new guy needs help
Roaddog 52
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Greetings,
I am new to posting here but have been lurking in he light for a little over a year, and have been amazed at the skill level of the members who post.
I finally decided to jumb in with both feet, I love these challenges, very exercise in creativity.
My problem, I worked on several ideas for the current challenge and now find myself vacillating on which one to enter.
My current choices include;
#2
#3
#4
Your thoughts and input would be greatly appreciated.
P
I am new to posting here but have been lurking in he light for a little over a year, and have been amazed at the skill level of the members who post.
I finally decided to jumb in with both feet, I love these challenges, very exercise in creativity.
My problem, I worked on several ideas for the current challenge and now find myself vacillating on which one to enter.
My current choices include;
#2
#3
#4
Your thoughts and input would be greatly appreciated.
P
I don't know where I'm goin, but I'm goin anyway.
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Dan
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I think the last two come close. Are you anywhere near this place? There's a great image waiting to be captured on that corner. I think you ought to go back and recompose. I'd take a fresh look at this corner from all angles and see what I could come up with.
My 2 cents.
Jeff Meyers
Agree from a content standpoint, but I do prefer the generally higher contrast in image #2 vs #1. In particular, look at the "Read All About It" sign: grey in #1 and white in #2. By the way, that could be a good title for this entry
Good point
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I absolutely love #3!
Speaks for itself, IMHO.
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It's a great PJ shot with a three stories in it - the cashier and customer, mom and son and that guy in the back. I love that shot and had it in my top 3 after looking at the current entries...
E
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i guess me and E see it far differently...
and velvet, im glad im not the only odd one...hahaha
I'm new to these challenges as well, and it's amazing how much great stuff has already been submitted. All these shots are fantastic, and obviously you have a lot of fans!
I personally like #1 and #4. If I had to pick, I'd say 4. Obviously there's a lot of variation in opinion out there (because they are all very good!), so I'll try and explain why I chose those two.
#1 It's busy and chaotic, a nice element, but as mentioned before there are a couple of great stories within the single image that stand out. It is well composed with the action moving from L to R, which is always nice.
#4 I really like this one. It is very well composed- with the empty corner on the R and the covered poll on the L. The black and white lends itself to the busy text and generates nice, aesthetically pleasing high contrast. The single man in the center frame draws the whole image together, lending an element of simplicity to the frantic background. The man does so in such a way that there is a great dialog between the background and the person, the two complement each other perfectly. It's modern, because the man looks like he's dressed for today's society, but it has a timeless element as well.
So, that's my 2 cents. Welcome and great job!!!
Great critique. I also love your entry. Would you critique mine
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Out of all the ads screaming for attention, one poster caused this man to stop what he was doing, face the wall, and read. Communication!
http://www.facebook.com/cdgImagery (concert photography)
http://www.cdgimagery.com (concert photography)
http://chrisdg.smugmug.com (everything else)
1 and four or my favorites. I like them both alot but I am leaning towards #4 simply because I find that bit of motion blur in the area of the woman and boy to be a bit distracting.
But there is still time and, and as Jeff suggested I may venture back into the city Saturday or Sunday to try and hone one or both of these images.
Thanks again for your input, there are so many good ideas and images already posted for this challenge. I look forward to seeing more.
Regards,
P
I also like # 2 for these reasons:
#1 is too busy. My eye keeps jumping around because there is no focal point in the image. Too many people doing too many things. #2 allows you to focus on the one man reading, facing into the rest of the image. My eye then scans the rest of the image. I barely notice the other woman in the shot.
With #3 and #4, the large posters at the top shout Sing Sing, which is very distracting. That is where your eye is drawn. If that had been cropped out, I think it would be a better image.
Between #3 and #4, I would have to go with #4 because it has a person in the image, which becomes the focal point. I think it would have been better if he had not been almost dead center.
Just some thoughts that are worth what you paid me.
Brad Sharp http://sharpfotos.com
I'll try to be brief...lol (hard for me, cuz I tend to ramble..lol)
I love the business of #1, which in this day and age is a perfect interpretation of communication (to me at least)...We are overwhelmed by all the means of communication, but when you look at it, we are brought back to the basics of communication, READING. The world is a hustle and bustle sort of place and you have depicted it well in this. I like also how you brought in the cell phone and it brings us back to present day age....
I like # 4, but have to say I would like it much better if the photo was cropped in from the left, to about the white line running down the center of the pole, thus bringing your subject out of the center, and thus surrounding him with all the advertisements, then my eye (as a viewer) would not want to wander down the path behind the pole as it is now presented.
So, I hope, I was brief, and that you understand what I am trying to explain.
Nice Work, Kudos, and Good Luck with whichever you choose to enter.
Peace,
Donna P.