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03/14/2005 05:12:24 AM |
This is an excellent scene that tells a real story. This is real photo journalism in the sense that you shot what you saw. The B&W is appropriate and adds to the newspaper feel.
There are a couple of problems with the shot. First of all your main subject is placed too centrally. There's a lot of dead space above the man's head. Also it would have been nice to see the whole scene by including his legs. I suspect that his whole body position showed his frustration and it would have been nice to capture all of it. That would also have framed the shot better.
I recognise, though, that your opportunity to shoot this was limited and you have to go with your instict or lose the moment. Well done on this one. Would have been a 7 or 8 from me. |
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01/09/2005 07:17:28 PM |
It's small, but I still find the border distracting. |
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01/06/2005 10:18:45 PM |
Don't know if you just saw this guy like this, but it looks posed, which I think doesn't help. |
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01/04/2005 06:43:21 AM |
In many ways this is quite powerful. It's marred by oversharpening, and I wish the DOF was dropping the background out more; this is extremely busy. |
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01/03/2005 07:05:23 PM |
Why vertical crop? This image has such great midrange tones and focus a solid subject that could have been staged, but comes off as emotionally open (candid), but his body floats in mid-air into the picture. The stance of crouching like that would be more powerful with the bent knees to witness to his anguish. Some areas of highlight/blowout on the underarm area and one hot area in the water just above his head, the arms are not distracting, but the water dot is. Seems to need just a very tiny rotation clockwise, but otherwise a good shot. Leaving at 7. |
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