Look away, purists, it's in color

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited May 5, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    :yikes I may have to put the shades on to view this image. Thanks for the warning.

    I like it a lot, Good work. thumb.gif


    Why do you think color works for this image better than a B&W treatment?
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    Harryb wrote: »
    :yikes I may have to put the shades on to view this image. Thanks for the warning.

    I like it a lot, Good work. thumb.gif


    Why do you think color works for this image better than a B&W treatment?

    The key to the shot, in my opinion, is the cup of beer in the hand
    of the guy in the white wife-beater shirt in front of an Alcoholics
    Anonymous storefront. In B&W, it's not clear that the contents
    of the cup is beer. It could be soda pop.

    Without the "Friends of Bill W" sign, I would have done it in
    black and white.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    The key to the shot, in my opinion, is the cup of beer in the hand
    of the guy in the white wife-beater shirt in front of an Alcoholics
    Anonymous storefront. In B&W, it's not clear that the contents
    of the cup is beer. It could be soda pop.

    Without the "Friends of Bill W" sign, I would have done it in
    black and white.


    I agree about the cup of beer, it makes the capture.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    I think you're right, Tony, as the image is all about the beer and the sign. It's unfortunate that in color, the stuff on the jacket on the right has such a draw on the eye. But it is what it is.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    Harryb wrote: »
    :yikes I may have to put the shades on to view this image. Thanks for the warning.

    I like it a lot, Good work. thumb.gif


    Why do you think color works for this image better than a B&W treatment?
    Harryb wrote: »
    I agree about the cup of beer, it makes the capture.

    This is one I waited for. I saw the sign, and people walking past
    on the sidewalk, but none were obviously carrying a drink. Finally,
    this guy came along with his cup of beer.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • rsquaredrsquared Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2012
    I'd never heard of Bill W until now, had to look that one up. The shot definitely makes more sense now that I know.
    Rob Rogers -- R Squared Photography (Nikon D90)
  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited May 5, 2012
    hmmm, a lot of chatter and a square crop to justify a capture? I don't know

    beer and sign aside I think it's interesting but my first impression was that it was too closely cropped

    .
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    Moderator of: Location, Location, Location , Mind Your Own Business & Other Cool Shots
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