Smithfield horse fair

• Liam_2673

  Participant

  June 1, 2011 at 10:42 pm

  this is indeed the one where all hell broke loose.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  Rob

  Member

  June 3, 2011 at 6:52 pm

  Nice documentary set there, especially like the first two images…
  Liam_2673

  Participant

  June 16, 2011 at 9:10 pm

  thanks for the reply Rob, cheers for looking.
  jodal1975

  Participant

  June 16, 2011 at 9:31 pm

  rather you were there than me! :-) really get a sense of panic / chaos in the last 2!
  Mark

  Keymaster

  June 17, 2011 at 7:19 am

  Liam,

  I think that some are a bit underexposed. Also imho, black and white would look great for some of them.
  Liam_2673

  Participant

  July 9, 2011 at 9:22 pm

  thanks for looking guys; I must try the black and white, its a good idea.
  5faythe

  Participant

  July 10, 2011 at 7:31 am

  Hi Liam,

  It’s a good selection of documentary photographs that tell a story of the place and like
  jodal1975 says the last 2 portrays a real sense of panic.
  This is especially true of the second last image where everybody in it seems to be running
  for cover.

  I do think the photographs could have been technically better.
  I find the focus in the first 3 a little soft and the verticals are converging in them all.
  Of course this was obviously a highly pressurised situation and it must have been
  difficult to operate at all.

  I think Mark’s suggestion re B&W is worth exploring.

  I’ve probably been too critical of photographs taken in a situation where many might
  not have been able to work a camera at all.

  I do think that 2nd last photograph is brilliant illustration in itself of what must have
  been a very frightening situation.

  Well done,

  John.