Inside Golconda Fort

All comments are welcome.

Monument or building photos are so static that they hardly ever deserve a comment, and moreover they suffer from lack of 'scale' -- our ability to judge their size.

 

You have solved both those problems with utmost artististry by not only including a human in the photo, but by adding the human in the form of a running boy, blurred from speed (in contrast to the static monument), and exactly lower left frame, for the artistic touch. This is a successful photo for a difficult subject. Good Eye. John (Crosley)

This kid came running into the frame to get to the spot where I was a moment before and all of my mind screamed "decisive moment". It is strange but I recalled a shot lost due to shutter lag (or whatever it is on a fm2), and clicked. The bottom edge is what is visible on the lab-mounted slide (no cropping). The other three sides are cropped.

Sorry; does little for me. I don't really care for the wide-angle distortion, the blur, the low contrast.

Whenever I heard that question I always think to my self in every "good picture" i see what do all of those pictures have in common... The first thing that i noticed is memmorability (sp?).... the second is design, and then the concept... Ask your self before you take every picture What about this is memorible then ask yourself what is the story/concept your trying to tell.... the Design party is something that you have to figure out for yourself.... in this picture for example... your design isnt bad... But I have no reason to remember this and there is no story... well I hope this helps...

It helps a great lot. My pictures are as much an effort to find more about myself as they are to explore the world around me. Sometimes I get distracted from my quest of what I really feel. Thanks for putting me back on the right path.

Sometimes the 'design' and the 'moment' can be all a photo needs. Especially in this case. Go look through a book of Henri Cartier-Bresson's. There are few stories --- just moments, captured, like this. Cartier-Bresson's moments often were more sophisticated than this image, but you have the right stuff and the right instinct --- don't be deterred by someone wanting 'more'. John

I have been able to go through only one of Cartier-Bresson's books -- "Photographs". It is true that many of them are just simple designs that one can find no words to admire, but also many of them have so much to tell that one can only gaze at them and speculate, and it is not that the latter lack design. "Death of the author" notwithstanding, I would consider my picture to have served it's purpose if the viewer feels what I felt for even a fleeting moment, thereby allowing me into his or her very soul. Anything more is a bonus, design for you and lasting memory for Eric -- both of which are important. I have miles to go... Thanks to both once more.

That you were faced with taking a rather 'mundane' subject, and you waited for a 'telling' moment, and you captured it at just the point where it added exactly perfection to the scene. In my book, that counts for a lot. It lifted this scene from something that meant nothing to something that means a great deal, and my estimation of your photographic ability is transformed for that one detail. John (Crosley)

Very great photo. There is not only the building-the running boy adds this photo the dynamics and context. Great!

Indreneel, I think there is no set rule for a good photograph, or for a bad one. In my opinion story, design, moment etc. are all secondary things. Your photograph is success if you are able to express what you have in mind; meaning importance of message and the power of message. This photograph of yours is sending a powerful message. Its has got much energy and just stirs something great in the static historical architecture.

Thank you Rafal and Rizwan. It seems I was experimenting with leading lines when this boy appeared. Full frame attached. These are probably the right colors (at the scene), the ektachrome slide is very warm.