marco_buonocore

I've got to agree with Simone - it does very much look like 3 distinct pictures, as opposed to one cohesive image. I'm not sure why that is. The little girl looks out of proportion with the background, but that could be because of the 24mm lens. With that said, the photographer would have had to be on top of that snake to get this shot.

It's an interesting idea, don't get me wrong, but there's something about this shot that doesn't sit right.

love it - makes me want to drop everything and switch over to square format.

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Beautiful photo. I don't remember the last time I commented on a POW. What is even more wonderful to me is that the rest of your B&W work is as interesting and stunning as this shot.

Have a look at this man's folder! Very inspiring. (almost inspiring enough to have a crack a TechPan.)

Thanks!

This photo does have an "older" look to it. I didn't think policemen wore the trenchcoat & gleaming badge combination much any more. He's striking quite the Eliot Ness pose, isn't he?

There's not much light, so to speak, asides from the aforementioned gleaming badge. Still, the composition is right on, and it was certainly worth taking the shot.

One last thought: how would this image be viewed if the title were changed? Myself, I don't see anything to show the protest that is going on. I see it as more of the edge of a crime scene.

Regardless, a good photo. Thanks.

Having just developed a bunch of rolls from this very same storm, I can appreciate what M.V. Szulc went through to get this shot. I had 60 frames, and while they weren't awful, they certainly don't grab me like this picture does. Wonderful work; it perfectly conveys the honest massacre that is Winter in the North East.

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I must admit, I really dig this sort of thing. The pseudo-snapshot, if you will. I'm sure there was a good deal of thought put into it, but it looks very spur of the moment. It has a wonderful tacky feel to it, and whether or not you intended it, the look of bog standard color film shot on mom's instamatic.

I would have like a bit more DOF, but regardless, it's a good laugh.

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Marco

This is top drawer material! What magnificent little lizards, hey? The cracked earth looks like old parchment, the lizards like wet ink. I can see why Escher's name is at the tip of alot of tongues. It could very well be a tatoo, to me.

Chances are, the little buggers were flitting about quite quickly whilst fighting, so congradulations on keeping your wits about you and grabbing this when you did. The composition, particularly in the tails, is seamless.

Wonderful photo.

Marco

As per Marc G's comments, certainly, it could use a lot of help technically. I'd like to see it shot on a 4x5, in a studio, with a longer shadow on the ring. I'd like to see it as a platinum print, or gold toned, but at the end of the day, a lot of people do not have access to all this.

The fact remains, that it is a top notch idea, and does it ever convey a story! For something as flat and uninteresting as a ring on a piece of paper, it certainly has most people thinking outside the frame of this image.

From someone who doesn't really enjoy studio work, or setting up pictures in general, I appreciate the thought that went behind this one. Great stuff. I'm sure I'll come back to it in a few months.

Thanks!

Marco

There's a certain pleasure in passing time with the setting sun, looking out the window and waiting, camera ready, for something to stroll by. In this case, an interesting bike. Fair enough. So you take the picture you've been waiting for, and smile at the fact that - jesus - you've been hanging around for an hour thinking of nothing else, just to trigger the shutter once or twice.

It's a nice hobby, isn't it?

Thanks Marcio, keep it up.

Thanks to Carl Root for pointing me in the direction of this photo. Very well done! This is a great use of the fisheye, primarily for the wide angle distortion on the shadow. No doubt it was already a long shadow on the salt flats, but the exageration really works.

For some reason the silhouette reminds me of a pair of scissors or tongs... At any rate, great stuff, Matt. Would be curious to see how it comes across in colour...

Cheers!

Marco