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Cornflake

Criticism is always welcome.

torags

Nice snap for the metaphor....

Cornflake

Thanks for the comment, Rags.

Dogdots

I like D

Travel

i like good find. It might be even better if you had pulled back moreif there was more of the same pattern.

Cornflake

Mary, Travel, thank you.

Travel, I took a couple the way you suggest:



I liked the pattern better but the people were too small, in my view. It's debatable.

Eia

A real good shot! I think it is wonderful. I can't decide which I like best but your title is perfect! Hmmm looks like a few places near Scottsdale...?

Cornflake

Thanks, Eia. This was taken on Central Avenue in Phoenix, a little south of Camelback. There are a lot of these places.

Juano

The first version for me. Would the couple stand out more strongly in bw?

Cornflake

"Would the couple stand out more strongly in bw?"

Good question.

Juano

Cornflake wrote: »

"Would the couple stand out more strongly in bw?"

Good question.

Better, I think. I don't mean to be picky but how about a 6 by 3 balcony crop?

torags

I like the crop for Mary.

the metaphor of cookie cutter housing is stronger (people no longer subject)

Eia

I think I still prefer the color version. Yes - the 'snowbirds' flock to these places.

Cornflake

Thanks for all the comments. The choice is mostly a matter of intent, I think. If I wanted to editorialize about how I don't care for such places, which I don't, the larger pattern or the black-and-white version would make for a stronger editorial. I think I feel more comfortable allowing the scene to be pretty in a way. The original still conveys isolation and assembly-line living but in a little more restrained way, and I think I prefer that. It's debatable.

Eia

Cornflake wrote: »

Thanks for all the comments. The choice is mostly a matter of intent, I think. If I wanted to editorialize about how I don't care for such places, which I don't, the larger pattern or the black-and-white version would make for a stronger editorial. I think I feel more comfortable allowing the scene to be pretty in a way. The original still conveys isolation and assembly-line living but in a little more restrained way, and I think I prefer that. It's debatable.

I just like the photo! But can't decide which one (color versions)

Snowgirl

For me it's the first one.

Cornflake

Thanks, snowgirl.

torags

These comments are a good example of the photogs approach to an image.

Does the photog shoot the surfer or the wave? No right or wrong ; just different ways