A different drummer

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited August 23, 2012 in Street and Documentary
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2012
    Very cool shot, Tony. The blaring white t-shirt distracts me, though.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2012
    Yeah, the blown-out tee shirt's an obvious problem. That was taken after
    dropping of the grandchildren at Pop Warner football practice at the high
    school. Late afternoon, the drummers were facing west. No chance to
    control anything. Too bad he wasn't shirtless like his fellow drummer.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    Yeah, the blown-out tee shirt's an obvious problem. That was taken after
    dropping of the grandchildren at Pop Warner football practice at the high
    school. Late afternoon, the drummers were facing west. No chance to
    control anything. Too bad he wasn't shirtless like his fellow drummer.

    Still a great image. No doubt.
  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2012
    Did you consider B/W ?

    Lensmole
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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2012
    lensmole wrote: »
    Did you consider B/W ?

    No. It adds nothing and takes away the three points of red.

    With the blow-out, this is not all that great an image. It
    squeaks by because there's a WTF there with the blindfold.
    If the viewer doesn't see the blindfold immediately, the
    image doesn't grab the viewer.

    At least, that's my take.

    Of course, I could do a black and white with selective color.

    That's a joke, son. Just a joke.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2012
    I'm intrigued by the drum on the far left. It appears to be OOF. Was it that far out of the plane of focus? Was it vibrating?
  • lensmolelensmole Registered Users Posts: 1,548 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2012
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    No. It adds nothing and takes away the three points of red.

    With the blow-out, this is not all that great an image. It
    squeaks by because there's a WTF there with the blindfold.
    If the viewer doesn't see the blindfold immediately, the
    image doesn't grab the viewer.

    At least, that's my take.

    Of course, I could do a black and white with selective color.

    That's a joke, son. Just a joke.

    I really like the lines and shapes in this and of course the blind - folded drummer makes the image. Well seen !

    Lensmole
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2012
    I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that the blindfold kid has a pole bisecting his head. I guess being able to reframe is limited when shooting from a car. eek7.gifrolleyes1.gif
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2012
    MarkR wrote: »
    I'm intrigued by the drum on the far left. It appears to be OOF. Was it that far out of the plane of focus? Was it vibrating?

    Dunno, as Michswiss has noticed, I shot this from my car. I was in
    a line of traffic exiting the school, and could barely stop long enough.

    I was using my in-car always-have-it compact camera. The zoom is
    so damned jerky, that's difficult for me to frame a quick photo.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2012
    Screw the imperfections - I LOVE it! LOVE it! A real winner.
    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 August 23, 2012
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Screw the imperfections - I LOVE it! LOVE it! A real winner.

    Thank you. I don't think I'll ever be a really good photographer,
    or really good at processing images, but the thing that I try
    hardest to improve in is seeing what will make an interesting
    photo. If I see the photograph, chances are something
    good will come of it.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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