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Bravo! Un image tres evocatif... un petit portrait du lien enfant-mere et une forte impression de place. Tout ca et cette composition superbe en plus :-)

To take Tony Dummet's question in a slightly different direction: do people think it's getting harder to take candid photos without annoying people? I have a suspicion that once upon a time people were more relaxed about being photographed (unless they were in a Munich beer tent urinal)... whereas now there is so much awareness of papparazzi, the (dubious) belief that photographers can make money by snapping innocent passers-by and selling trendy BW prints, and a greater general defence of privacy and self.

 

If so, there are likely to be two consequences: 1. being an arrogant sh*t will be a qualification for street photography; 2. Eventually a politician in need of some votes will enact legislation to restrict photography without consent in public places. Opinions?

The woman asked if you were taking her photo... so when she realised that you were, how did she react?

I like it very much... most of the landscapes on this site are just too much saturated colour. This is subtle and has those wonderful lines cut across the fields to make the composition work. Bravissimo!

Well it does hide his beer gut well: I'll have to take your word that he has one :-)

Yes, it's well done, but I think the chain is wrong. It's too new, too theatrical. I've been threatened with a beating by a street kid: he just pulled his sweater sleaves down over his scarred knuckles. I remember the gesture years later because it was so clearly a practical thing that he'd learnt through practice. Your subject has nice smooth hands and doesn't look about to hit anybody... in which case the fist might be better down, playing with the chain. If it's up and be brandished, the face should have a bit more Diane Arbus-style hatred and violence.

 

Of course this is all just my reaction and might say more about me than the photo :-/

The current Australian government is gaining popularity by treating refugees very badly: this is one of the detention centres, located in Melbourne (the more infamous ones are in mid desert). The two guards are on their way to tell me they've called the police to have me removed for illegally taking photos on Commonwealth property... which is an interesting use of the words "common wealth".

Composition formidable et des couleurs fantastique: mais d'ou est venue cet ombre double que l'on voit a chaque cote' du banque arriere?

This one is my favourite... because of the original expression. 30's noir film lighting but with a really dramatic moment rather than the regular "cool star" look that most people take from that era. I'm impressed.

This seems to nicely capture the subject's bubbly nature (or fakes it well!), but the lighting strikes me as a bit of a cliche': night club performers have been shot this way for over 50 years. Just my cheap opinion, as always:-)

Yes, the stone effect is nice and the repetition increases the statue-like quality... although I wonder if it would have been even better if both forearms had been at the same angle?

A person stepping onto the stairs might have made it better, but not necessarily. I like the composition. Cheers, G

I thought it was a grey card... but there is enough detail to make it work. Bravo!

En effet je prefere la composition de l'autre, surtout le line du toit du batiment vu par le tunel. Mais je m'imagine plus facilement sur velo, alors celle-ci me tient plus fort :-)

IR or no, it remains that the fence is in focus rather than the flower. Yes, I know that focussing is tricky with IR, but the fact that it is hard to get the focus right doesn't make out-of-focus look any better. Maybe if you had bracketed the focus? Well done for the attempt, but it is only an attempt. Best regards, G

Outstanding. Love the colour, the texture of the path... and of course that shadow

Works really well, nice idea, great execution. And no, I don't like the white eye version which looks like a cartoon; if you were seeing the boy in blue light, his eyes would be blue.

Nice composition and use of Tri-X grain: I like using real objects to get a quasi-abstract image. Thanks too for your kind comments on my pics, tried to e-mail but it bounced. G.

This seems to me to work quite well... the shoes off but in frame and the concentration on his obsession with the foot rather than the foot. Framing and lighting all work well. I could put it on my office door and cut down the number of students coming to visit... :-)

Hi Amy,

Maybe it's just because I'm a vanilla boy, but this doesn't work for me. It looks a bit snap-shot-ish, or like a medical illustration. Then again, I don't have a foot fetish and yet I like the foot-kissing shot next to it much better: the BW seems to catch the mood and tonal range gives it some drama. As ever, just my subjective opinion for what it's worth...

First: beautiful shot. re Tony Dummet's comment on the lighting on the underside of the boy's head: I think it's reflected back up off the surface of a table... ie the same thing that caused the flare, but not flare.

 

I can't agree with the suggestion (not by TD) to increase the contrast in the background: the greyness is what makes the boy stand out. Sadly I do agree that the flare is flare and not a numinous visitation of mystical energy and it would be better not there.

Hi Emma,

I like the graphics of it but I'm left wondering what this subject (you... long ago) is saying to me. I have this obsession that mood shots like this should project some sort of story to be outstanding, ideally in an ambiguous and open ended way. Not that I manage to do that :-)

Anyway, welcome back after 19 years and good luck...

Liked it, but would have liked the tree sharper and the foreground less prominent. Just my taste...

This manages to combine two things I don't like (flower photography, 70-ish graphic style)to produce an image I'd happily have on my wall :-)

I think it's a self-mocking flower...

The shoulder is a bit weird... but I like the feeling that this could have been the model in mid air... except that has been captured horizontally. Much more interesting than the the truck loads of reclining passive nudes...