People in China

BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
edited April 26, 2012 in Street and Documentary
# 1
BW-Rickshaw-L.jpg

#2
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#3
BW-bamboo-L.jpg

#4
BW-woman-in-cart-L.jpg

#5
BW-cooking-walnuts-L.jpg

#6
BW-on-bicycles-L.jpg

#7
BW-lady-on-ledge-L.jpg

#8
BW-woman-on-bikeedited-1-L.jpg

Comments

  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    Good shooting, Bailiejo. I think Cartier-Bresson would have been proud of #1, #3, and #6, especially #1. It's quite a collection. Bravo!
    Russ Lewis
    www.FineArtSnaps.com
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    RSL wrote: »
    Good shooting, Bailiejo. I think Cartier-Bresson would have been proud of #1, #3, and #6, especially #1. It's quite a collection. Bravo!

    Thanks very much.... really appreciate your comments.
  • NmahoochNmahooch Registered Users Posts: 220 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    Awesome
    http://phlotography.smugmug.com/Nelson-Malave
  • JavierJavier Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    RSL wrote: »
    Good shooting, Bailiejo. I think Cartier-Bresson would have been proud of #1, #3, and #6, especially #1. It's quite a collection. Bravo!

    Agreed...I picked out the same ones...Bravo !!!
    My blog, where the eyes are the window to the soul.
    Thank you very much, Javier
  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    7
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2012
    Very nice captures. Asymmetrical composition works on 7 (my favorite), not so much 6

    You might like to consider not cropping portions of wheels & feet (unless it adds to image)

    A very nice series, good work
    Rags
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    2 - 6 - 7 for me.......especially 2 - Very human with an excellent background.
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    Very nice captures. Asymmetrical composition works on 7 (my favorite), not so much 6

    You might like to consider not cropping portions of wheels & feet (unless it adds to image)

    A very nice series, good work

    Thanks so much for your comments. I realized that in my haste to take the pic, I've been so concerned to get the subject that I forgot to look at the bottom of the frame. I didn't do any cropping on the bottom... that was just me taking the photo. Yikes... not good. I learn through your comments.
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    Earache wrote: »
    2 - 6 - 7 for me.......especially 2 - Very human with an excellent background.

    Thanks ..... appreciate your comments.
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    Nmahooch wrote: »
    Awesome

    Thanks... Just learning
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    Nmahooch wrote: »
    Awesome
    Javier wrote: »
    Agreed...I picked out the same ones...Bravo !!!

    Thanks
  • FlowermanFlowerman Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    #3 is the best IMO - it has the most to tell the viewer - very expressive faces.
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    Flowerman wrote: »
    #3 is the best IMO - it has the most to tell the viewer - very expressive faces.

    Thanks Flowerman..... no one picked 8 which was my favourite... perhaps it needs to be seen in colour along with #2. They are my favourite. I think I could write a book about the woman in #8....it's all about survival - her life is hanging on her bike.
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 24, 2012
    #2 in color
    grandfather-L.jpg

    #8 in color
    lady-on-bike-L.jpg
  • FlowermanFlowerman Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2012
    How about #3 in color.
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2012
    What an excellent series. thumb.gif

    #7 for me. I'm assuming those are mountains in the background?


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  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    # 3 In color
    bamboo-meeting-L.jpg
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    M38A1 wrote: »
    What an excellent series. thumb.gif

    #7 for me. I'm assuming those are mountains in the background?


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    This lady was posing for her family and I thought she looked so good, I grabbed the shot as well. Behind her is a very large hill where an emperor is buried.... not mountains.
  • BailiejoBailiejo Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    Flowerman wrote: »
    How about #3 in color.

    Just loaded # 3 in color.....I sometimes think the all the pics speak more loudly in colour. I'm still learning
  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    Bailiejo wrote: »
    Just loaded # 3 in color.....I sometimes think the all the pics speak more loudly in colour. I'm still learning

    We're all learning, Bailiejo. If you stop learning you either turn into a vegetable or die.

    B&W and color both have their high spots. It's generally true that B&W needs strong graphics to beat color, but there are many exceptions, just as there are many situations where color suppresses the significance of a photograph, while B&W emphasizes it. If you take a look at the pictures Cartier-Bresson made in China in the late forties, as the Communists were taking over, you'll see how well your #1 would fit into that collection. It's a marvelous shot; one of the very best I've seen on Street & PJ. There's plenty of ambiguity there, but the main story is clear. Keep shooting and learning. You do good work.
    Russ Lewis
    www.FineArtSnaps.com
  • FlowermanFlowerman Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    After seeing the photo in color I am now convinced that the B&W version is best. In the color version the soda bottle on the table is a distraction which causes the viewers eye first to go to it and not the facials of the individuals. The human eye focuses on the brightest item first.
  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2012
    I'd agree with Flowerman on that one. The color sort of overwhelms the picture's story. I'd also vote for the B&W version of the portrait in #2 over the color version. I'll take the color version of #8. The colored bags the woman's hauling make it a more interesting picture, though the car turning behind her with a red taillight sort of loses it. There are some real drawbacks to a long lens in this kind of situation.
    Russ Lewis
    www.FineArtSnaps.com
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