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ankit · December 28, 2005

Just signed up for smugmug and uploaded a bunch of pictures. Here is one:

More pictures here: http://ankit.smugmug.com/

Awais Yaqub · December 28, 2005

Welcome
nice picture its so crowded but i dont like the head of the women

eye-max · December 29, 2005

I like the look & feel that the Sepia tone gives the pic. You captured an interesting scene, but the blurry foreground couple are very distracting. I think a foreground head more in focus and off to the side might work. I do like the faces in the crowd, I always wonder where they are headed and what they're thinking.

Dee · December 29, 2005

You made me stop

eye-max wrote:

I like the look & feel that the Sepia tone gives the pic. You captured an interesting scene, but the blurry foreground couple are very distracting. I think a foreground head more in focus and off to the side might work. I do like the faces in the crowd, I always wonder where they are headed and what they're thinking.

And look again... wow you're right. I'm so tempted to put cartoon bubbles over their heads and put captions in them.

Wonder if we'd pick on the same people to put similar captions?

What do we see by expression on face, body language, dress?

3rdPlanetPhotography · December 29, 2005

Welcome Aboard my friend from the St. Louis area!

kc7dji

vandana · December 29, 2005

Welcome to Dgrin ! I like the sepia tone, but have to agree with eye-max - the heads in the foreground especially the cropped and blurred head of the woman is quite distracting from the rest of the folks who seem to be the subject here. maybe a wider angle from the back ? the crowd seems quite nicely oblivious to your camera

where is this ?

ankit · December 30, 2005

Thanks for all the comments. I wish the woman's head wasnt there, but...

This is a crossing near Trinity college in Dublin (forget the name of the road). Anyways, here is another attempt with a smaller crop. I think I prefer the one with the blurred head.

Higgmeister · December 30, 2005

Hi Ankit,
I actually like this one much better. I do get the feeling of being hurried in the original, but it's too busy.

This one introduces us to the people. We see their expressions, most not being all that happy. What I really enjoyed with this shot is in all the hustle and bustle, look at the couple in the center; they're holding hands and are the only ones I saw with somewhat of a smile. It pulls them out of the crowd, but they are lost in the original. This shot is now about the people whereas the original is not.

I like it, thanks for sharing,
Chris

vandana · December 30, 2005

much better Ankit ! I agree with Chris - you're really drawn to the people here - especially the young cute couple in the middle with a hint of a smile..the others too -more than ever, u feel like putting cartoon captions to them ! I like the little walk sign too that i missed earlier ! the only thing you miss from the previous pic is seeing their legs but you can't have it all !

DoctorIt · December 30, 2005

that crop is nice, I love all the detail in the faces without the blurry back of the head feature distracting me.

Nikolai · December 30, 2005

Welcome aboard!
I like it here (both on SM and dgrin), I hope you will, too!
Don't forget to check the events forum, 2006 shootout thread.
We only started them this year (May 2005 was held in Yosemite), this gonna be a second one - and it's a blast!
Happy Holidays!

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