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Is there room for subtlety?

In a world of short attention spans, sensory overload, an expectation of hyper-saturation, the realities of unwanted image compression, is there any room for subtle images?

The other night I made this panned high-ISO image of Amtrak ACS-64 616 westbound at Gap, Pennsylvania.

Afterward, I experimented with various tools to make post-processed interpretations of my original NEF RAW file.

I used DxO PureRaw, and imported this file into DxO Photolab, and later into Adobe Lightroom.

There are three of my variations below.

I wonder if the variations will translate via WordPress, or if the subtleties will be lost in translation?

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Photography: room for subtlety?

I made this view of disused narrow-gauge industrial tracks imbedded between the cobbles on Rainsford Street near Dublin’s Guinness Brewery to demonstrate the effects of shallow depth of field.

Exposed on Kodak Tri-X using my battle-worn Nikon F3 with Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens.

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