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c&c welcome.
Virginia
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"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus
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The images I see...
There's always someone
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pressing the walk button and then not waiting for the signal should be a ticketable offense!
Nice shot. Life happens in color. I think it's a bigger challenge. I think it's easier to be artistic in B&W because B&W forces the eye to look at lines and detail.
a friend's shot:
I love it because I find it to be quite artistic, and yet it breaks all the rules. And at the same time it's a nice keepsake of his daughter.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
Personally, I like the photo, but it is missing something for me. Not sure what it is, but, even with the story, it doesn't quite do it for me.
You cannot know how badly I wanted this to work in black and white. This led me to the conclusion that, if ever there was a picture that calls for selective color, it is this one.
It turns out that in black and white you cannot tell that the red light is on and without it the photo doesn't have much going for it.
Frankly, I did not have the courage to post a b&w with red "don't walk" light.
Virginia
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus
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I like the shot. It contains a simple story. The only reason it possibly misses is that I'm not left with any sense of connection with the couple. Maybe it's that they are looking down, that there's no other context for what they are doing or that the rest of the frame fells, well, plain. But I still like it.
Also, I wish we'd give the whole B&W v colour debate a rest. The forum's inside joke was fun for a while, but it's run its course. The photographer made a choice and in this case colour was part of the story for her.
Interesting shot, Virginia.
I get a strong sense that the gentleman (?) has impaired/low vision. His hat brow is down over his eyes, his glasses are in his hand, he has sunglasses on his neck but is not wearing them, he is holding her hand with his head upright as if looking straight ahead, his right foot is too high in the air, and his helper is looking down at his foot as if to ascertain that it will land on the pavement properly. I list these reasons because none of them is really convincing to me, but together they look like so many low vision individuals I have seen over the years.
They are not holding hands, she is helping, leading, stabilizing the fellow step off the ( unseen?) curb.
Did you have this feeling when you shot this image, perhaps?
The red "do not walk" sign, and the matching red shirt, are the icing on the cake, of course.
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Nice shot of the little girl, though I don't know what's "artistic" about it as such, or what "rules" it breaks.
As to it being easier to shoot in black and white because your eye is forced to look at lines and details - you have to capture the lines and details to start with, and capture them in an interesting way. I could just as easily say that it's easier to shoot in color because all the color distracts the eye from the weak composition and lack of detail.
"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed