58th and Third

Any thoughts you care to share?

A very good shot. I like the lighting and the composition, although the firefighters (?) might have been better off a wee bit to the left..?

i would love to see more your shots from this location, it seems your eye has a desire for "steamy" balance, so my curiosity is even greater imagining what the others might look like.

best regards

k

Wonderful atmosphere to this image

where there's smoke there's fire. where there's steam, there's Beau with his Leica :-). no question about the mood here, but i'm a little uncomfortable with the compositional balance for some reason. it's probably the giant post/pillar? i don't know.

Balaji,

 

I agree with you. I was trying to do something unconventional with the composition, because I'm trying to break out of my tendency to be overly formal that way. But my eye keeps struggling with the framing too, and I'm not sure that this tension is a good thing.

i have no problem with your composition, find it quite intriguing. the post on the left ( big ) and the beam the workers hold together, sets this tone of duality in your image. two beams, two workers, humanity control of events and events that are bigger then us and not in control, the weight and balance of your image sets this uneasy-uncomfortable-feel, and it is exactly what it should do. look into a film by alexander sokurov "whispering pages", you might find something that might inspire.

best regards

k

The only thing I will say is that I am headed over to 58th and Third ASAP. ;-) Moody and dramatic. I really love it.

I like it quite a bit---in particular, the lovely tonality, and the ambiguity of the scene itself.

i might be crazy and certainly tired, but here i see here tenderness and hope