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Central Park


andrea_moro

Artist: Andrea Moro;
Exposure Date: 2013:04:26 18:54:30;
Make: Canon;
Model: Canon EOS 7D;
ExposureTime: 1/160 s;
FNumber: f/5;
ISOSpeedRatings: 100;
ExposureProgram: Manual;
ExposureBiasValue: 0/1;
MeteringMode: Pattern;
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;
FocalLength: 24 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows);


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Primarily a composition of lines, horizontal, vertical, and  curves. The sight is very routine, people just moving, but they add interest to the composition. The framing by three arches and pillars bring focus onto the silhouettes. Good tonal variation between the extremes.

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This Central Park scene has been done so many times. I like this one due to the amount of people in it. Many times I've seen this with no one and it's very stark

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You do use the light well. Backlighting like this is often very effective and it highlights the interesting architecture. You've composed this very geometrically and it has a classic feel. The content is not terribly interesting to me, however. I have nothing against the routine of people walking through a space, but a photo has the opportunity to isolate significant moments and to tell stories. I'm just not being hooked into much that's going on here, other than place and light. In some photos, place and light is more than enough, but here it seems that something more could be going on and that potential is suggested, I think, but not quite realized.

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What captures my interest here is contrast -- contrast between symmetrical, large, unmoving architectural forms of the arches, stairway, and tiled foreground with the non-symmetrical, random individuals walking amid these various geometrical forms.  I can't really explain why, but I like that kind of contrast.  It's human life and society in action.  This is what we do and how we live.  That may seem mundane, but your chosen composition and lighting have elevated it, IMO, above the mundane, and you have as a result an aesthetically pleasing photograph.  Nicely done.  I just noticed the shine on the roof, and I think that also adds much to the photo (imagine if it were dark -- we'd be looking through a tunnel, which would be much less interesting, IMO).

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