seaFOOD, ginger

ginger_55

both done 3/11/2006, everything done then, PS finished 3/12 (for now).......



Waiting For A Table, and the best seaFOOD.
exif: f 2.8, 3200 ISO, 31mm, 1/40 sec
full frame




Fresh Fish in carolina.....




Two photos together. One was with the 16-35: the fish, then I took the 70-200 out to the bridge and photographed the water with the sky and the clouds. Both were full frame. I "shrunk" the fish
a bit with the "transform" tool, then blended them together.

photograpy by ginger
3/11/2006

TassieD

Hi there Ginger,

Love that first image, IMO fits into the challenge perfectly, especially with thguy in the window preparing the physical food and the sign in the window with the word food.

chrisjlee

Do fish in SC always lay flat like that ? If so i'll make sure not to eat fish in SC.

har har.

Beautiful photos Ginger.

Just some slight criticism, I think you should crop that arm in the first photo. It's detracting from the subject because it is very different from the other elements around it. I think it would simplify the composition.

Shakey

The first one has potential Ginger IMO
Hey this was my 1000th post!

Tim

BassAngler

Definately photo #1! I'd crop out the elbow on the left and the butt on the right. What about the cook in the window? did you get all of his face?

Not too sure about #2 though. I am an avid fisherman and those fish are obviously not alive so it makes it look like dead fish floating in the water, not what fishermen like to see.

ginger_55

Thanks for the comments everyone. I did something I don't usually do. I asked, kind of, for critique, comments, etc. Then I didn't follow them and put the photo on The Challenge anyway. :uhoh

I was going to show you all what it would look like cropped, but it was so bad, to me, that I couldn't stand it. I guess this challenge is just for me. As I see it, the people on either side show that it is a wait, not just a little boy sitting there alone, plus they frame the photo. The photo is full frame, I did not get more nor less than you see. I did not even rotate it, that is as it was taken, so "no, I did not get the top of the head on the man in the window". Truthfully, I knew he was there, but I took a series of those photos. I was concentrated on keeping the letters of the sign in focus and letting the action fall as it did.

We were not on a night out, we came home to eat, though that place is excellent. There is usually a long wait and that is why I went there in downtown Charleston specifically to photograph "the wait" there. I was hoping/expecting to incorporate the "food" in there somehow. I took it specifically for the challenge. We got there later than I had hoped, much later. So, what was supposed to be late day photography turned into night photography. My husband told me to forget it that there was nothing to photograph. I spent an hour or so taking photos, sometimes just sitting on the sidewalk, waiting, myself, for some action and trying to use whatever I could to show that it related to food.

Your comments were very helpful, as they helped me elimenate (sp) the "dead" fish shot. I am not a fisherman, smile. As I went to bed last night, I knew that the black and white would probably be my choice as it is a kind of photography I love but rarely do. "I pushed myself" that way.

It was with my wide angle lens (16-35L F2.8). Thanks, Andy for suggesting "strongly" that I buy it. I doubt I could have shot that without it.

ginger (More critiques and comments are still welcome.) You also may "lift" the photo and try cropping it yourself. YOu may like the way it looks better than I liked my attempts, as I explained at the top here. Prove me wrong, that is fine. As it is, I shot the photo to show people, the children around were an added "luxury" for me. I have left the "people" in the photograph without making them really important or a part of that particular photo. That is how I see it, and I don't have one with all of them, anyway. I made a fast PJ decision and got that.

To me it is a photo of the boy, the bench, and the window, with a hint of people framing the boy.

Thanks again

Sally

I have to agree with Ginger on this one; I like the framing body parts. Hey Ginger, I find myself editing you mentally SO much less than I used to. I really like the photo.

The fish on the other hand -- EW. Well, at least I reacted strongly, !
Sally

ginger_55

In color

ginger_55

Spiritual Food


Yes, I know it is a bit soft.
Thought it was a good idea though.

ginger

photocat

I LOVE your kid shot Ginger. In black and white, definitely. I am hesitating a bit about the letters in focus instead of the kid, but then I suppose that is how you want to fill in the photographs subject...
I love it... It is a style that I adore! Well done!

swintonphoto

I like them both. #1 is definately better in B&W. Great job!

ultravox

Agree...
#1 in B&W. Good choice.

BassAngler

I prefer the B&W Seafood shot too.

What about a crop something like this? I think it looks better with just the kid. I know you are trying to show a "wait" with the other people but the kid seems to be "patiently" waiting on his own, IMO. I don't have photoshop on this pc but would also like to see the guy on the right cloned out of the shot.

Any chance you got the full face of the guy in the background?

Just some "food for thought".

Edit: I just re-read your comments on the guy in the background...oops, my bad.

ginger_55

Thanks, Bass. I will try cloning the guy out. I will just have to go dark over there.

I will do it later, am on a PC burn out right now, smile.

On the crop..........................will think about it, too. After I do the crop and the clone.

Plus if there are any more comments.............uh, you all that would help. Do you like the crop?

Also, someone is working on a color version, ..............?? so who knows. I was going to shoot birds this afternoon.

ginger