We had it all...

rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
edited May 21, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited April 30, 2011
    I love the hats and the enormous fire hydrant. Cool shot, but I would crop it quite a bit to eliminate extraneous background and make the couple take up more of the frame.
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited April 30, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I love the hats and the enormous fire hydrant. Cool shot, but I would crop it quite a bit to eliminate extraneous background and make the couple take up more of the frame.


    I agree with Richard on the crop. What a wonderful shot!!clap.gif
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 5, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I love the hats and the enormous fire hydrant. Cool shot, but I would crop it quite a bit to eliminate extraneous background and make the couple take up more of the frame.
    Juano wrote: »
    I agree with Richard on the crop. What a wonderful shot!!clap.gif

    Thanks Richard and Juano. Richard has sent me a cropped version and I am uncertain as to which I like.

    Backstory: I was driving the car reflected in the window at a red light. The two came out of the bar and donned their hats. I had about seven seconds to retrieve my camera, boot it up, and get the snap as the light turned green. I turned left and glanced at them and they were lighting up cigarettes -- I missed this shot...:cry
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited May 6, 2011
    Rainbow asked me to post the crop I did, so here goes:

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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2011
    cool angle
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2011
    Rainbow this is just great!
    I often find mysel always on the opposite side of the cropping suggestions. I can not say why that is, but again in this case I don't agree, it looks better to me uncroppedheadscratch.gif. Right or wrong, cropped or not it still works, but I"m still partial to your original post.

    Excellent addition to your collection.
    Liz A.
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2011
    original
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Rainbow asked me to post the crop I did, so here goes:

    Thanks, Richard. It is helpful to get perspective and opinions like this.
    damonff wrote: »
    cool angle

    Thanks -- this was lucky since I was restricted to the driver's seat.
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    Rainbow this is just great!
    I often find mysel always on the opposite side of the cropping suggestions. I can not say why that is, but again in this case I don't agree, it looks better to me uncroppedheadscratch.gif. Right or wrong, cropped or not it still works, but I"m still partial to your original post.

    Excellent addition to your collection.

    Thanks! I think I lean toward this as well. But it becomes a very different feeling pic with the recrop.

    And it's nice to find out I have a collection! mwink.gif

    BTW, title refers to song from the '80s by Bertie Higgins (google the title if interested...)
  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    This is really cool, & if I understand you shot this from the car, which I think makes it even better. I also find myself on the tight crop side of the world, but that's probably because I never crop tight enough myself!
    jim pope
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2011
    jpope42 wrote: »
    This is really cool, & if I understand you shot this from the car, which I think makes it even better. I also find myself on the tight crop side of the world, but that's probably because I never crop tight enough myself!

    Thanks! Shooting from the car was a speed exercise, not a composition one and I got lucky.
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2011
    " . . . Just like Bogie and Bacall"

    I like the original. To me, it is much more interesting--I know they are on a corner and that they can go get money from the ATM. I also like the DetectAll sign at top of the frame. The cropped version doesn't get me interested in the shot.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

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  • RozariRozari Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited May 21, 2011
    Love the title. Fitting that it's in B&W. Great shot.
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