Putting on the Gloves

ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,156 moderator
edited January 10, 2014 in People
Outside at Navy Pier, in Chicago, I noticed this kindly gentleman more or less by himself. It does appear that one of Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained-glass characters is looking on ...

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited January 9, 2014
    I like this image. Tons of negative space, a subject doing normal things, complimentary colors and stairs leading the eye in from the left to right to the subject. Great framing and comp, Zig.
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  • Bryce WilsonBryce Wilson Registered Users Posts: 1,586 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2014
    Cool capture! Took a good eye to see that shot and put it together on the fly!

    Bet that wasn't taken recently, or he'd be putting on a whole lot more than gloves!:D
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited January 10, 2014
    I musta had my back turned when he got that shot. Good on Ziggy for not announcing "Hey guys, look at this shot here!"
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2014
    Love all the lines leading right to your man. I'm curious what this would look like in a strong conversion to black and white; maybe it's too busy to take it, but I have to wonder..... thumb.gif
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  • LightsearcherLightsearcher Registered Users Posts: 202 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2014
    Very nice capture.

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,156 moderator
    edited January 10, 2014
    David_S85 wrote: »
    I like this image. Tons of negative space, a subject doing normal things, complimentary colors and stairs leading the eye in from the left to right to the subject. Great framing and comp, Zig.
    David_S85 wrote: »
    I musta had my back turned when he got that shot. Good on Ziggy for not announcing "Hey guys, look at this shot here!"

    Thanks, David. It was a really quick grab and the person was trying to be invisible (not drawing attention to himself). Yes, it was the leading and bounding lines which drew my attention to the scene and resulting picture.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,156 moderator
    edited January 10, 2014
    Bryce Wilson wrote: »
    Cool capture! Took a good eye to see that shot and put it together on the fly!

    Bet that wasn't taken recently, or he'd be putting on a whole lot more than gloves!:D

    Thanks, Bryce. It was just one of a series that I took, most of which were just looking at architectural features of the area. This was from early November, 2013, but it was plenty chilly that day.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,156 moderator
    edited January 10, 2014
    divamum wrote: »
    Love all the lines leading right to your man. I'm curious what this would look like in a strong conversion to black and white; maybe it's too busy to take it, but I have to wonder..... thumb.gif

    I explored B&W but the blue tones around the man's head would have to be fairly heavily filtered in order to provide the contrast needed to pop the subject. That, in turn, throws off the scene balance.

    It's not bad, but I don't see a distinct advantage either.
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