Into the Light
May 7, 2018 15:59:21 #
Shot this on a downtown outing, and was hoping for constructive criticism
May 7, 2018 18:10:07 #
May 7, 2018 18:44:45 #
artBob wrote:
Awesome. Textures, values, drama.
thanks artBob. This was the first good one after a long dry spell...
May 7, 2018 20:06:05 #
Composition and lighting seem outstanding to me. This shot has impact!
May 8, 2018 06:56:09 #
The overall shot is so noisy that - ugh, BUT the Silhouette of the man walking up the steps puts it all into perspective to make a really good shot!
May 8, 2018 08:30:07 #
May 8, 2018 09:06:17 #
May 8, 2018 09:43:45 #
All those directional lines are REALLY busy! (which has nothing to do with your image!) I wonder if the designer of the building realized how busy that would look before it was built - or realized it afterwards. To people with sensory perception issues, that would be a difficult building to be in. Now about your image: I think it's very well done. The brights are bright without losing detail, and the shadows are contrasted nicely. The lighting on the steps is very well done as is the placement of the man on them. All in all, I think you have done a very good job on what looks to be a rather difficult shot.
May 8, 2018 11:00:09 #
May 8, 2018 15:01:47 #
thanks everyone
I can try to lose a bit of the noise by re-processing, but I feel the grain in the steps is essential
I can try to lose a bit of the noise by re-processing, but I feel the grain in the steps is essential
May 8, 2018 16:05:06 #
RickH wrote:
thanks everyone
I can try to lose a bit of the noise by re-processing, but I feel the grain in the steps is essential
I can try to lose a bit of the noise by re-processing, but I feel the grain in the steps is essential
Personally I like it the way it is.
May 9, 2018 02:18:39 #
May 11, 2018 17:22:28 #
raymondh wrote:
4 yeses!
Rick,
you outdid yourself!
The composition, via complementary use of every leading line that the architect and builders provided, is absolutely fantastic.
The shift from the counterposed simplicity of the stairs and railings to the complexity of all above, tied together as they are by the man’s inertial intent is a metaphor awaiting a thosand interpretations!
Your camera axis directly below the axis of the roof arches and to the right side of the stairs allows for wonderfully dynamic interplay of all other perspective components...even the man being to the right of center of the stairs but a bit left of your optical axis is a superb fit into the incredible balance of it all!
This image is a clinic in composition!
...and grain...schmain...this is a masterpiece!
Dave
May 12, 2018 10:10:34 #
Rick...
another aspect of your composition I hadnât initially appreciated is how there is inherent tension imposed by the different alignments of the perspective axis of the arches above ( blue) and of the perspective axis of the stairway below (green) ....and how that tension is relieved/resolved by the manâs progress from one to the other and by the connecting members in red.
...and the mind wanders in consideration of how different camera positions might be employed to accentuate or diminish the compositional relationships already mentioned...?
Again...a complex and absolutely fascinating composition...(that makes me wonder what else Iâve missed!?)
Dave
another aspect of your composition I hadnât initially appreciated is how there is inherent tension imposed by the different alignments of the perspective axis of the arches above ( blue) and of the perspective axis of the stairway below (green) ....and how that tension is relieved/resolved by the manâs progress from one to the other and by the connecting members in red.
...and the mind wanders in consideration of how different camera positions might be employed to accentuate or diminish the compositional relationships already mentioned...?
Again...a complex and absolutely fascinating composition...(that makes me wonder what else Iâve missed!?)
Dave
May 14, 2018 17:45:58 #
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