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rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
edited March 7, 2010 in Street and Documentary
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  • KianKian Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2010
    I really like this shot. But IMO the chinese new year decor on the left side of the picture is kind of distracting mwink.gif
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2010
    Kian wrote:
    I really like this shot. But IMO the chinese new year decor on the left side of the picture is kind of distracting mwink.gif

    Thanks! It might be that everything in this shot is distracting...eek7.gif
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2010
    Kian wrote:
    I really like this shot. But IMO the chinese new year decor on the left side of the picture is kind of distracting mwink.gif


    Yeah, OK, but you have to understand that some of us - me, anyway - didn't know these were Chinese New Year decor items. They looked appropriate in the image to me.

    It's a busy image, but interesting.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 6, 2010
    rainbow wrote:
    Thanks! It might be that everything in this shot is distracting...eek7.gif

    There is an awful lot going on in this shot. Much of it is interesting including--maybe even especially--the costumes on the left, but I don't know what the subject is supposed to be. ne_nau.gif
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2010
    It works for me. I think the subject is chaos of a busy street. It conveys that feeling of hub-bub on a busy city street, confusing, lots to take in, feeling overwhelmed by the activity. There's so much to see. I keep going back to look for more that I've missed. I especially like the reflection of the older woman on the left and the dark knife sitting in the window next to the meat. I might up the contrast a bit more.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2010
    Richard wrote:
    There is an awful lot going on in this shot. Much of it is interesting including--maybe even especially--the costumes on the left, but I don't know what the subject is supposed to be. ne_nau.gif

    I don't know either... ne_nau.gif BUT if the words were English, and not Chinese, our eyes would be instantly drawn to them to overwhelm the shot. With them being largely unrecognizable, they become part of the "montage".
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2010
    Patti wrote:
    It works for me. I think the subject is chaos of a busy street. It conveys that feeling of hub-bub on a busy city street, confusing, lots to take in, feeling overwhelmed by the activity. There's so much to see. I keep going back to look for more that I've missed. I especially like the reflection of the older woman on the left and the dark knife sitting in the window next to the meat. I might up the contrast a bit more.

    Thanks for your comments. I do like the blending and confusion of what is inside and what is outside. It's like a "find these objects" picture in Highlights magazine that I use to love as a child.
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