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Published: 2009-11-14 18:47:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 398; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 17
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<-Previous - First - Next->This is where my train stops at Duisburg Central Station, the platform between tracks 12 and 13.
If you remember this journal entry I posted almost exactly one year ago, you might know that this station is in an appalling condition.
If you've seen this shot of the station's exterior, you might also have to agree that it's not exactly beautiful. And yes, the wall we see on that photo is the one we can see here on the righthand side.
So, after getting off the train, I will keep walking onwards, down the stairs at the end of the platform, and take a look at when the next tram is to depart. That you will see in my next shot.
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Hmm, danke, aber ich kann ehrlich gesagt nicht verstehen, wieso das so gut ankommt... Ich kΓΆnnte viele andere Fotos vorweisen die ich viel besser finde, mit toller Beleuchtung und interessantem Motiv, nur wollen die Leute wohl eher die Tristesse des Alltags oder so...
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Der SchlΓΌssel hinter der Tristesse ist wohl einfach die Γsthetik, die das Bild im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen deiner Bilder ausstrahlt. Es ist weniger eine Dokumentation von Zeitfakten, mehr geht's hier um die Stimmung, die das Bild vermittelt.
Ich wΓΌrde mich echt ΓΌber mehr solche Bilder von dir freuen
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This is a wonderful photograph... so wonderful, in fact, that I've featured it in the Photography Weekly - Issue 15 . Keep up the great work and I hope the feature brings you some more much-deserved attention.
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Wow, thank you very much, I'm flattered! 
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Oh it's entirely my pleasure 
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Hmm... I admit that I did try to line up the lines of the walls etc. with that of the photo, but apart from that, I still get the feeling that I can't predict how the audience might react to a photo... I think "Damn, this is awesome!", put it up, and nobody really cares about it. The opposite would be me choosing this shot for a series of pics, because I didn't have many others of this specific platform, and someone even said that this is my best shot yet... Kinda confusing I must say.
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There's a saying that I'm my own worst critic, so that might apply here... And the audience might not share the same tastes as I do too, so one could combine those, and surprise, judgement fail!
Though I tried getting past this, only to realize that I just can't judge how "good" a photo is.
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hah.. yea.. that's a perfect recipe for judgment failure
I've learned that I just how "good" a photo is mainly just by how much I like it. Art is SO highly subjective that actually opinions on what makes a "good" photo are largely useless! I think it's much more of a "gut-feeling" than an actual judgment that you can make. At least that's how I try to figure out my own work. If I get excited about it, it's good.. if others don't agree then it's ok. If they like something I don't, i try really hard to see in it what they do.. although that's generally pretty damned difficult!
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Yes, exactly! This pic would be a prime example of others finding it interesting, and me just pondering about what it could be that makes this photo interesting, because I didn't think too much of it. It rarely happens that I find something very cool that others will also consider as nice looking later on... Though the one time I did find something very awesome, it became my most popular deviation overnight, which is rather unusual for railroad pics [link]
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Very interesting, specially I like those silver rails on the dark background.
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Thanks very much.
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Maybe because it's a very artistic play with a light and shadow...
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Hmm, that could very well be.
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It works really well in B&W. Well done.
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Thanks!
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Hehe, thanks, I thought you might like it.
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