Awkward or comfort?

bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
edited March 30, 2011 in Street and Documentary
Trying to branch out and work on more 'street' shots. I liked this one from last week, what do you think?

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 7, 2011
    I like it too. I'm not too sure about the foot on the right. At first, it seemed like a distraction, but today it seemed almost comical. Dunno. headscratch.gif
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  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2011
    I think it's very cool. Seems to me the fellow on the right would like to be in the shoes (rolleyes1.gif) of the fellow on the left who would rather not be bothered by the rather forward woman in the middle. mwink.gif
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  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I'm not too sure about the foot on the right.
    I'd crop it out! nod.gif
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  • yendikenoyendikeno Registered Users Posts: 214 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2011
    W.W. Webster wrote: »
    I'd crop it out! nod.gif

    Me too. For me, the main subject is the interaction between the legs and feet of the two sitting together, and that foot on the right distracts from that.

    OK, that said, I just went back to the photo, looked again, and smiled when I saw that foot kind of intruding on the scene. So, I'll leave it to someone smarter than me to figure out which version, if any, is best. ;-)
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2011
    I'd keep the extra foot in. It makes the picture for me.

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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited March 9, 2011
    Flyinggina wrote: »
    I'd keep the extra foot in. It makes the picture for me.

    Virginia

    completely in agreement.
    If the extra foot had eyeballs it would be leering at the boots.
    Like Richard I find humor in it--reminds me of a bar scene.

    BTW--really like the shot.
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  • bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2011
    Thanks for the comments, funny thing is the two on the left were indeed a couple. Married from the looks of it too. I thought by cropping their upper bodies out it created confusion in the scene which it apparently did.

    I like the comments about the extra foot too, ultimately deciding to keep it in is a good thing I think.
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  • BendrBendr Registered Users Posts: 665 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    I like the picture! the only thing that catches me is what looks like a little bit of motion blur in the feet, not much, but enough to catch my attention... I don't know what settings you were shooting at, but if there was anyway you could have gotten a higher shutter speed, I think it would have paid off...

    overall Great job!
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  • bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    Bendr wrote: »
    I like the picture! the only thing that catches me is what looks like a little bit of motion blur in the feet, not much, but enough to catch my attention... I don't know what settings you were shooting at, but if there was anyway you could have gotten a higher shutter speed, I think it would have paid off...

    overall Great job!

    Yep, I agree. It was handheld at night when the train was in motion with my Sigma DP1s which doesn't have the best ISO performance and a f/4 lens. Wish I had one of my SLRs instead, but you gotta do what you gotta do :)
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    Keep the foot - good subway shot. Definitely. I will say I don't really get the title, as I definitely see the couple as a couple. But you were there and know better. Also - lose the watermark. Please. Please. That's is the distraction - not the foot.
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  • JocoJoco Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    Very nice shot. Works for me. Interesting - wife wears nice boots & stocking, husband mephistos (or whatever brand that is 'comfortable but not fashionable'. I agree on the watermark - very distracting.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    Joco wrote: »
    Very nice shot. Works for me. Interesting - wife wears nice boots & stocking, husband mephistos (or whatever brand that is 'comfortable but not fashionable'. I agree on the watermark - very distracting.


    great observation. Makes me wonder what the top half looked like.
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  • JocoJoco Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    great observation. Makes me wonder what the top half looked like.

    Me too!
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  • metmet Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    flyinggina wrote: »
    i'd keep the extra foot in. It makes the picture for me.

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  • bike21bike21 Registered Users Posts: 836 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2011
    Thanks again for the comments, really appreciate all of them! The watermark was a product of an earlier posting and I am too lazy to ditch it now :) Next time though, no watermarks here I promise.
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  • babowcbabowc Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2011
    i love the extra foot..
    really does make it comical
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  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2011
    It's awkwardly comfortable! I love the extra foot, the whole thing made me smile.
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2011
    I love this shot - it's amazing how elequent lower-body language can be, perhaps all the more so because it's the part we pay least attention to!
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