Now that we have BD here...

Trevlan

I'd like to get his opinion on one of my shots from last year.

torags

That's a great city shot.

It's hard to get beat up wrinkled faces in the US, since farmers are now fat guys.

Those sun beat wrinkled faces of Bedouins or foreign farmers have tremendous interest for me.

Just my .02....

Trevlan

torags wrote:

That's a great city shot.

It's hard to get beat up wrinkled faces in the US, since farmers are now fat guys.

Those sun beat wrinkled faces of Bedouins or foreign farmers have tremendous interest for me.

Just my .02....

I know exactly what you mean. Those weathered faces that look like they've seen and been through it all.

Flutist

Frank that's awesome!

bdcolen

Trevlan wrote:

I'd like to get his opinion on one of my shots from last year.

Okay, Frank - Ignoring my feeling about one-off shots of homeless people and just looking at this as an image - it's very nice - one of your better efforts. I like the composition (though I might crop it a bit on the right as I think there's too much meaningless empty space there.)

Good job!

Now, back to the "no bums" rule.

torags

What he said ^; too much wall on the right that doesn't add. I didn't catch it

michswiss

bdcolen wrote:

Okay, Frank - Ignoring my feeling about one-off shots of homeless people and just looking at this as an image - it's very nice - one of your better efforts. I like the composition (though I might crop it a bit on the right as I think there's too much meaningless empty space there.)

Good job!

Now, back to the "no bums" rule.

I think another way of thinking about the space to the right is that there isn't enought meaningful empty space to the right. Homeless people are isolated, alone. It can be illustrated by showing them surrounded by people simply oblivious or indifferent to their existence or by enhancing the isolation by creating negative space that distances them from the the viewer.

Personally, I don't like this shot as I feel crowded on the left with the person's possessions and robbed by a lack of space on the right. I am also bothered by the conversion which is harsh and has too many textures to deal with for my eye.

Is this a crop or the full frame?

gvf

nice - great texture

bdcolen

michswiss wrote:

I think another way of thinking about the space to the right is that there isn't enought meaningful empty space to the right. Homeless people are isolated, alone. It can be illustrated by showing them surrounded by people simply oblivious or indifferent to their existence or by enhancing the isolation by creating negative space that distances them from the the viewer.

Absolutely correct! Negative space is fine, but it has to have a purpose.

Trevlan

michswiss wrote:

I think another way of thinking about the space to the right is that there isn't enought meaningful empty space to the right. Homeless people are isolated, alone. It can be illustrated by showing them surrounded by people simply oblivious or indifferent to their existence or by enhancing the isolation by creating negative space that distances them from the the viewer.

Personally, I don't like this shot as I feel crowded on the left with the person's possessions and robbed by a lack of space on the right. I am also bothered by the conversion which is harsh and has too many textures to deal with for my eye.

Is this a crop or the full frame?

Let me see if I can find the original photo. I believe I cropped a bit of the left side. The negative space on the right was to demonstrate his isolation and to dispaly that those are all of his possessions. Guess that didn't work on this shot. But like I said it was from last year.

Trevlan

This is the original, Full frame, unedited version. What do you recommend on the crop? I find the corner distracting and taking the eye away from the frame. I also find the negative space over the head too distracting as well. This was shot before I was mindful of composition. Also, it wasn't like he posed for me. LoL.