yellow hood...

thanks,

Really nice shot, sort of an homage to Kertesz. Now if only the dog had left its mark of yellow as well. 8^)

nice composition...very serene

A good subject and pleasing composition.

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Perfect composition.

Perfect timing to capture this.

Well done!I really like your snow series. In this photo I think that without the lamp in the bottom left the composition will be more balanced and strong. REgards,Velin

 

A nice work.

You never cease to amaze with these winter shots, Salih. Fantastic as usual...

Hi Salih!

 

Great shot, the yellow and the dog footprints are very nice, composition is very good, I like a lot this shot.

 

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I like the starkness of this image, and enjoy the unexpected playfullness of that yellow hat. The three static elements have just the right degree of not-quite-balanced tension to balance the two living subjects.

 

At the risk of offending purists, I would have manipulated the image either by desaturating the dog to increase the starkness of the tableau, or increasing its saturation to more closely echo the tone of the hat.

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Wondeful image. Very distinct due to the composition and I like the simplicity of the scene. Well done.

excellent :)

Excellent timing & a very strong composition. I'm wondering if it could be even stronger if the bottom light pole wasn't there

I was thinking the same thing about the bottom light pole. I think it would feel more balanced with three 'objects' in the image.

I have enjoyed looking over your many photographs and find that this POW image has been practiced many times. You seem to like to photograph footsteps in the snow. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and I mean that! You do well finding art in the most simple of scenes. I enjoyed having the yellow in this one as most of the others are B&W and I think the yellow adds a little to this image.

 

I find it interesting too, that two of the above comments suggest the removal of the lower lamp pole -- the one the dog wanted to go smell if I am reading the footprints correctly. When I hide that part of the photograph, it still comes out as a real winner, but, to me, doesn't change the composition substantually. In other words either way makes a great picture.

 

I have no suggestions for improvement. It is great as is. Nice! And congratulations on being the chosen one this week.

 

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I agree, a wonderful image. Only one suggestion: There is unneeded blank space at the top, making the image a bit too rectangular, and more importantly, puts the path curving out of the picture a bit low. If you crop just above the top lamp, you eliminate the extra blank space; put the curving path closer to the top; and have (IMHO) a more pleasing proportion.

 

Paul

P.S. Cropping at the right also gets rid of some excess blank space, and makes for a stronger composition. It goes back to a more rectangular image (which is ok), but I think it works better.

 

Paul

I'm going to have to disagree about cropping this photo in any way. I'm also not understanding the desire to eliminate the bottom pole. The photo is really close to perfect as it is, though I would have enjoyed a bit more color in the hat (it is a bit drab to truly play off the white snow.)

 

I see the three static objects as the backbone of this photo. Take a straight-edge from the bottom left corner through the top right corner. The line passes through the center of the bottom lamp and the bench. This line is as strong as it can be, and it provides the framework for all the other elements of the photo to hang from. This is why I can't see the photo being cropped in any way except as proportionally along that line.

 

Without the bottom lamp, the line only passes through the bench, and the active objects (dog, man) are juxtaposed with the top lamp and the picture becomes much more somber. The yellow hat tells me that the picture's tone is playful, so it doesn't make sense to make the photo more somber by increasing the starkness. The bottom lamp stays!

 

As for the top lamp, it provides a source of gravity against the line. I'll try to come back to this in a second.

 

There are 3 major element types at work here, I think. The first is the static elements - lamps, bench, snow. The second is the living elements - man, dog. And the third are the semi-non-static elements - path, footprints.

 

First, to continue my idea about the top lamp adding gravity to the line, if you take the line that I first mentioned above and bend it to the lamp's gravity, you create the line for the pathway. And with the pathway now set with the static elements, the photographer can now breathe life into the scene with the addition of the living elements.

 

The hat could be a bit brighter, and the dog could stand to be a less gray color, but other than that, they are well placed on the right hand side of the main line. The man is right up against it and seems to provide a solid direction, but the dog is staring off away from the line and path seemingly wondering how far he can go.

 

The footprints are especially interesting because they start off with only the man's prints, but about 3 or 4 steps in, his disappear and become the dog's. The bodies are still there following the same old pattern of taking the dog for a walk, but if the footprints are correct, it's just the bodies doing it. The man has become the dog looking off into the distance. The dog's prints are adorable little hops. And end with the dog staring off the path.

 

Some color would be nice, but other than that, the picture is really great.

The concept is interesting very much. It's all about this yellow hood which otherwise could be created in different environments too. But you picked the snow with the reason and better meaning.

The composition is on the edge of abstraction because the snow, a bench and lanterns looks a little bit unnatural. And the difference is this yellow hood and the footprints of real, real life touch (of human and a dog).

 

7/7.

a very much balanced composition, nothing more to do with it. exposure is also good enough. I saw other photos taken at here by you, all those are great too equally Great, congratulations and carry-on.