Happy Hour

lizzard_nyc

Not sure this one works--yes/no/maybe?

bdcolen

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Not sure this one works--yes/no/maybe?

Fire Island? The 1980s?
It works as part of something. Alone? Not so sure. The question then becomes, what is it?

lizzard_nyc

bdcolen wrote:

Fire Island? The 1980s?
It works as part of something. Alone? Not so sure. The question then becomes, what is it?

Close--South Beach, Ocean Drive, last week--but I can see the comparison.

Ok so it doesn't work alone.

So yes, it is a gay bar at happy hour. It is the funnest place to be--or at least it always seems that way and I was hoping to capture that--it is a bit of a meat market--was hoping to capture that too. I like the older gent in the shot--he looks like a kid in a candy store.

And I guess if you have to ask what it is--then it definately doesn't work.

michswiss

One of the things I love about your shots is where you manage to get yourself before you press the shutter. There is so much potential in each image. I like the shot, but I didn't get the Gay part until you'd mentioned it. But then I'm dense sometimes.

bdcolen

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Close--South Beach, Ocean Drive, last week--but I can see the comparison.

Ok so it doesn't work alone.

So yes, it is a gay bar at happy hour. It is the funnest place to be--or at least it always seems that way and I was hoping to capture that--it is a bit of a meat market--was hoping to capture that too. I like the older gent in the shot--he looks like a kid in a candy store.

And I guess if you have to ask what it is--then it definately doesn't work.

Well it is definitely clear it's a gay bar - I was going to ask if "happy" was a euphemism. It's one of those 'close, but not quite there' shots. (And yes, that older gent does indeed look like a kid in a candy store. )

bdcolen

michswiss wrote:

One of the things I love about your shots is where you manage to get yourself before you press the shutter. There is so much potential in each image. I like the shot, but I didn't get the Gay part until you'd mentioned it. But then I'm dense sometimes.

Dense indeed! A bar at happy hour and it's all men - or virtually all?

rainbow

The title does clue us in... not sure if that is good or bad. So it is good depiction of the scene, but probably lacks a strong subject to tie it together. What if you had the older guy in the foreground gazing (leering?) at the other specimens...

lizzard_nyc

michswiss wrote:

One of the things I love about your shots is where you manage to get yourself before you press the shutter. There is so much potential in each image. I like the shot, but I didn't get the Gay part until you'd mentioned it. But then I'm dense sometimes.

That made me laugh --I thought the only obvious thing about this shot was that it was a gay bar.
I agree with you and B.D. both that's it's not quite there and is missing something.

I'll keep at it.

lizzard_nyc

bdcolen wrote:

Dense indeed! A bar at happy hour and it's all men - or virtually all?

don't forget the bare chests--you don't see that around too much these days--sad to say .

lizzard_nyc

rainbow wrote:

The title does clue us in... not sure if that is good or bad. So it is good depiction of the scene, but probably lacks a strong subject to tie it together. What if you had the older guy in the foreground gazing (leering?) at the other specimens...

"specimens" she says .
I think there are too many possibilities for the main subject--and none are strong enough. Too bad I can't work the older man into more focus and make him a stronger subject (I like the way he's stirring his drink, as if contemplating which one to take home--that's how I see it anyway).

I also like the guy on the bottom right almost playing with his hair and looks to be flirting with someone, making eyes almost.

The guy on the left with his shades on looking and smiling--but at who, a friend, a hot guy?

They just all look so damn happy to be there, I love it!
Maybe a better title (if we were into titling) would have been "Oh the possibilities"--
So while I love the shot--I know it's not strong enough.

Thank you for commenting.

Patti

SO close Liz. If only that older guy was more prominent.