Ch 79 - Waiting for the Bus

greenpea

What do you think? Got this shot while I was waiting for the bus myself...

manta1900

Nice one. But... may I suggest improvements?

greenpea

manta1900 wrote:

Nice one. But... may I suggest improvements?

Thanks for the improvements.

I can see how your suggested crop improves the composition, and looking at the original post compared to your edits my white balance looks way too warm now. It also looks like you darkened the image a bit. Am I missing anything?

Quitarita

Cool shot and I like the adjustments.

I only wonder if those adjustments are considered too much PS for the challenge?

greenpea

Quitarita wrote:

Cool shot and I like the adjustments.

I only wonder if those adjustments are considered too much PS for the challenge?

I think the croping is more than 10%, but I might be able to get away with the other PS adjustments.

SloYerRoll

I do like the shot. The people are moving a little too much for me to get the sences of "waiting" though.
Mabey crop in on the guy beside the light post a little more?

Just my .02

Flyinggina

I like the shot, too Greenpea. It is a really good idea for the challenge. The movement doesn't bother me. Pacing is a common activity of people waiting for the bus, especially if it is cold out.

The white balance correction is an improvement to my eye, but not necessary. That golden glow says "night shot" to me. If it were my photo, I would crop a bit from the bottom while staying within the 10% limit. Thematically, I like seeing the crosswalk, but from a compositional point of view, the amount of pavement throws the picture a bit off balance to my eye.

If you have the opportunity, you might want to try a reshoot. The idea is really good and worth the effort to kick it up a notch. I'll bet you could get a really good capture that truly needs almost no post correction!

Good luck.

Virginia

Art Scott

great interpretation thumb......I think if you shot as RAW you could get most of the adjustments done in ACR....and have to do much if any in PS....

manta1900

greenpea wrote:

Thanks for the improvements.

I can see how your suggested crop improves the composition, and looking at the original post compared to your edits my white balance looks way too warm now. It also looks like you darkened the image a bit. Am I missing anything?

The only thing you are missing is a minor sharpening... Good luck... you have a very good photo.

greenpea

Thanks for all the comments.

I had mostly given up on the concept and tried going in a totally different direction, but I'm thinking I might just try and re-shoot this. It was taken just outside my office, so it wouldn't be a problem to re-shoot. The original was a 5s exposure with a 50mm, I might shorten the exposure and try 85mm or 105mm.

nalvarez

I like the adjusted version which has some necessary corrections