Very nice captures. Asymmetrical composition works on 7 (my favorite), not so much 6
You might like to consider not cropping portions of wheels & feet (unless it adds to image)
A very nice series, good work
Thanks so much for your comments. I realized that in my haste to take the pic, I've been so concerned to get the subject that I forgot to look at the bottom of the frame. I didn't do any cropping on the bottom... that was just me taking the photo. Yikes... not good. I learn through your comments.
#3 is the best IMO - it has the most to tell the viewer - very expressive faces.
Thanks Flowerman..... no one picked 8 which was my favourite... perhaps it needs to be seen in colour along with #2. They are my favourite. I think I could write a book about the woman in #8....it's all about survival - her life is hanging on her bike.
#7 for me. I'm assuming those are mountains in the background?
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This lady was posing for her family and I thought she looked so good, I grabbed the shot as well. Behind her is a very large hill where an emperor is buried.... not mountains.
Just loaded # 3 in color.....I sometimes think the all the pics speak more loudly in colour. I'm still learning
We're all learning, Bailiejo. If you stop learning you either turn into a vegetable or die.
B&W and color both have their high spots. It's generally true that B&W needs strong graphics to beat color, but there are many exceptions, just as there are many situations where color suppresses the significance of a photograph, while B&W emphasizes it. If you take a look at the pictures Cartier-Bresson made in China in the late forties, as the Communists were taking over, you'll see how well your #1 would fit into that collection. It's a marvelous shot; one of the very best I've seen on Street & PJ. There's plenty of ambiguity there, but the main story is clear. Keep shooting and learning. You do good work.
After seeing the photo in color I am now convinced that the B&W version is best. In the color version the soda bottle on the table is a distraction which causes the viewers eye first to go to it and not the facials of the individuals. The human eye focuses on the brightest item first.
I'd agree with Flowerman on that one. The color sort of overwhelms the picture's story. I'd also vote for the B&W version of the portrait in #2 over the color version. I'll take the color version of #8. The colored bags the woman's hauling make it a more interesting picture, though the car turning behind her with a red taillight sort of loses it. There are some real drawbacks to a long lens in this kind of situation.
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Thanks very much.... really appreciate your comments.
Agreed...I picked out the same ones...Bravo !!!
Thank you very much, Javier
You might like to consider not cropping portions of wheels & feet (unless it adds to image)
A very nice series, good work
Thanks so much for your comments. I realized that in my haste to take the pic, I've been so concerned to get the subject that I forgot to look at the bottom of the frame. I didn't do any cropping on the bottom... that was just me taking the photo. Yikes... not good. I learn through your comments.
Thanks ..... appreciate your comments.
Thanks... Just learning
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Thanks Flowerman..... no one picked 8 which was my favourite... perhaps it needs to be seen in colour along with #2. They are my favourite. I think I could write a book about the woman in #8....it's all about survival - her life is hanging on her bike.
#8 in color
#7 for me. I'm assuming those are mountains in the background?
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This lady was posing for her family and I thought she looked so good, I grabbed the shot as well. Behind her is a very large hill where an emperor is buried.... not mountains.
Just loaded # 3 in color.....I sometimes think the all the pics speak more loudly in colour. I'm still learning
We're all learning, Bailiejo. If you stop learning you either turn into a vegetable or die.
B&W and color both have their high spots. It's generally true that B&W needs strong graphics to beat color, but there are many exceptions, just as there are many situations where color suppresses the significance of a photograph, while B&W emphasizes it. If you take a look at the pictures Cartier-Bresson made in China in the late forties, as the Communists were taking over, you'll see how well your #1 would fit into that collection. It's a marvelous shot; one of the very best I've seen on Street & PJ. There's plenty of ambiguity there, but the main story is clear. Keep shooting and learning. You do good work.
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