* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #807 / Revived #027 on 2023 10 04 *

Welcome to the Wednesday Comments and Critique (No Theme & No Brand) thread!
We are dedicated to continuing the great tradition of this C&C thread because we are convinced that looking at, and talking about images is vital for better photography.
Our tried and tested concept (15 years and running!) is a weekly "peer-to-peer" photo comments & critique encounter, in which you GIVE and RECEIVE.
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Any Theme, Any Camera, Any Style, Any Subject.
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We will start with single images.  Re-establishing our C&C for essays will be a next step.

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Gentrification. Taranto. Itay

I love the shot - it's very effective at what it portrays. I also like the tones a lot. I thought about two things: Cropping it slightly differently and increasing the difference between the two buildings. I've tried it and came to the conclusion that neither is really necessary or clearly beneficial, so I think I'd just leave it as it is. It's an interesting shot and works really well!

A snack for when you have the blues by simple.joy, on Flickr

OSTRA - (“No Gentrification”)

Thanks, Mike, for starting the thread in my absence.

As a juxtaposition to your image, here is another from Italy, from yesterday morning, on the main square of Ostra in Le Marche:

Whitney Block.
1928 Art Deco government building, still standing.

It looks like I completely missed that this weeks theme was "buildings from a low point of view"! 😂 I‘m clearly off with my contribution in that case…

Cobwebs on my statue.
On the long journey to Poland, we made an overnight stop in the city of Görlitz, in germany right on the border to Poland
Here’s just one shot from the town square with the lens stopped right down to make some sun stars.

Just before our holiday to Poland I treated myself to this new lens.
The Z 24-120 F4 definitely lives up to its “S” class badge.
It has practically the same quality as my very good compact Z 24-70 F4 in the equivalent range and continues on with that similar quality out to 120mm. The image quality is definitely better than my Z 24-200. Although I do lose some range, I don’t lose quite as much as when I only used the Z 24-70 and also gain some IQ with a brighter lens, and it is still relatively compact.
Going forward it will be my go to walkaround lens 😊

Great contrast in both facades. I wonder why someone elected to do so, but that is probably what architecture is all about - different take on common design of a building.

Placing the jagged shape, made by looking up at the lamp, in that jagged space left by the buildings, creates a great composition.
Nice colours too.

Good angle and ideal catch of the sun. Congrats on a new lens. It serves you well.

Yes, position of the lamppost is absolutely ideal and it forces the viewer to look up and see great architectural details of the surrounding buildings.

Love your appetizing view of this fruit. It's at the perfect angle to the fork. Well done.

Pure accident...

It has always been interesting how some themes develop within the group without any planning. Like you, I'm short of old/tall buildings this week (and every week) but I am revisiting a theme Lou started last week, of what folks leave on docks.

Left on the dock - Pass Christian harbor, MS. (I was gonna post this last week but Lou got to the dock first. Photographing dock debris is something I do too, it's like a record of the folks who've been there.)

Like your framing with yellow. Splash of red and blue and white definitely adds to the overall interest in this image.Excellent.

Just to bring something different to the table