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- Barry Robinson
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I'm not sure if I can post images yet, bur I'll give it a go?
•It's very cool but would have been awesome if you'd got closer and shot in landscape.
It's deliberately shot in portrait to accommodate the stairs and the architecture. I like the lines in everything but I see how it could work that way. The far away this is also on purpose. He's meant to be alone, it's kind of the whole point of the shot really [that and the fact that his hair is the same color as the flowers ;-) ], bur maybe I'll take abother look [if I can find it again ;-) ]It's very cool but would have been awesome if you'd got closer and shot in landscape.
I'm not sure, I really try hard not to crop things too much. I find it can be a bad habit, but then I suppose so can limiting yourself. I've spent so much time getting it in camera that maybe I've forgotten about processing. I don't know, I just know that when I saw him, this was the shot I saw in my head...In seeing the picture for the first time, I thought 'fantastic shot, love the portrait format, but maybe a little closer...'
Love the steps leading up, with the horizontals holding him in position, changing to the vertical pillars to secure him.
The complimentary hair and flowers are an added bonus.
If the crop can take it, I'd try portrait but closer in to the focal point.
Sacrifice a little of the sky to keep those lead in lines.
It's deliberately shot in portrait to accommodate the stairs and the architecture. I like the lines in everything but I see how it could work that way. The far away this is also on purpose. He's meant to be alone, it's kind of the whole point of the shot really [that and the fact that his hair is the same color as the flowers ;-) ], bur maybe I'll take abother look [if I can find it again ;-) ]
Hopefull you'll like this a little better anyway, thanks for the advice
Hopefull you'll like this a little better anyway, thanks for the advice
This photo won gold from the society of wedding and portrait photography?Thank's it won a gold [highly commented] from the SWPP, November 2014. I'm not entirely sure how that works because it was upgraded or somwthing, but they sent me a certificate. I'd really love to do their mentoring program, but I just don't have the money!
For enough, but for me the interesting aspect is the fact that his hair matches the flowers. If you'd found an angle which put his hair in the middle of the top row of flowers that'd have been special.
Hopefull you'll like this a little better anyway, thanks for the advice
LOL I wouldn't say that I found the criticism of the first image actually very very helpful. It's rally easy to get caught up in how you see your own work. I know art is always subjective, but there should be something strong about an image. I think you where right, I was neither one thing or the other, it just took me actually re-editing it to work that out!This photo won gold from the society of wedding and portrait photography?
Wow, well I guess congratulations and it demonstrates I just don't know anything about photography.
I know! It was very much a shot of the moment. Also I sometimes get a little chaotic with organisation so this might not be the actual shot I submitted. There's about three or four which are really similar [I should really make sure before I post things]. But, yes I do agree that I sometimes get soft focus on things which is something I've been working really hard to resolve, but I've got to the point now where I feel like I've kind if sacrificed some of the creativity in my work for technical accuracy. This shot was taken [I think] nearly two years ago now [even thought it was submitted Nov 2014 it was taken some time before then].A faster shutter speed would have helped, here- I'm drawn to the blur on his right hand and the whole image is slightly soft focus wise, in my opinion
his right hand is almost a complete blur!
Les
I wouldn't say the story telling is week in that image. I think it's fairly clear that it's a middle aged man, sitting on his own, in a large empty rocking a style that seems somewhat out of date yet oddly synergistic with his environs. Anyway that was what was iny head when I took it. It's why there's so much empty space!•
+1
When the story telling is weak, an image should count on its
colour and graphic attributes even more.
I agree actually agree now I've has a chance to really look at itI like it as it-is
Cool, thanks for the feedback! I'll take that one on-board..I don't think loneliness when I see that, I see someone who looks like he is waiting for his partner to do their shopping...Bored and tired perhaps, but not loneliness...
But which ever way the real story is interpreted, I see no merit in sharing a shot like this unless perhaps it is part of a series with a story. Singular like that it doesn't work for me. Sorry....
When I do I will create my own thread for that@dejomgj So now it's your turn. You post something...
Found it in Lightroom and taken a look at the settings. There is one thing I'd say. On the street, especially of you don't have expensive [continuous aperture] lenses then your faces with having to make very fast decision about ramping up ISO to get a better shutter speed, or sacrificing some sharpness to capture a moment. I've always gone with the moment over sharpness because an image is about the moment. Anyone can take a perfect but ultimately boring image. Today I'd have had the camera on Av rather than Manual, and I'd have used the ISO slightly to get the shutter speed over the focal length! These are the settings:A faster shutter speed would have helped, here- I'm drawn to the blur on his right hand and the whole image is slightly soft focus wise, in my opinion
his right hand is almost a complete blur!
Les