Interesting shot

Quincy T

I probably went overboard processing this, but it looked kind of dull in just plain old B&W and the colors don't do it justice really. I thought it was cool all the same.



Just looking at this again, I realize it is just not that good...but I'm already this far into posting it, so here goes. C&C wilkommen!

lizzard_nyc

Hi there,
This shot works for me. I don't mind the high grain at all, I think it adds a little something.
I feel like I've seen a few shots lately where a subject was shot through the same kind of "window", sometimes it's not very interestesting and kind of gimmicky, but this one captures my attention.

Quincy T

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

Hi there,
This shot works for me. I don't mind the high grain at all, I think it adds a little something.
I feel like I've seen a few shots lately where a subject was shot through the same kind of "window", sometimes it's not very interestesting and kind of gimmicky, but this one captures my attention.

Thanks, lizzard, you've always got some great comments for me. I took what you said a while back to heart (you surely don't remember, but you said I should stick around PJ and that I had a future here haha), the camera is almost always by my side, and I just start shooting when I see something. I took this from the hip since the girl seemed a bit distressed and I didn't want to add to it by getting the camera in her face.

The only thing that could've made this better is a freakin' 24-70...I really want that lens. Dammit money.

lizzard_nyc

Sword and Scales wrote: »

Thanks, lizzard, you've always got some great comments for me. I took what you said a while back to heart (you surely don't remember, but you said I should stick around PJ and that I had a future here haha), the camera is almost always by my side, and I just start shooting when I see something. I took this from the hip since the girl seemed a bit distressed and I didn't want to add to it by getting the camera in her face.

The only thing that could've made this better is a freakin' 24-70...I really want that lens. Dammit money.

Soldiers decorating a tree with tree freshners? That's what comes to mind. Am I wrong?

Also, brace yourself for the shooting from the hip comment:)

Quincy T

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

Soldiers decorating a tree with tree freshners? That's what comes to mind. Am I wrong?

Also, brace yourself for the shooting from the hip comment:)

Holy cow your memory is astounding..that or you utilized a topic/name search. That is me!

Standing by.

lizzard_nyc

Sword and Scales wrote: »

Holy cow your memory is astounding..that or you utilized a topic/name search. That is me!

Standing by.

No I remember the photo.
I think maybe you used it for a challenge thread. Maybe it's because it was the challenge that Andrew and I started. We judged it. The shot struck a chord with me.

InsuredDisaster

I like it as well. The grain works for me. The walls, the man's (?) shirt, and the background all make me think of a prison. The framing sort of helps too. Maybe overthinknig it, but I get a message of smoking is a prison!

Quincy T

InsuredDisaster wrote: »

I like it as well. The grain works for me. The walls, the man's (?) shirt, and the background all make me think of a prison. The framing sort of helps too. Maybe overthinknig it, but I get a message of smoking is a prison!

Thanks Disaster, I was going more for a message of isolation, but I certainly don't scoff at my pictures being interpreted in different ways, I'm happy my pictures are interpreted at all! Also, my friend is wearing a flight suit as a Halloween costume, which was part of the occasion.

Icebear

I like it. I think you will probably come back to it and play different games with it. What I see is someone who is not comfortable smoking. She looks a poser. Come on . . . who holds their cigarette with their thumb and society finger? I think if you'd brought your camera up, she'da quit on you.

bdcolen

Sword and Scales wrote: »

I probably went overboard processing this, but it looked kind of dull in just plain old B&W and the colors don't do it justice really. I thought it was cool all the same.



Just looking at this again, I realize it is just not that good...but I'm already this far into posting it, so here goes. C&C wilkommen!

I really like it - noise or no noise. I'd crop it, and I'd do some dodging - In fact, I might start working it all over again, and try to get as much as you can out of the woman's face. I took the liberty of fooling with what you gave us to work with...

Smoker.jpg

InsuredDisaster

Three votes for the original. My wife and another like it better. I didn't ask them why, but for me, I think the original goes better with the prison thinking I had!

black mamba

I also prefer the original version. I appreciate what BD was trying to achieve but, to me, it's a fairly somber scene and a less-accentuated girl seems more fitting.

Tom

bdcolen

But ask yourselves...Is what you see in the original presentation what the photographer saw? Was it that somber? Or was that simply what the sensor did to it? I have no idea - just wondering.

InsuredDisaster

It is quite possible that the OP was thinking clowns and puppies, but he did mention she seemed "distressed." I think the darker look is more distressing. It just feels more fitting to me, but my mind is clouded up a bit.

bdcolen

InsuredDisaster wrote: »

It is quite possible that the OP was thinking clowns and puppies, but he did mention she seemed "distressed." I think the darker look is more distressing. It just feels more fitting to me, but my mind is clouded up a bit.

Not wanting to keep this going...but...The question isn't whether the OP was thinking clowns and puppies, but rather what he saw through the viewfinder. Other than going from a world of color to a world of grays, does the original represent the scene before him, within reason anyway? Or did he take it waaay down? Again, I don't know. My guess is that there was much more detail in the woman's face, and in the shadows, but the sensor couldn't cope with the tonal range.

Qarik

bdcolen wrote: »

Not wanting to keep this going...but...The question isn't whether the OP was thinking clowns and puppies, but rather what he saw through the viewfinder. Other than going from a world of color to a world of grays, does the original represent the scene before him, within reason anyway? Or did he take it waaay down? Again, I don't know. My guess is that there was much more detail in the woman's face, and in the shadows, but the sensor couldn't cope with the tonal range.

I don't think it matters if it resembles what was actually seen through the viewfinder. Take your bob dylan shot that you like to refer to...no ones sees movement blur.

Quincy T

The saddest part of all this is that I have misplaced the original color shot.

Thank you for all the interest and critique, how ironic that I titled the thread "interesting shot".

Lastly, B.D., I did actually have the shot adjusted in the manner you showed, but I thought that would be too much processing. Now that I look at it again, right next to the old one (which I know I can do in PS, but I forget), I believe it to be the superior image.

bdcolen

Well, just remember, 'to the man who has Photoshop, everything he sees beings to look...endlessly manipulatable.' ! :-)

Quincy T

bdcolen wrote: »

Well, just remember, 'to the man who has Photoshop, everything he sees beings to look...endlessly manipulatable.' ! :-)

Hahaha, very well then.

Richard

bdcolen wrote: »

Well, just remember, 'to the man who has Photoshop, everything he sees beings to look...endlessly manipulatable.' ! :-)

Like pigment on canvas.