joseph_verdesca

Very cool chaotic impression of the square, with an edgy crumpled / singed / discarded / smeared / worn (yet still vibrant and sharp) effect. Given the relative clarity of the commercial signs above (sharp legible lettering with vibrant and relatively intact swaths of color) in relation to the people below (who are much more distorted / abstracted / smeared), the sense that I read from the picture is of the deleterious effect of commercialism on people. I don't know if that's where you were coming from, but it's a well-executed work.

Great spirit, natural darkness, uniform and foreboding, impenetrable, essence of color and form

Suggestions welcome - thanks in advance!

Great composition - appears both dimensional and flat at the same time - well done.

Nice shot - cool composition - love the mass, size and texture of the stone, the insiginificance of the figure, and the good use of negative space.

 

My only suggestion (and I'm not wed to it) would be to consider further stylizing and enhancing the graphic nature of the photo by perfecting the upside-down hite triangle to the left as shown in the attached suggested revision.

 

My favorite of this series - nice composition, good "expression", emotive, interesting color - good work.

Great colors, mood and composition. Conveys great depth through the use of narrow depth of field - the foreground to background receding fenceposts are great, but just as much so do I like the path of leaves starting at the sax and receding into the distance. I love the use of darkness and somber tones of the scene, the saturated color of the Fall leaves and the bench rich in contrast. In composition, I also enjoy the fact that the "L-shape" formed by the black bench/fence posts and the rich brown wooden slats of the bench itself appears in parallel offset form to the left with the dark figure and the rich brown leaves.

 

My only suggestion (attached) might be to delete the Park Department symbol on the trash bin, as my eye is drawn to it again and again from the bottom and from the right (given its high contrast, bright white color and crisp sharpness). I might also delete the red light on the far right hand side.

 

Nice work.

Thank you, Markku - I find your motion series very innovative, and particularly enjoy your eye for composition.

Thank you, Markku. For technique I used an extremely small aperture (say f/22) with the lowest ISO setting (200 in this case) with a +2EV exposure adjustment, pre-focused distance and walking with the subjects. Curves were then adjusted in Photoshop to punch up the vibrance. I find German Expressionism very inspirational, and seek to reduce subjects to their primary elements in a similar manner.

Very inspirational - I must say, I think I like the original shot at the top the best.

This is a wonderful series, Markku. I particularly like this one. Great work!

Excellent composition, Markku. Gives an impression of otherworldly geometrics.

off-balance, dynamic, eye-catching, nice DOF - it draws one in, makes one wonder - well done

good atmospherics - love the blue lens flare, rain streaks, motion blur in the hand and gun, nice composition

nice use of color and perceived motion - I like the orange / blue interplay - white circles like brush strokes or stylized tree branches or thoughts emanating from the figure - just the right amount of sharpness of the figure to define the person offset against the swirl of his/her surroundings / world - well done

simple but effective lighting, great model, nice series - it speaks

good motion, dynamic, nice color set

Stunning use of lighting, composition, focus and direction - sense of depth, juxtaposition of soft curves of the body and hard curves of the architecture - gripping

nice composition, in the sense that it disturbs and attracts at the same time

You convey motion. You distill distracting details into essential elements. You convey the sense of being there. I find the photo very effective.