Chained

I like it.

bella foto, complimenti

Thanks Suvi & Saverio!

 

I'm kind of partial to this one myself!

I welcome constructive comments.

beuatiful image!cla

I think I'll put this one in my favorites. It's perfectly framed and anticipated. My only suggestion would be to burn down the white element upper right.

Hi Carl,

 

Interesting that you picked this one to comment on as it at may be my favorite photo in my PN portfolio. Did not expect it to go over well here at all as it probably breaks as many rules as it adheres to. Thought about burning the top of the fence a bit, but I kind of liked how the washed out part contrasted with the rest of the fence, especially since that's the area that is not in sharp focus. I didn't do a straight B&W conversion, leaving just a bit of reddish/yellow tint. I took several shots here, but because of the awkward angle, this was the only one where I was able to position the figure in a good spot. It didn't work as well when she was further down.

I don't know how I missed this except I often don't cruise or browse the TRP pages. But when I find a good one, it finds its way into my prized 'highest-rated' gallery -- the contents of which I value very highly and the company of which I think is very exclusive. Welcome. (again). John (Crosley)

Jenna, maybe I wasn't clear. The fence is fine. I'm just nit picking that little speck up in the right corner.

 

The big broken rule here is the strong vertical that divides the picture space. You'll find several in my portfolio, including one of my favorites, too.

John: Well I rarely visit the TRP (usually don't find much there I like) and my images rarely get there! I think I have one image that spent 24 hours on the TRP and this isn't it. Honestly I don't care much about ratings other than adding images into my favorites folder. I'll submit one for ratings every once in awhile just for exposure, but usually people find me through comments. That's okay by me!

 

Carl: Okay I see what you mean now. I guess I could have burned or even cloned that out. It does have a strong vertical line, and it would have been nice to have moved a half step to capture more of the railroad track on the right, but I was trying to balance the person between the fence. I like how this turned out, but since it's local I should probably go back and try some new shots as well.

 

 

Outstanding. I probably would never have seen this. Sometimes I wish I could see through someone else's eyes just for an hour or so. Grate Shot

this... you... good... wow...

Whatever you do, don't re-take this; it's fine as it is. A strong vertical line, however it 'divides', the photo, only serves to arrange it into parts which differentiates it and helps us focus on the point of interest -- the sole pedestrian.

 

I was reading in a basic but excellent photo composition text this evening about portrait composition and incidentally it identified the upper left quarter (quadrant) of a photo as the strongest part (for those of us at least who read left to right . . . ), and thus the elimination of the right side of your photo by the train, slightly to the right, and the platform to its right, as 'negative' space (not in the 'formal' sense but you get what I mean), serves your photographic purposes extremely well.

 

You are one fine photographer, with a careful, patient eye, and you have my admiration.

 

You needn't change a thing.

 

John (Crosley)