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Comments? Suggestions? Please post, I'm interested in feedback on

this shot.

Hey Corey,

 

For such an extreme shot you could've really wowed everyone by not placing her dead in the middle of the frame...Perhaps leaning on the nearby pole would've been interesting...see if you can reshoot it and place her off center and maybe give her a little motion...I love the background though...good luck

I disagree about the position of the woman, for she does not overwhelm and in fact the colours from her t-shirt, skin tones, jeans, etc., blend well with the vivid array of background colours.

 

The woman remains the central feature but the shot becomes more interesting with the layered contrasts of background lights and colours. The sharp colours from the newstands and the blurred colours from the shop signs. The blurred lights from the passing cars and the static lights of the office building and the street lamp.

 

The very essence of a dynamic picture.

 

Peter

Interesting.. the Free Mag come to life?

i like this shot, but would prefer it shot wide open (like others in this same model's folder). the other shots of her in your folder are excellent. she seems very photogenic and you seemed to have captured her eyes in some of the other shots quite well!

I have several other shots from this same spot on the corner, but that roll of film is still being processed, and we're returning Thursday to shoot the same location again with several other ideas in mind. Thanks for the input and keep it coming. I'll post the rest of the slides as soon as I pick them up and have time to scan them.

 

Corey

I agree about the central framing. Mover her to the right a little and lose the yellow box if possible.

ok, so i was looking at this picture further, and agree that the yellow newspaper dispense should be removed - it's too bright. Also, moving the girl over a bit to the right in front of the stoplight would contrast her versus the building more (suffice it to say, it brings out some Freudian images). finally, the light from the lamp is quite a "distance" in the image from the girl. if she is placed in front of the stoplight, the lamp might put more emphasis on her. though, you'll have to verify this to be indeed the case.

great fun, rich colours, hard to beat

Hi,

Could you share how you managed to capture this --- did you use a fill in flash / rear curtain sync, or just long exposure? - In any case, the photograph is great!

Thanks, NN

This was an 8 second exposure at f 5.6, on camera flash with rear sync. The camera has to be set in manual, take a meter reading of the ambient to determine your shutter speed, then meter your flash for your aperture. It's really a lot easier than it looks, but the technique can produce incredible images. Oh, and by "on camera flash" I don't mean a pop-up, you need a flash that has an adjustable output.