scott_gardner1

A splendid portrait!

A technical question if you don't mind -- how did you do the focus stacking?

Cheers!

OK, in addition to the commonality with the painting behind her, I gotta ask if you sequenced this after the Tony Perkins image because they're holding similar poses, albeit with very different attitudes?

But was it shot with an RB?

;o)

I rather like that the subject is almost in silhouette. I'd almost like him to be even more underexposed, to give the shape an iconic look. Also, that would darken the sky and make it more detailed and dramatic.

I'd also like to see him more separated from the foliage, so he'd be suspended against the sky. Wee Keng-Hor, can you go back in time and ask for a reshoot? ;o)

Well done in any case!

First, congratulations on surviving a long exposure on a Chicago street!

Congratulations too on evading the clutches of "Ome-hay And-lay Ecurity-say". The surveillance cams must have missed you. ;o)

Some guy kneeling beside a manhole, pointing some thing at a Federal Building? We're lucky you're not on permanent holiday at "Antonomo-Gay Ay-Bay".

Oh and congratulations too on a very well seen and constructed image. :D

The interplay of color, geometric forms and texture make it dynamic and very strong. Your careful placement of the primary building and its reflection draw my eye in

The accurate exposure and WB is important in that it gets the gold color of the Fed "right" and flows into the rest of the composition. The color of the blurred truck rushing toward it re-emphasizes the gold of the building without distracting from it. Did you get lucky? Or did you color the truck yourself?

The manhole cover adds a real sense of depth to the composition. Without it the image appears quite flat.

And you used a "cheap" "old" P&S to accomplish this! Thanks for proving again that the photographer makes the image and really good ones can do so with any decent gear.

Cheers!/"Ott-Scay"

This may be my favorite of your photo.net portfolio.

It breaks all kinds of 'rules' - subject centered, cluttered foreground/background, blank space on right, blah, blah, blah . . .

With all that said, I think you really caught a decisive moment here. I feel like I'm there, watching this happen yet knowing it's a instant frozen in time. It rewards an additional look.

BTW, a general comment about your work - I really appreciate that you shoot true candids when the situation allows for it. The cafe shot and 'attack' and 'hiding' all have that same 'there' feeling to them dispite featuring radically different subjects.

Thanks!/Scott Gardner

Well visualized and executed!

Too bad we have to have 'L' glass to make fine images. :^)