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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Lance. Thank you for your most helpful review. I have recently begun to look more closely at "Street Photography."
This was caused, in part, by one of the final lessons in the PSA course on "Portraiture." The examples you provide here for me are very informative.
My intentions are to make what "street photography" I do be more than just a casual "snapshot."
After reading the reviews by the other members of the group I feel that one of the weaknesses of my photograph is the lack of certainty about who, or what the subject is. My initial intent was that the vendor be the subject. However, my added lighting highlights the display of items he has for sale and suggests that the items are the subject. I feel that every image must have a definite subject.
Am I wrong? |
Jun 22nd |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Will. I greatly appredciate what you have written. Yes, something in me wishes the shopkeeper was looking in my direction. On the other hand, there are many examples of good street photograph, and even portraiture (As Lance has demonstrated in his gripping photographs of Isla.) where the subject is looking away from the camera. Your reaction is valid and probably shared by many. |
Jun 7th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Jennifer for your comments. Street photography is a moment in time, catching someone doing what they do. I was able to catch this shopkeeper when there was a very brief moment of empty space in the press of the crownd that allowed me to make this photograph. I have overlooked this image for a few years and finaly decided to see what I could do in post processing. |
Jun 7th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Reply |
Steven. Thanks for your commenmts. This is street potography. Just photographing people who are not even aware of the photographer.
I am really enjoying experimenting with the masking feature now in LrC for adding light at strategic places. |
Jun 5th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I have to beleive that in order to capture that great photo of birds in flight, the photographer must shoot in rapid bursts of 20-30 frames at a time. That being said, you have done a fine job of separating your subjects from the background. The action is well captured. But, birds seem to not want to take poseing directions and the lower bird is in a position that make it hard for the viewer to understand.
I wonder, would it be interesting to slow the shutter speed just enough to capture a small amount of motion blur to show the speed of the birds? This question comes from one (me) who has no experiance in photographing birds in flight. |
Jun 4th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
I have no experiance photographing air shows, but can imagen how difficult that may be. It's too bad that you can't communicate with the piolets and direct the formation. These piolets seem to care nothing for the needs of the photographer. Never the less, you have done well to capture this image. Well done. |
Jun 4th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Nice catch! I am not a bird photographer, but admire those who are. Great separation between the birds and the background.
Interesting interchange going on with the two chicks.
It might help if you could go back into PhotoShop or like editing program and delete some of the small branches falling in frount of the two chicks. |
Jun 4th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Congratulations! I love this. The textures and patterns make a very interesting image. You found a diamond in an otherwise "ho-hum" image.
I wonder if you have not greatly limited your use of the image by throwing away so many pixles due to your very close crop. Is there a reason you could not have moved closer and used the full lenth of your lens? I have been in the same situation and made the same mistake.
Can you still go back again? |
Jun 4th |
| 87 |
Jun 22 |
Comment |
Once again you have stretched my preconceived ideas about image making. My first thought was simply, "it not in focus."
Then I read your comments and looked a second, third, etc. time. Yes, the eye is in focus (at least the eye lid and eye lashes.) But is that enough? The longer I looked, the more I began to appreciate the soft, quiet, painterly portrait of this very good looking young girl. Would it have helped if more of the eye was seen? I don't know. More might have been an intrusion to this intimant portrait.
Thank you for continuing to challange me. |
Jun 4th |
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