'The Eight-Hour, Overnight Airline Connection In the Giant Airline Terminal'

Loneliness is the name of the game when only six passengers are left

overnight in an airline terminal overnight designed to hold tens of

thousands. Here a passenger who arrived toward midnight awaits a

morning flight, sits up and sleeps, with arm rests between seats

designed to prevent lying down, lest people actually 'bed down' when

tired. Your ratings and critiques are invited and most welcome; if you

rate harshly or very critically, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment; please share your photographic knowledge to help improve

my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

Another awesome snap by you.  The depth of field is perfect.  The desolation is striking and the subject is interesting.  I am not nearly as well versed in photography as you so I am sheepish about making a critique....but here it goes.   The only thing I see is that the rule of thirds is off, but then again...rules are made to be broken, and all in all I love this shot.  Thanks for sharing with us John, 

                                                                   Ron

Excellent!

Thanks for flattering comments.

Notice the vertical stripes from the building elements, with varying widths of different shades of white to black in the background, with his semi-radiant face being backed by a black background.

It was not by accident!

I had some time to frame this one, but not much, as he changed his expression rather quickly.

Thanks for the accolade.

john

John (Crosley)

Thank you so much.

john

John (Crosley)

Alan Barr,

Yes, we've all lived it, but while he slept, I crept around, taking photos of him and others.

;~))

I'm irrepressible.

john

John (Crosley)

I hope I've not admitted to being a creep with my photography!

john

John (Crosley)

'Rule of Thirds' and all the other so-called 'rules' be damned.

Unless they make for a better photograph.

I sometimes spot that I've used one or more when I find a pleasing photo, but seldom keep one or the other in mind; my mind has its own rule:

Make a pleasing AND interesting photo.

No.

Reverse that:  Make an interesting photo, and it can be done pleasingly, so much the better.

Leave the so-called 'rules' to those who 'teach' photography to the unwashed masses who need crutches because they cannot 'see' what is interesting and pleasing and think the idea of a great shot is standing someone upright, 50 feet away, in front of a wide angle lens, and snapping the shutter, perhaps having something else in the background, like half of a sign which you cannot read (because the second half is cut off). 

Then give them Photography for Dummies Actually, that book is not at all bad, and has some very good advice in it, but I insist on finding my own photographic 'truths' photo by photo, not to rehash someone else's text or classroom lesson plan.

I took one lesson of a photo class at a junior college once, and we were given an assignment to bring back the next class.  I rebelled, did not do it, and  did not come back.  I had no interest in building my skills by doing it building block by building block.  I wanted to walk with giants, not practice with the congregation, and thus learn to take the exact photo everyone else was expected to take.

I already by then, however, had my own well-developed sense of design, even if it could not have been called 'style' as I am not sure I have a style now, other than a sense of composition, proportion, sense of lighting, etc., as all my photos are quite different across the various genres.

Look at my landscapes, my fine art, my portraits, and my 'street'; I shoot them sequentially, one after the other, on the same flash card and then cull them later. 

It's like being photographically ambidextrous, but with 10-20 arms.

I think.

And one mind guiding them all, providing coherence to the final product.

;~)

john

John (Crosley)

Without opening my EXIF or camera info, I remember that this was shot at 1/20th sec. at f 7.1 with about f 10 for great depth of field (see texture in dark drape hanging from ceiling or wall covering directly behind man and how sharp it is?)

THIS IS A HAND HELD SHOT.

Truth be told, I took several and only one was good enough with my VR lens.

That is how I do it, without a tripod.  I take several, often in a burst, and one will turn out fine.  Somewhere in the burst, everything will be settled down.  I usually keep all the exposures, but those who want to do this and delete the others can do so.

The image may 'jump' a little if VR is turned on and there is some camera movement/not here though as I was very solidly placed and held my camera/long lens solidly.

That's one thing about heavy, long lenses, they may be a pain in the ass, but it's hard to move their mass and get blurred shots once they're focused in on a subject -- the mass is too large to be subject to little things that cause motion when one uses a giant zoom lens such as a 70~200 f 2.8 Nikkor V.R. E.D., as here (V.R. I).

That's why I never schlep around a tripod, and still get acceptable sharpness for many 'street' type shots at very low shutter speeds, even beyond that advertised for VR type lenses (1/20th of a second is off the charts for slow shutter speed for such stunning sharpness, and more so hand held after a very long plane flight and pushing baggage through a terminal almost all night!).

john

John (Crosley)