Monday, January 21, 2008
Just Looking
Comments:
A quick comment.
I assume this fantastic effect of only the lady being 'free of motion blur' was due to panning as you were driven past. It is very effective at separating her from the surroundings.
The rotational blur is quite fetching, but why is she standing in the middle of the street, or was this mid-stride?
This and John's 100th share some of the same appeal; two nearly equally interesting things to look at, between which your eye must decide.
Rex, yes this was panning from the back seat of the taxi, with the street showing some of the rotational blurr that Matt was quick to note. I spent the weekend practicing this. In China, especially Shanghai, for pedistrians and scooters, street lights are a suggestion, so you have people darting out everywhere!
BTW, she had momentarily stopped so she would not get smacked by our cabbie.
As you might also recall, you don't see many people in my photographs, but for me, the amount (sea) of people are an important part of the uniqness of China, thus a decision to stretch myself with including them as a part of this series.
As you might expect, this appeals! And I'm glad that you're going to take into account the some 1.3bn people around!
At first I was reminded of 'Les parapluies de Cherbourg' but that has faded as the Chinese feel predominates. She looks singularly nonchalant, almost day-dreaming; certainly not fussed by your taxi. Strange, isn't it, that a democracy such as the US jumps on jay-walkers while a totalitarian regime can't stop it!
Nice angles on the street and crossing and the bus is a useful bit of traffic, balanced by the man. The panning technique is pretty good although it's circling effect bottom right is a little strange.
This all 'hangs together' well for me. A quibble would be the other umbrella.
It's only just dawned on me that you are approaching and she is looking at the on coming traffic. Mentally I had it the other way round and then couldn't explain why she was looking the wrong way. Good old Napoleon!
The motion effect comes across very well -- I get a very strong feeling of being there and can almost hear the bus. The white stripes in the street and the diagonals are wonderful.
Unlike Rex, I like the other umbrella.
The motion makes this work. Without it you'd need to decide what to do with the vacant right hand side. The participants are looking left and for this one (without the motion) you'd need a lot of space for them to be looking in to in order to separate them as a pair. The motion works because it leaves the viewer asking many more questions - primarily why has she stopped mid route?
thanks all for your comments. I am just back from China and a bit jetlagged, so finally making a little sense.
As to this image, I had given a lot of consideration to the two people in the picture and their respective umbrelas. I knew that the attention would go to the lady, so since I was also wanting some attention on the man (just who and what was HE looking at, eh?) I had decided to keep his umbrella a little brighter to maintain the tension between the two of them.
Again, thanks all for your comments.
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I assume this fantastic effect of only the lady being 'free of motion blur' was due to panning as you were driven past. It is very effective at separating her from the surroundings.
This and John's 100th share some of the same appeal; two nearly equally interesting things to look at, between which your eye must decide.
BTW, she had momentarily stopped so she would not get smacked by our cabbie.
As you might also recall, you don't see many people in my photographs, but for me, the amount (sea) of people are an important part of the uniqness of China, thus a decision to stretch myself with including them as a part of this series.
At first I was reminded of 'Les parapluies de Cherbourg' but that has faded as the Chinese feel predominates. She looks singularly nonchalant, almost day-dreaming; certainly not fussed by your taxi. Strange, isn't it, that a democracy such as the US jumps on jay-walkers while a totalitarian regime can't stop it!
Nice angles on the street and crossing and the bus is a useful bit of traffic, balanced by the man. The panning technique is pretty good although it's circling effect bottom right is a little strange.
It's only just dawned on me that you are approaching and she is looking at the on coming traffic. Mentally I had it the other way round and then couldn't explain why she was looking the wrong way. Good old Napoleon!
Unlike Rex, I like the other umbrella.
As to this image, I had given a lot of consideration to the two people in the picture and their respective umbrelas. I knew that the attention would go to the lady, so since I was also wanting some attention on the man (just who and what was HE looking at, eh?) I had decided to keep his umbrella a little brighter to maintain the tension between the two of them.
Again, thanks all for your comments.