Lunchtime

lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
edited April 23, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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Liz A.
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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    I like this however I think it could be better by cropping it square just to the left of the seated figure. That way the lines of sight, apart from the central figure are all inward looking. The figure on the right keeps taking my eye out of the frame.
    Syncopation

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    Syncopation wrote: »
    I like this however I think it could be better by cropping it square just to the left of the seated figure. That way the lines of sight, apart from the central figure are all inward looking. The figure on the right keeps taking my eye out of the frame.

    The guy on the right makes the shot for me. He reminds me of a child in the schoolyard who is being excluded from the cool kids' group. Great job Liz.:D
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    Syncopation wrote: »
    I like this however I think it could be better by cropping it square just to the left of the seated figure. That way the lines of sight, apart from the central figure are all inward looking. The figure on the right keeps taking my eye out of the frame.

    Patti beat me to it:)

    I get what you are saying though, but I wanted to show the guy off to the right with his back to the "cool kids" who won't let him into their fun little circle.
    The cool kids reminded me of some magazine add for some unisex cologne:)

    thanks for commenting.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    The guy on the right makes the shot for me. He reminds me of a child in the schoolyard who is being excluded from the cool kids' group. Great job Liz.:D


    Maybe that's why I was drawn to this shot Patti.
    First I couldn't take my eyes off the main group, they were so pretty, I imagine them to the have houses in the Hamptons and play tennis and polo and their parents are still paying for their Harvard tuition (or paid for it already :). I just felt like it was this entire world that I've only really seen in movies. Then the guy to the right caught my eye. He was just there trying to relax and there were these fun annoying pretty people who will soon be tanned golden brown disturbing his peace. I couldn't get enough of the scene--but I was soon spotted so I moved on.
    Liz A.
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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    It makes a lot more sense now and thanks for highlighting the intent. Guess I need to look a little deeper !
    Syncopation

    The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    The guy on the right makes the shot for me. He reminds me of a child in the schoolyard who is being excluded from the cool kids' group. Great job Liz.:D

    Absolutely! Without the guy on the right it's just a bunch of mid-town puppies eating in the park. With the guy on the right it's an insightful observation of a social dynamic. mwink.gif
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Absolutely! Without the guy on the right it's just a bunch of mid-town puppies eating in the park. With the guy on the right it's an insightful observation of a social dynamic. mwink.gif

    Thank you B.D.;)
    Liz A.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    I really want to like this one, but I can't find a focal point. imnsho, I think it would make a lot of sense to cut off the group of guys on the left (adorable as they are) leaving the central group of guys and the outcast. That's what I would do if it were mine.
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  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Sorry for being so late to the game on this one. I really like this shot as it is, Liz. The story you're telling of the outcast is really a good one. But here's a different spin on it...

    The loner's back is turned on the group. What if the group is welcoming him and he wants nothing to do with them? The circle does appear to be closed to him, but he's not looking back at them, either. A few different stories depending on how you look at it, to be sure. Awesome capture, Liz!
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2011
    My first reaction to this was the same as Patti's -- the guy on the right is being left out. I also like that he isn't bothered by that, as shown by his headphones. He seems quite content. Liz, I don't know much about street/PJ but I do know I really like this shot!

    Lauren
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited April 21, 2011
    sara505 wrote: »
    ...i think it would make a lot of sense to cut off the group of guys on the left (adorable as they are) leaving the central group of guys and the outcast...


    +1


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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    Thank you Sarah and Angelo. I will give the recrop a try. Currently smugmug is in read only (I just tried to access this shot). I currently really like the crop as is, but I'm curious as to your suggestion. Will repost soon.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    Nyarthlopic wrote: »
    Sorry for being so late to the game on this one. I really like this shot as it is, Liz. The story you're telling of the outcast is really a good one. But here's a different spin on it...

    The loner's back is turned on the group. What if the group is welcoming him and he wants nothing to do with them? The circle does appear to be closed to him, but he's not looking back at them, either. A few different stories depending on how you look at it, to be sure. Awesome capture, Liz!


    thanks Nyarthlopic.
    I like your spin on the shot thumb.gif.

    But it does look like the "the group" sure is having fun doesn't it?
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2011
    Ok I'm trying to stick to proper aspect ratios.
    I tried square and I can't get both the group and the solitary figure in the shot.
    Then I tried to crop to the original ratio and I cut too much off the bottom I think, specially with the seated guy that makes the shot.

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    Liz A.
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