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Well done, against the movement of people, she stands alone, converted to b/w makes an impression

Tony beat me to the words, so I will say extremely well done - concept and execution.  Excellent work, Orhan.

I like the way her dramatic face is isolated from the busy environment. Something like a human in the world of spirits. Bravo again, lucky to have you around in the deteriorating environment of the PN.

Interesting street portrait!

Nice and disturbing image, compliments, 6!

This is, to me, an interesting idea that is not well executed. I can't find anything that is terribly wrong, but I also can't find anything that is terribly right about it. I do sense that there is material there worth working with.

It reminds me a little bit, in a germinal rudimentary way, of a frontal version of Kimsooja's gorgeous and powerful A Needle Woman series of videos.

I am always a fan of creative motion blurs, and this photo feeds into my dream of achieving what I wanted. The lights on both sides create a great converging perspective placing the subject squarely in the middle, while the wall provides a good anchor point with nice texture. The silver embroidery on the girl's dress overlaid with the blurry crowd just makes the subject more tangible. I wish the person right next to her was not there to compete for attention. Also I would have preferred slightly less depth of field in the background just to minimize distraction. That would require the use of a ND filter I guess. I understand it is taken on field in a crowded environment and hence not the most ideal situation. Nevertheless, I would be curious if Julie expands on her take of what could be better executed in this image. It would be a great way to learn.

This would be much more effective if the subject's head/face wasn't rendered with significantly higher contrast than the rest of the scene.

Supriyo, the technical issues that you've noted aside, the major issue, to my eye is that the crowd around her is un-characterizable. In other words, it's *just* a blur without flavor or quality related to or acting with/against the central character. She seems irrelevant to the blurred "them" and they seem irrelevant to her.

Her face is higher contrast precisely because it is not blurred. Blurring removes detail and contrast. I like the shot and

think it a good effort for this "person in the crowd" look.

Remarkably similar to photograph from current New York Times Magazine August 11.
Photo by Paolo Pellegrin. Look for series from Tripoli, Libya taken in 2002
link below to mag article
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/11/magazine/isis-middle-east-arab-spring-fractured-lands.html

Photo on his Magnum site:
http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2K7O3RJZBP6Y

The remarkable thing is that the 2002 photo was published this week. This kind of similarity does not imply plagiarism.

C Jacobs, thank you for the heads-up on this fascinating Times magazine article. Both the story and photos (the latter not specifically related, but very much related to the middle east drama) are first rate. What the POW really needs is only a small bit of that relevance, to avoid it being just simply decoration.

I see no plagiarism in the similarities of the two images. The Paolo photo seems also to have more tension whereas the POW of Orhan has the woman in a sort of curious posture rather than an apparent suffering one.

Neither do much for a viewer without supporting companion images, or texts, of course.