Boardwalk

[ellude]

August 12, 2006 at 4:12 pm

I think you’ve done a great job with the first picture posted at the top of this thread. It is MILES better than any of the close cropped versions, and reminds of how important it can be to show the ‘environment’ in a portrait. The houses at the top are necessary to show where the man is sitting and make for a better shot than cropping them out would. The man has an interesting and quite distinctive face – there is something intelligent and at the same time artistic about him (although the Nelson DeMille novel might slightly shatter that impression for some people, lol). But definitely not the average ‘man on the street’.

I suppose the halftone treatment is a matter of taste, but I really like the composition and subject of this picture.

(a little pebble in the wall looks like a cigarette in his mouth – tempted to use the clone tool)

[LoGill]

August 12, 2006 at 4:12 pm

Thanks Valentia… I love the darkness in Noah’s pictures aswell :) but didn’t know how he approached it – very interesting –

Swordie wrote:

Funny! That’s exactly who I thought it was when I saw the pic first!

I also had no idea who the guy was, I’ve seen him a few times on the boardwalk and was fascinated that in all the people and traffic he was so absorbed.. great to have a name for him.

Ellude… I have re-worked the edit on this shot agan to bring more detail into the hands and book area and to remove the pebble by the mouth (cloned :)) Ihave tried removing the houses in the back but I actually prefer them in

Thanks for the tips on the edit …. I’ve got so much help and encouragement from this shot and I’m still taking it in :) plus I’m getting lots of ideas for future shots and edits :) Compositionally I like the first edit but I am intrigued by something in the closer crop – i thinks its more intense ..

I’m chuffed to be getting so much out of this shot .. :D

L

[gerald]

August 13, 2006 at 9:27 pm

i think if u rework the original you can solve the burnt out highlights in the book and the over done black in the jacket as it shows in the other close up hte detail is there… also crop the top ofthe original to lose the buildings even though you will cut off part of the hair of the subject it wont matter in the overall composition … you have a good eye for images keep shooting

[LoGill]

August 14, 2006 at 3:12 pm

I’ve had another go.. I decided to leave the houses in the background.. its just looked funny to me without them

Thanks for all the tips and encouragement :D

L

[gerald]

August 15, 2006 at 6:34 pm

you have done a great job with the book and hand but please u will get used to the top crop andit really does bring the subject out more strongly .. and possibly lose the line in the wall near the nose… being picky but now it catches my eye i cant look past it…lol keep shooting and finding pics like this

[LoGill]

August 15, 2006 at 9:14 pm

Lol

Let me look at it for a while :) … and thanks again….

L