new -- color & b&w 'Fictitious and Reality'

This is a photo of two men, one a glamorized movie star, made up for a role, hair just

so, photographed to the nth and displayed on posters all over promoting his latest and

the other a man who happened to pass by on a Metro platform (where it is elevated).

Your ratings, critiques and observations are invited and most welcome. If you rate

harshly, very critically, or wish to make an observation, please submit a helpful and

constructive comment; please share your photographic knowledge to help improve my

photography. Thanks! Enjoy! john

A worthwhile juxtaposition of [multiple] dualities. Fine work!

Nice, concise critique that recognizes what elements comprise this photo; thank you for the compliment(s).

Best wishes and thanks again.

john

John (Crosley)

When a critique has a ten-year membership and the symbol for Photo of the Week then gives a great compliment, that makes me pay super attention, especially when that person also produces great work.

Thanks so much for the fine compliment.

john

John (Crosley)

If you think this looks good in Black and White, you should see it in color, where it's pretty stunning.  Someday here I may post.

I used to pose most of my color work elsewhere, but that site has been virtually abandoned; so sad.

I hope it's resurrected.

Best to you both; watch for this in the far future as a color photo.

john

John (Crosley)

If one looks closely at these figures one realizes that they very nearly are defined as triangles; one from the top (inverted) and the other from the bottom), and fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

Then if one looks at the image horizontally, one can define this image by the so-called 'rule of thirds' -- I dislike the term, but it has some truth and validity.

If one measures from the sides (either side) to the center of each face or at least the nose base, it mostly defines a 'third' then to the middle of the second face (nose base), a 'third' then to the edge a 'third'; e.g., the 'rule of thirds' appears to apply.

As I have written I dislike those who blindly adhere to the so-called 'rule of thirds' as it is not a rule, but it is a guideline that works well sometimes here it does well, although the 'thirds' are somewhat complex.

In effect, the composition of this photo fits together like the pieces of a compositors puzzle.

I seldom engage in such though and complex compositional analysis on the street, often just take what 'feels good', and then when selecting the 'good ones' certain ones appeal to me naturally, and so often there are good compositional reasons why one or the other will appeal to me.

john

John (Crosley)

John :Outside all the technicalities its the contrast in the textures that makes it for me ~ a great shot. Rgds. Rick

Rick, I entirely overlooked the contrast in textures between the two faces.

Thank you for enlightening me about this other contrast between the two men -- I love to deal in contrasts, and this is one more.

Thanks so much; yours is a truly enlightening comment.

john

John (Crosley)