d_gillespie

I am tempted to crop or reframe this shot to emphasize the building , the foreground of the street takes away some of the buildings drama. Also the building on the left could use some vertical correction.

Maybe the Street or Documentary category is more accurate for this shot? Nice.

If you are old enough this look like to view from Don Hollinger's office. (boyfriend of Marlo Thomas' character on "That Girl" TV series). Great retro looking shot.

I am happy to engage in this dialog as I feel all discussions lead to more understanding. I don't feel that I should accept your challenge to find a clipart silhouette of man and then composite him in front of a welcome sign. The comments I made were on the technical merits of the image you presented. I also mentioned that the flash may not have given the visual effect you were after so I recognized your creative decisions with regards to that choice. The back story of this image and your shooting style is not apparent in this single frame and my comments were on the single frame you presented, if this were a series or component of a larger body of work fine, I would enjoy seeing those and perhaps establishing some context to this shot and its effectiveness.

 

I feel my comments on the technical merits of the image were accurate and if you took offense I will be happy to withdraw them and allow you to seek other opinions that are more aligned with your expectations.

As an editorial, your thoughts are fine. But as an image on the critique forum there are several issues. The image looks like clipart until I get really close adn notice his shirt, then I wonder why his hairline is out of focus,then I get to the framing and the non-vertical sign behind him that is so bright. A flash could have worked but that may not have the look you were going for. I am sorry, this does not work for my eyes.

This is a nice composition, but there are some technical challenges that need to be overcome. DOF and sharp focus are the two I would work on first. Well worth some additional time, and shooting.

It looks interesting, but the small size makes it hard to really see your work. The composition is almost abstract. Saturated greens are intense. Nice work.

Very cold day in Poland, and she still managed a smile. C/C welcomed.

Still Life/ Studio? Beautiful study of children, wrong category, but nice photo.

There is some potential, but I really feel the eyes deserve more light. With such strong contrast and harsh lighting the shadows under the subjects eyes are too dark. Maybe some fill or reflected light could brighten this up, not change the tone or edge just brighten enough to see his eyes.

I have a real problem when the text on the image gets this big. I just think it can go outside the frame, or become much smaller. Please consider that your strong work can stand on its own - with all of the distracting text.

Interesting idea for a composition but the choice to place the bride dead center may have lost some of the drama for me. I think the background and the groom (I assume he is the groom)are fine but a recomposition for better balance may have been more successful.

Great color and composition, but... When I look at the light post on the right side it is a off from vertical. It gives the picture slightly odd tilt.

The title is understandable for the pollution belching from the towers next to the water but, it seems the foreground subject is fishing, and I assume not for sport. So, being picky, if hell is fishing for your supper at a beautiful sunset/ sunrise is that really hell?

Great movement and feeling isolation. I hope others who have the opportunity to enjoy this shot will take some of the lessons that are presented. Excellent work.

I think her face is all that is needed. I would crop the railing and the greenish glow behind her.

I might suggest a little more tonal range to get all the way to a true black. Interesting composition.

Well done.

Your sky colors and trees are fine, the rather large bottom of this shot seems a little too large,also I am seeing a small white light, I assume a house?, in the right foreground - it may be my monitor but its a bit distracting. I would suggest some cropping.

I can even smell the coffee and croissants . The image really demands high contrast but applied with a light touch (does that make sense?) Nice.

Excellent work, with the hundreds of pictures on PN of puddles, lakes, streams, oceans....sorry, its nice to see one that has some composition, balance, tonal range and contrast. Enjoyable.

With that face, he looks made for photographers. The lines and textures would really make for interesting portrait studies. I do like the BW a little better. I think it would really make for some interesting shots if you could convince him to sit for a few composed shots. Keep shooting, and thanks for the mutual critique.

The head shot is amazing, curious why the body was included? I would be tempted to re-frame or crop this nice image.

With the light and the simple sky I think the image may work as well or better without the yellow boat. A simple stationary shot could be less confusing, the blurry image is distracting to me.

I really think the sky is too bright. A pose on horseback can be nice but the models posture makes her look uncomfortable. She doesn't look like a person who rides. I would like to see a bit more light on her face too, maybe a reflector. Watch the ground shadows, they can really wreck a nice composition.