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Roofer in Snowstorm


LenMarriott

Canon A540 P&S, 1\500 @ f5.5, 23.2mm (140mm FF equiv) Grab shot at construction site.


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This new hospital edition is big and I've tried to show the relationship between it and the worker.  Works for me too.  Thanks for your thoughts.  Best, LM.

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Hi Len

I can not imagine composition more beautiful than what I'm seeing. The spaces in great management and the man actually reflect the huge background building. Best regards

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Well seen, I would probably have passed this scene. The worker attracts interest at once, and because we cannot see what he is exactly doing there, it holds our interest. The snow adds an emotional factor, because we now know that it is cold... A well-built, clearcut composition. The best finds are often around the corner - and you were foreward-looking to have your camera at hand ;-)

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I'm finally back, after so many months!  I've been busy mainly because I had to relocate my shop to another place closer to the town center; in addition this winter isn't offering many chances of good photographing, so a little "hibernation" was inevitable, but all has been revived - at last! - by the buying of my first DSLR camera! And I'm glad to begin again my commenting with so good a shot - the kind of composition I'm particularly fond of! The sense of the hugeness of the wall is very well conveyed; the shovel's handle next to the worker and the snow falling enrich the photograph. I like the choice for the b&w, even if I'm curious how it would appear in colour. All the best, Len!

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This is located right across from my favourite coffee shop.  As I pass this slowly changing scene daily I often contemplate a number of missed opportunities, scenes such as this one.  I've gotten into the habit of pocketing a P&S camera before I leave the house now.  Originally in colour, I felt the graphic nature of the shot was best displayed in B&W.  I'm sure the roofer couldn't care less.  He was working towards his break & a few minutes of relief in the coffee shop.  Thanks for popping by.  Best, LM.

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Good to have you back!  For a while there I thought you'd given up photography. :-(   It's hard to beat the quality one can obtain from a modern DSLR and I would have one if I wasn't so loaded up with old film cameras & lenses that refuse to die.  That said, this P&S offering is an example of the type of image one can get with entry level equipment if one is actively looking for images.  With luck an important element one can even get a little snow flurry to break up the mass of background.  Some of my most satisfying images have been captured with that little beauty.  Best, LM.

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Thank you for posting the color version! IMHO it has the classic pros and cons of the color versions when compared to b&w. On one hand the bright and well saturated orange of the worker's suit attracts the eye immediately, thanks also to the contrast with the greyness of the background. On the other hand, the picture looks a bit more ordinary in colour to me: an interesting scene, well photographed, but the b&w has just something more... just a different feeling, not easily describable, if you know what I mean. Best!

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a street photo where everything works perfectly. the place adds meaning to  what's happening, and the opposite. no way the bw sokution is much better. someone said "colours shows, bw tells". in many photos this is right, this is one of them. i like also the compsition, that includes a large portion of the building, becouse underlines the conditionof the work

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Good to have your views on this one.  Chalk one up for the colour version!  In both versions the basic story is told but I agree that the blaze orange safety jacket of the worker in the colour version captures the eye & keeps it from wandering out of the frame.  Both seem to have their own attributes.  Best, LM.

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