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I am planning another trip to New York and want to continue my

series of photos taken in Central Park (and surrounding area). Any

comments or critique would be helpful.

Any critique is appreciated.

Any critique is appreciated.

I am planning another trip to New York and want to continue my series

of photos taken in Central Park (and surrounding area). Any comments

or critique would be helpful.

I am planning another trip to New York and want to continue my

series of photos taken in Central Park (and surrounding area). Any

comments or critique would be helpful.

I am planning another trip to New York and want to continue my series

of photos taken in Central Park (and surrounding area). Any comments

or critique would be helpful.

I have the same camera, and use a Canon EF 28-105/3,5-4,5 USM and Canon EF 50/1,8 II (both highly rated but very inexpensive see: http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html ).

Great photo, well designed - very O'Keefe to a certain degree. I amimpressed with the rendering of the image with a nice small DOF. What lens w/ the EOS 300D?

On par with Stieglitz in my opinion, although with the additional layer of balancing color with shape. Well done.

Very impressive use of color and scale. I enjoy the monochrome nature of this photograph, the resin in the background compliments the rust on the rebar. Of the two images in this folder on the same subject I prefer this one because of it's perspective. The slanted lines are well designed in the frame as is the majority of your work.

thanks for both of your comments, these are exactly what I need to help me learn to get better

I have two questions. The first is the usual aesthetics of the

image. The second is what are you thoughts on photographing the

homeless and poor in America? After taking the image below with the

sign another individual asked me why I had taken the gentleman's

photograph. It really caught me off guard and made me think about

the appropriateness of making such images. In the book "Willy Ronis

55" by Paul Ryan, the author writes, "Ronis Honours the easily

mocked, the easily pitied, by refusing to photograph them. Choosing

when not to take a photograph is a mark of integrity, but a hard one

to illustrate."

Image I referenced.

classic, timeless image - rendered in a painterly style

great sense of movement - timeless rendering of the airport

I agree the overall scene is much stronger in my opinion as a fine art photograph. In a gallery this image would still provide the viewer all the detail they could desire at the micro level due to the large format negative. I enjoy the way the photo is framed in the "landscape", perspectively correct, a strong dark border around the image. I appreciate scrints like this, that can acheive a dark quality with such a depth of tone in the shadow. I feel like it pulls me as the viewer into the scene toward the cental bright area.

 

Doug- I appreciate your comments about some work being 98% boredom and 2% terror. This photo speaks to me about work in a clear way. I get a serene feeling that all I have to do is sit there and work in my trade to the best of my ability and not worry so much. Eventually I will be able to acheive what this welder has: a calmness and an ablility to work without care to the chaos around him. (I picture this scene as what is in the welder's mind; the actual reality of the construction site is noise, other workers, tools, materials, and debris everywhere). I wouldn't mind having a print of this photo on my desk at work as a reminder of such things.

Great Photo. I do think that such a monumental image needs a more distinct frame, ie. Doug Burgess http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=510681

Great shot- I have just recently acquired a "Hi-Flash" name Diana clone and have the first roll still going. I hope to have as much success.

Great street shot in the Walker Evans tradition.

a nontradition composition, very modern - it fits well with the subject. I like the bullet shaped positve space that you have so well framed with your choice of camera angle allowing the elements of the building to create the negative space and crop the image.

I enjoy the framing und use of DOF. The lighting renders the subject in a gentle and respectful manner. I would like to see a series of images.

Very smart color. I enjoy the composition and the well captured subject.

I love it. I have some train images in my folder but none like this. Alexandru Averche recommended to me to look at-

http://www.bumbutz.com/sessions/6/title.htm

 

The only thing that I would do is select the sky and in Photoshop Levels darken it up a bit. In Curves I would find the darkest point in the image and make it 100% black. But that is just my opinion.

No, I don't think she really cared one way or another what was behind her.

Beautiful portrait. If you believe in Photoshop, you might try to select just the brightest (absolute white) areas in the background and add a very light grey/brown fill similar to the wall beyond. Your image is very eye catching, and memorable.