Sudden down pour

[ciaran]

March 23, 2007 at 8:30 pm

I managed to capture this during a very heavy and very sudden down pour. Most people sought shelter from the rain, but this one man just walked right out into it. It was VERY dark, so had to use pretty high ISO especially considering it was shot at 120mm. I’ve included a link to a larger version as I really think for this one, there’s so much lost in the web sized version. Comments welcome as always.

Large version:

http://www.thewonderoflight.com/misc/rain_fall_large.jpg

It’s just a pity he wasn’t using a big bright red umbrella :)

[jb7]

March 23, 2007 at 9:58 pm

I know what you mean about the element of scale,
its the one compositional element that is absolutely lost by this medium.
Perfectly good photographs are sometimes unpostable (if that’s a word)
because fine detail is lost in the reduction.

It isn’t a problem as long as you shoot for the medium of print as well,
but most pictures will never be printed-

That’s not to say there isn’t some crossover,
but I reckon its true to say that there are photographs taken that would be absolutely wasted on the web.

I’m not talking of your work in particular,
its more of a sweeping generalization,
but worthy of more discussion, I think-

I think I might have preferred it had you made more of the reflections of the arches-
the lamp may be a bit of a distraction,
and the figure is perfectly framed by the reflection of the column-

The textures look great,
but again,
I might have preferred it had the textures completely framed the dark areas-

Only my opinion mind,
and as usual, most will disagree-

j

[fstop89564]

March 23, 2007 at 11:55 pm

ciaran wrote:

It’s just a pity he wasn’t using a big bright red umbrella :)

oh but with a few clicks he could :lol:

well done

[ciaran]

March 24, 2007 at 5:01 am

jb7 wrote:

I know what you mean about the element of scale, its the one compositional element that is absolutely lost by this medium. Perfectly good photographs are sometimes unpostable (if that’s a word)
because fine detail is lost in the reduction. It isn’t a problem as long as you shoot for the medium of print as well, but most pictures will never be printed- That’s not to say there isn’t some crossover, but I reckon its true to say that there are photographs taken that would be absolutely wasted on the web. I’m not talking of your work in particular, its more of a sweeping generalization, but worthy of more discussion, I think-

I agree completely. I’ve had a few shots which when sized down just lose their impact and they simply require a larger version to be posted. Even then, some of them really need to be printed quite large for a lot of detail to be seen. For myself, I’m still pretty new to printing my shots having only bought a printer almost a year ago. But now, I realise the satisfaction that can only be had by having your image finally in print and better still well framed and hanging on a wall. Posting images on the web for all to see is a nice way to appreciate your work and have other people appreciate your shots, but it pales into comparison to having someone comment, like and/or buy one of your prints. And some shots, simply demand this scale element for them to work.

jb7 wrote:

I think I might have preferred it had you made more of the reflections of the arches, the lamp may be a bit of a distraction and the figure is perfectly framed by the reflection of the column. The textures look great,
but again, I might have preferred it had the textures completely framed the dark areas

Well spotted.

jb7 wrote:

Only my opinion mind, and as usual, most will disagree-j

Not at all :) I’ve made the suggested changes and re-posted.

Thanks for commenting.