Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on July 17, 2014, 04:21:32 pm
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On the drive through the Thar Desert of Rajasthan in west India. More in this blog entry (http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/07/17/jodhpur-to-jaisalmer/).
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All three are excellent, Rajan, but the third is beyond excellent. That's the kind of photograph upon which one can hang a reputation. Bravo! For some strange reason my system will let me look at all three full-sized shots.
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All three are excellent, Rajan, but the third is beyond excellent. That's the kind of photograph upon which one can hang a reputation. Bravo! For some strange reason my system will let me look at all three full-sized shots.
Russ,
Strange that you are having issues accessing the images here. Often I include a link to my blog post so that those not logged in or without a LuLa account can see the photos.
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All three are excellent, Rajan, but the third is beyond excellent. That's the kind of photograph upon which one can hang a reputation.
Couldn't agree more.
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#3 is beyond criticism. Simply superb.
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Couldn't agree more.
+1
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Rajan
I agree with the general consensus - however I would have liked to see a bit more of the truck in number two - I think more context would suggest a more candid (therefore less orchestrated portrait) I am not suggesting it was orchestrated - but to me it perhaps loses a bit of atmosphere - which I am sure there was plenty.
Cheers
Mal
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Thank you, all.
Rajan
I agree with the general consensus - however I would have liked to see a bit more of the truck in number two - I think more context would suggest a more candid (therefore less orchestrated portrait) I am not suggesting it was orchestrated - but to me it perhaps loses a bit of atmosphere - which I am sure there was plenty.
Cheers
Mal
Mal,
See the attached uncropped screen grab. I cropped it to draw attention to the people themselves, but you have a point. It wasn't choreographed (choreographed photography (i.e. planting models in settings) is not something I do - nothing wrong with it, just not my thing). If I recall correctly - this was in 2007 and I have forgotten the exact circumstances - I took the shot from the car after instructing my driver to tail the truck, which is why the occupants are aware that the camera is pointed at them.
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They're both good, Rajan but in my own estimation the first is the better of the two. The cropped one is about the people. The un-cropped one is about the truck. I find people a lot more interesting than trucks.
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Rajan
Thanks for taking the time to post the uncropped version - I agree the people are more interesting than the truck and your back story answers the question as to why the folk are all looking straight at the camera.
So I agree the cropped version is a stronger image - the discussion seems worthwhile in any case.
Mal
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They're both good, Rajan but in my own estimation the first is the better of the two. The cropped one is about the people. The un-cropped one is about the truck. I find people a lot more interesting than trucks.
Yes, I think that's the sum of it.