FallRiverPhoto

If the image speaks to you, let me know what it says. Thanks in advance for your

critique.

Dance recitals in low-light with limited access from significant distance, or cultural

events where "up-close-and-personal" is part of the venue design? I know which I'll

choose as often as I can. Well-lit, extraordinary regalia, and subjects eager to have

their art shown! Highly recommend you find your local pow-wow for some great

opportunities. I'll look forward to hearing what you think of this shot.

The online version shows no signs of having been pieced together or overlaid in order to balance the lighting of such intricate detail. And yet the limited light sources that would be allowed (in preservation of the artwork and finishes of the interior) coupled with the invisibility of whatever additional light sources you used...this photo strikes me at two very deep levels of passion.

I find myself awed by the architecture, examining so many details from the perspective of a worship designer seeking to communicate awe and reverence with joy and celebration...

...and then, the photographer in me remembers that I am seeing things that in this setting would take my natural eyes a moment or two to readjust as I looked from organ pipes beneath the window's glare, to the benedictionary Jesus over the altar - and then down to the smaller icons below, the couples' kneeler, etc.

An awesome subject, presented in an awesome photograph. An offering worthy of the One Whom the architecture was intended to glorify.

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful piece of your work!

In this photo, your technical modifications enhance rather than distract from the subject. I think the composition/cropping suggests nicely that this is a portion of a larger pack of riders, but diminishes the sense that #51 is in the lead. (Let his ego deal with that, we're just the photographers, right?)

There is an eerie lack of context in several of the shots of this type, with no sky above, no earth beyond, simply the subject in its immediate surroundings. To previous participants this suggests a sense of the concentration and focus of being "in the moment." Not sure it translates so well for others, of course, but consider others' feedback as well.

Thanks for sharing your work!

I agree that this conveys a sense of some of the most classic baseball photographers, and, of course, of the most classic venue for most of us.

To pick the slightest of nits...timing. The foreground figures may represent the sparsest traffic of the evening, but they do distract slightly.

I think what draws me most to this photo is the sense of the game occurring "out there." The darkness of our point-of-view in contrast with the brightness of not only the field, but also of so many of our fellow-spectators...there's a poetic/existential angst to the vicarious nature of sports viewing that appeals at once to the nostalgia of having played center field (though never in so grand a setting), and the reality of arthritis/injury making the center field immediately before me seeming like a very long distance from where I am today. (Add to that, of course, the bittersweet context of the grand stadium's soon-to-be-concluded lifespan, and I am an deeply moved.)

Thanks so much for sharing a truly extraordinary image!

Good use of low-angle, and wide-angle lens to incorporate elements usually left unnoticed in day-to-day life. Plus, you caught the timing necessary to visual interest in a sports shot like this.

Tough choice on the depth of field, but I would have gone for a little more sharpness in the two players nearest the camera. (Might be depth-of-field, or exposure-related blur, actually.) The (intentionally?) skewed angle works for me (see my portfolio for one example), but it is just close enough to being squared-up that it could seem a little haphazard.

Thanks for sharing your work!