Carb Loading a la Francais (French Fries)

This young man in LA gets his fill of carbs, French style (in the

American vernacular) as he pops a fast food ''French fry' into his mouth

(pommes frites -- fried apple -- actually 'fried earth apple) to the French

and many English. Your ratings and critiques are invited and most

welcome. If you rate harshly or very critically, please submit a helpful

and constructive comment; please share your superior photographic

knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

Very good street shot, but the exposure doesn't look correct - highlights and shadows blown more pp required 5/5

Actually, the post processing of this photo received a great deal of attention.

 

This is a backlit photo, but there are several points of 'white' in the photo that were 'brought out' as I felt they were important to place the photo within its place in contemporary culture.

 

One is the i-pod's white cord.

 

Another is the rhinestone left earring, surrounded by blackness.

 

Third is the whiteness of the cap with the logo writing on it.

 

Those all are meant to be seen with the rest meant to be in blackness surrounded by 'blowouts'.

 

If you have a different (and we suppose 'better') interpretation, please show it to me.

 

This is my interpretation -- what I wanted this photo to look like as post-processed. I suppose I might have made the earring sparkle even more or the whiteness of the i-pod cord show even better and the cap to be even whiter, but that's about all I would venture with this particular photo -- leaving all the rest of the blowouts in place.

 

Blowouts aren't always 'bad' in my book.

 

You may differ.

 

Let me see your interpretation, please, and we can compare, and so can the audience.

 

John (Crosley)

 

 

John, once again, it's very good street shot. The pose is striking and natural. But how do these blown white areas work? - like distraction for me. Again, it's good shot with some tech flaws.

This is 'street'.

 

You take what you can get.

 

I saw this guy, walked clear across a restaurant, talked to him briefly, got his assent to photograph him (not to ask him to pose, just to not get freaky on me when I pointed my camera at him across a very empty restaurant) and said 'just carry on'.

 

The 'blowouts' are the outside sunlight -- he's inside a restaurant.

 

You just take what you can get - you can accept or reject the photo as is; as the whole is not 'fixable' per your view. I like it as it is, and frankly would not change it.

 

To 'fix' the blownout window would add outside detail which would destroy the silhouette -- it would show autos, fences and advertising outside which would purely be distractions and denigrate the lines of the photo.

 

This is one case where one has to be careful what one wishes for.

 

Thanks for adding your opinion - I take almost all suggestions as coming from a serious case, whether or not I incorporate them.

 

;~))

 

John (Crosley)