Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Richard Man on October 16, 2012, 04:42:56 am
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OK, I think this is somewhat unusual. I like it and probably will do more.
Took this back in April but did not have a chance to scan it until now.
(http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121015-Scanned-23-Edit.jpg)
What do you think?
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Richard it is a cracker!!
Please keep producing fine work like this and sharing it.
I am curious to learn a little more about what you used that you needed to scan.
Cheers,,
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Hi Walter, this is from the XPan II, one of my favorite cameras. If I can only keep one camera, it will be between this and my Leica M9 and I think the XPan will win out - may be.
Scanning is through my Nikon LS-9000
Thanks!
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Richard, I like the general feel of the picture - but I also find the bottom a bit distracting. Because of the perspective the girl's forearm is a bit too dominant for me, and her hands are half cropped out - an awkward crop. If you left the hands in they would appear to big, and if you crop them out you will only get her from the chest up. So basically I feel the idea is good but you needed a bit more control at the taking stage - if that was possible.
Jim
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From a strictly compositional point of view, I think this shot has a lot going for it. I like all the horizontal lines as well as the reflections intermingling with the subjects behind the glass. Unfortunately, I can't find a human anchor in the image. Neither subject is looking towards the camera. I feel like there is something going on that I can't see and that makes the person in the image inaccessible to me. The young woman looks a bit guarded. knees up, no eye contact...tense smile.
This fabulously composed image doesn't leave me with an entirely satisfactory feeling. Perhaps that was your design.
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Thank you Jim and Marc. Fair comments.