Man on street

[Patricia whelan]

July 19, 2011 at 9:01 pm

Took this in Galway last week

[adrianmatthews]

July 20, 2011 at 12:48 pm

Man in Glasses under the vision express sign, class.

Not a big fan of the soft focus around the edges, also looks a bit over saturated.

Again, another good capture.

A.

[robmgra]

July 20, 2011 at 1:13 pm

I think this is the same chap thats in your newspaper shot no? takes away from the spontaneity of the shot if so.

Also, the blurring effect is not needed.

[5faythe]

July 20, 2011 at 8:09 pm

Hi Patricia,

I have looked at this a few times.
The first time I was of the opinion that the blurring was introduced in postprocessing and it looked
a little strange and unlike blurring as a result of lens settings.
On subsequent viewing it’s still the blurring that grabs my attention and I doubt if that’s what you want.

The photograph itself looks pretty good allthough the subject is very centrally positioned.

If I am correct re the blurring and you have the original file might I suggest leaving out the blur and
cropping so that the photographer is a little to the left hand side of the frame.

Of course it’s only my opinion and I’m often wrong. :)

Cheers,

John.

[Patricia whelan]

July 20, 2011 at 10:40 pm

Hi Guys

Thanks for the replies….The blurring was something I did…just experimenting…. :oops:

“The subject is very centrally positioned”….Yeah it was a taken very spur of the moment as I wanted the Vision Express sign over his head…and I knew he would walk away as soon as he realised I was taking the pic…

Yes …it’s the same guy in newspaper photo….. I know him well….He’s my hubby…lol… “takes away from the spontaneity of the shot”..not at all…none of them in the photo knew I was across the street taking the shot…I was out with a photo group and happened to see hubby chatting to his friend the newspaper guy.

Thanks for the feedback guy :D