo and timely - Firday is Holocaust memorial day. Good choice to use B&W, and the image is very strong. Your horizon is tilted, however.

Dan

Fraipont (104) 2008-04-30 12:15

So much people have passed on this line, just in one way only ! Thanks for remember !
Jean

maria (2714) 2008-04-30 12:18

Hi Richard,
Super POV. Good contrasting details and atmospheric lighting. What I am not that keen on is the colour of your frame...
Regards,
Maria

gokanlam (6429) 2008-04-30 12:19

Hi Richard,
great thought with the railways and their sense of depth.. it goes on... your choice of B&W is very effective.. and the intensive clouds in the sky look great too!
Congrats,
ReLa

ricochet (4774) 2008-04-30 12:45

Bonjour Richard
Une superbe composition graphique et une image chargée d'émotion!
Ton traitement Noir et Blanc est vraiment excellent, bravo à toi j'aime beaucoup!
Eric

kdialyna (3068) 2008-04-30 12:46

An absolutely perfect shot.
A shot that gives for some reasons the feeling that something goes on and it's not just a shot from railways.
Excellent choice the low corner shot gives a very good perspective to the composition.
The cloudy sky and the light, increase the atmospheric of the situation.
Congratulations
Kostas

BitterMoon (2776) 2008-04-30 12:55

Hello Richard

Terrible place,if we take a look back.

I would prefer to read something else in your note,not the technical details,not that I can`t google if I want to know more things that were happened there,you visit a place with a reason,to know more about it(in this case,to let to know to other people visually and reading the notes with the experience you lived visiting such place).
If you wouldn`t mention in your note that the picture was taken inside the concentration camp,I wouldn`t notice that.

I am speaking from my point of view and hope my comment will not bother too much.

The picture itself has a little bit of the drama of this place,the low point of view,the dramatic sky,the railways getting who knows where,barbed wired fences and of course the choice for a black and white.

Thank you and kind regards

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-04-30 12:59

excellent pov! very cool and impressive photo reminding the work of great photographers of the past. congrats.
fusun

Hunkar (4748) 2008-04-30 13:10

A superb B&W image..

clic (4063) 2008-04-30 13:48

Hello Richard
A sad souvenir of The Diktator but a brilliant point of view for great impact.
Cheers.
Robert

tomescuc (2837) 2008-04-30 14:19

Excellent composition and monochrome treatment, as well as emotionally moving.
tfs,
CT

angela926 (1882) 2008-04-30 14:27

Hello Richard,
Fantastic shot, amazing black and white
tones, superb sharpness, excellent light
and nice composition and point of view,
wonderful details in the foreground and
lovely sky in the background.
Angela

samrat_roy1 (683) 2008-05-01 2:34

hi richard
this is magical. i like your idea of such a low POV. i guess you must have alomst laid on the tracks and clicked your camera. the black and white composition is perfect. great sharpness and dramatic clouds. good work done...
regards

Greg1949 (8511) 2008-05-01 3:37

Richard, this is a great view of this terrible place, it is powerful both because of the B&W presentation and the low angle. Well designed and executed.

Greg

kensimage (8543) 2008-05-01 9:31

A very dramatic photo, Richard. Your POV makes the tracks seem to head into empty space, into oblivion, like the people the trains once carried in. Great job with the B/W tones--the glare off the tracks brings the eye right to them. Regards, Ken.

cool_s15 (4044) 2008-05-03 11:08

I love the tone and perspective on this one.
Very well captured :)

kyrneucciu (1344) 2008-09-17 11:58

Hi Richard, great art this BW is quite simply superb, congratulations. JO