Activity for User 1139 - J. Lanning Smith - jlsmith.jim@gmail.com

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77 Jan 20 Comment Wow! What a cool image! And very creative too. Nicely done. Jan 18th

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80 Jan 20 Reply I guess removing the bus is the consensus opinion. But I actually probably won't do anymore with this image anyway. I don't think it's a particularly good image. I submitted it kind of quickly because I didn't have time in December to go through my images, and I wanted to get something to you. I appreciate everyone's feedback about moving more behind the group. I can try that next time I encounter this kind of situation. Jan 24th
80 Jan 20 Comment This is a great image. I love it. And I like the way you've processed it in black and white. I think the black and white brings out a certain mood in me. Also, excellent work on the sharpness of the image too. Very well done. Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Comment This is the kind of image that I would like to one day achieve. I love images like this. And you nailed it in every respect. Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Comment I like this shot. Very well done. And I agree with Carol on everything she said except the angle of the shot causing discomfort. I like the angle and I like the mystery of not seeing this person's face. As Carol mentioned, blue and orange is a good color combination. It's known as blorange and it's considered by artists and Hollywood producers as the strongest color combination you can put together. Well done. Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Comment I'm not sure this shot does anything for me. It seems like a lot of blue between the sky and the boat and the lights on the boat don't sparkle very much to me. They seem kind of dull. And unlike Carol, I did find the boats that were closest to this boat to be distracting. I think that's because of the way they seemed to be attached to this boat. The one further out that does not intersect with this boat is okay. Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Comment It's a good closeup portrait shot. I can't decide whether I like the black and white better or the color better. I like both for different reasons.

From a street photography perspective, I think you're a little too close to the subject. I want to see what's going on around this man. Who is he looking at for example?

I would consider this more of a portrait than I would street photography.
Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Reply See my comment below Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Reply See my comment below. In addition to my comment below, the sky is not blown out (as my histogram attests). We are high in a cloud forest and what this is showing is a foggy sky. In fact, you can see the intersection of the fog with the trees as well in the top left of this image. Jan 11th
80 Jan 20 Comment I would like to hear more opinions. My understanding of street photography is not to focus in on the subject to the point of losing the surroundings. In street photography, it's been my understanding that we want to know what is going on around the subject too. Also, it's been my understanding that you don't take things out of the scene in a street photograph. You want to document the scene as it is.

In this particular case, I thought the bus was relevant also because it tells us how the people got there. And to me that's an important part of the image. Without the bus, a viewer might be left wondering how all these people got out on this windy, middle of nowhere dirt road.

I also thought the phone lines help to show that this is not an urban location in the United States.

So, I'm really wondering what others think too.
Jan 11th

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