Life " Reflection"...

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Original, well crafted street capture. Best regards Pnina, vf

Very good dynamic composition Pnina.Thank you very much and....warm regards.Janusz.

Hi,a very good composition,and an example of why we need to calibrate our monitors,my regards.6/6.

Quite an original and dynamic shot,Pnina. The static virtual figure on the screen is juxtaposed with living and moving figure.

I get a lot of energy from all the lines, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and there is a contrast with the images of people that are frozen. Especially interesting is that it looks like it's a "Circuit City". A store once bustling with customers, now no more. Frozen, like the people in the photograph.

But does it have to be reflected back so many times? Ha. I see she is getting sucked into this stylized life.....buy me....buy me. :)

So much static commercial glitz, but you warmed up the scene nicely with her earthiness and movement.

Original street shot, I like it.

 

Alberto

Very creatively done! I like the composition and the perspective. Door open and person taking a step in - - effective touches.

 

My compliments........,

 

michael

Excellent contrast between light and dark in this capture,Pnina which makes the picture really stand out.Well done.

Before I saw your title, the word 'reflection' flash across my mind. Well titled, good perspective & composition.

May I only this once present my humble suggestion for framing, by cropping some unessentials from left and right.

 

To my mind she is kinda leaving "us", our real world, behind and entering "his" (media) world, filled with channels for every taste, but himself expecting her.

 

It's easy for me to say here, but if you only had had positioned yourself a step ahead, little to left in order to expose more of the displays now hidden by the shield on the closed door, far right... and maybe then had landscape orientation on your photo (yes, just wishful thinking)

Thanks ,you can always tell and show me what you think. It is a way to see how other viewers see and experience a photo. Even though I like it as is, I agree that it can be cropped differently, but I think that you have cropped it too tight, and it looses a bit of what I wanted to show. I mean the big empty store with one single customer entering with a cart.

 

So if cropping it ,I think it can be cropped a bit from the L side , but not till the TV sets, as I think that part of the store wall, has to stay for the wide context ,and a bit from the bottom side to bring the customer closer , but for sure not from the R side. I understand why you thought cropping there, but I think that the L side with all the TV sets is a good composition balance. Cropping the R side, for me, looses again the feel of the scene. I think as well that the upper and lower diagonal direction of lines are adding dynamics to the whole vs. the static horisontal TV sets. and upright store lines

 

Thanks Markku it was a good opportunity to observe it again. I upload the crop, as I see it, if cropping.

I'm glad you accepted my entry and that you were willing to discuss and as a result, you did improve your photo. So, I happened to expose my no-compromise approach, alternative to tight cropping having being stamping out disturbing details (on left side).

 

May I ask you in general terms how comfortable you feel shooting with your camera in portrait orientation? I have always had great uncomfort to rotate the camera 90 degrees. Maybe it's just my hands, maybe the strong feel observing the world in landscape mode, so to say that make mee shoot one way only (very much so)? Here; just imagine if that poster on the closed entrance door haven't been there.... making landscape possible...

The first impression I got when viewing this image was one of noting the clarity throughout. You recorded the scene of flickering TV monitors, through glass and without and reflections around perfectly. Pnina, I did not note your titling at all, till I read it referred to in the dialogue above, but curiously enough, the moment I realised that the figure was that of a woman, my mind said to me ... ' Walking into a Man's World' or words to that effect. Curious!

I want to thanks all of you that commented on this composition, appreciate the feedback.

 

Markku, I still like my original as is( it has more space around the subject), I like the wall on the L, and the lower FG. I find it better for the context ,but I can see another crop as well, and I showed you that if cropped ,it is different from yours and I explained you why. I'm open to listen!

 

About a portrait mode of camera, it depends on the situation , how I see the composition in my mind ,and what are the added elements around. So it is easier using the camera in a landscape form( it is the natural way the camera is constructed) but sometimes it does not work., and I prefer the portrait mode. The ad is a part of the TV store.

 

Mike, each of the viewers will interpret a photo differently. I think that your first impression was the right one, as TV "reflects" what is going on in daily life,( in many forms, and not only of course) .The woman signified for me the real life, of a figure( accidentally a woman....) vs.the reflected life on the TV sets ( accidentally a man.....) The composition worked for me at the right timing . ;-))

Superb capture, Pnina. The scene, colors and atmosphere are unique. Excellent shot ! Congrats!

Pnina;

 

The image on screen supports the image off screen in a complimentary fashion. I like that the TV figure is facing us and the real world figure is turned from us. The two very different white balances, warm vs. cold, between the TV screen and the street work well to make a clear demarcation between the two worlds. The many vertical and horizontal window stiles play nicely into the graphic feel of, the world within a box, which the TV screens portrays.

 

Being familiar with Markku's photographic style I can appreciate why he would go with a tight crop to accentuate and balance the lines and angles to take full advantage of the graphic possibility. I do agree however that coming in that tightly compromises the " story " aspect of the shot.

 

Interesting point raised about aspect ratio and how we view the world. For myself, aspect ratio and vertica / horizontal orientation, varies with subject matter. I was out shooting ice huts in the fog a few days ago and I kept seeing most of my compositions as 1:1 ratios when looking through the view finder.

 

David thanks for your nice feedback.

 

 

Gord, Thanks for your extensive impressions, I think that again I see a similarity in the way we photo a scene "varies with subject matter" and interpret its contents.

Your description was the way I saw this scene. The tight crop which I understood( Markku), was too tight (even my example too) and I still liked better the way the original with more space around. The aspect Ratio , as I see it depends as well on the given subject, I can see it right away while shooting, or later on while post processing.

Simply I like the original one. Good observation. Rgds.