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RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,928 moderator
edited October 25, 2009 in Street and Documentary
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    Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    I get the point of the picture, but it does not work for me.

    The sing says that you cannot go either way, but she is obliviously smoking her cigarette and walking down a street that you supposedly can't go either way on!rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif

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    tortillatorturetortillatorture Registered Users Posts: 194 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    i think maby this is one of those shots that could benefit from a bw convert?
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    thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Interesting photo, Richard. I do agree with tortilla that the image benefits from the B&W conversion. For me there is also a little too much in the image to keep my interest. A vertical crop, capturing the woman and the sign, might take care of that for me. It's a nice catch, though. thumb.gif
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    ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Was the back focus intentional?
    If not now, when?
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    thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    rutt wrote:
    Was the back focus intentional?
    I hope it was intentional as it makes the photo for me.
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,928 moderator
    edited October 21, 2009
    rutt wrote:
    Was the back focus intentional?

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    FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    I like the picture a lot.

    Liked it in color but I've gotta say the b&w adds to the mood of the oof woman who looks, if not down and out, at least as though life is not treating her well at the moment (psychologically not physically).

    Very moody - great graphics - my kinda picture.

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    bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Richard wrote:
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    Sorry, but neither the color nor the black and white version work for me. Okay, it's an out of focus woman on the other side of the street from a lot of colorful signs, poster, etc. The problem is that the background is so damn busy I don't find anything in it that really draws my attention. And I admit there's nothing about her that calls out to me. Oddly enough, I think this might have worked better had she been in focus, and had the back ground been out of focus - assuming there was then something intriguing about her. :D
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,928 moderator
    edited October 22, 2009
    Interesting set of replies. Thanks so much for the feedback.

    My original interest was the facade, not the woman, hence the back focus. She just walked through the scene while I was shooting and I liked contrast of her vaguely modern appearance with the layers of urban history on the building. I processed it in both B&W and color and I don't have a strong feeling about which works better. But in the end, I think the composition fails because of how she is cut off at the shoulders. I think it might have worked better had I been shooting from a lower angle. ne_nau.gif
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    mosackmosack Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited October 24, 2009
    I like the BW convert better. Maybe a lower angle with a full body shot in view would work to show more of her. I think this way, you could keep her blurry and the background in focus.
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    tortillatorture wrote:
    i think maby this is one of those shots that could benefit from a bw convert?
    4031304905_aaa9f5d1e0_o.jpg
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,928 moderator
    edited October 25, 2009
    Thanks Mike. I agree.
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