Much To Ponder

bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
edited May 25, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2012
    Long time no see...

    Looks like a woman with a mustache?... ne_nau.gif
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2012
    Fascinating, Benn. Can you get a little more detail into the woman's clothes, and darken the wall a bit? I want to see her and the reflections more.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2012
    Bout time you got your butt back here. I liek the image but would have like dit better withh less of the wall showing.
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2012
    It has a very restful feeling to it . I like the reflections,and composition, I agree with Harry, maybe a tad off the bottom ?

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  • JavierJavier Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2012
    I would have to agree with the above comments. The most bothersome part for me is the negative space. I do dig the ladies expression and the reflections.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2012
    rainbow wrote: »
    Long time no see...

    Looks like a woman with a mustache?... ne_nau.gif
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Fascinating, Benn. Can you get a little more detail into the woman's clothes, and darken the wall a bit? I want to see her and the reflections more.
    Harryb wrote: »
    Bout time you got your butt back here. I liek the image but would have like dit better withh less of the wall showing.
    lensmole wrote: »
    It has a very restful feeling to it . I like the reflections,and composition, I agree with Harry, maybe a tad off the bottom ?
    Javier wrote: »
    I would have to agree with the above comments. The most bothersome part for me is the negative space. I do dig the ladies expression and the reflections.

    Redone with suggestions in mind:
    MuchToPonder-X2.jpg
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  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2012
    This is much better ! IMO

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2012
    The 2nd version does it for me. I want to know what's weighing so heavily on her when, from the reflection, she appears to be in a paradise of sorts. The palm in the reflection contrasting with her turtleneck sweater seems to further the contradiction for me as well. I like it.
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  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2012
    Good job, Ben. This is one of the few times I've seen a crop actually improve a picture.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 17, 2012
    A definite improvement Ben.
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  • JavierJavier Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2012
    The second version is heaps better. I also love the portrait style comp. Well done !
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    Thank you very much, Javier
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 18, 2012
    Thanks for the thumbs up on the redo Folks.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2012
    I actually do not like the new crop -- too much horizontal aspect to it. Left side now becomes a distraction. I would try cropping the right edge to the door, then cropping an equal amount off the bottom to keep the square crop.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    rainbow wrote: »
    I actually do not like the new crop -- too much horizontal aspect to it. Left side now becomes a distraction. I would try cropping the right edge to the door, then cropping an equal amount off the bottom to keep the square crop.

    Fair enough
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  • RSLRSL Registered Users Posts: 839 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    If you're going to do all that cropping after the fact, Ben, better get yourself a D800 at 36 megapixels.
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2012
    I rather like the negative space. It emphasized that her attention is inward
    instead of on something just out of the frame.
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