Wednesday, May 14, 2008
all fingers and thumbs
Comments:
No matter where I start in this photo, my eye seems to find a natural patch to get to next place of interest; the loop can be a bit hard to get out of.
Nice B&W conversion too.
I'm less sure about the conversion, but then that's that old question of contrast again :-)
Reading from right to left one sees a standard shot of a tourist taking a picture of a friend which then suddenly and joyously leaps into life.
Time for a cuppa, don't you think.
The first thing I noticed was the umbrella across the viewfinder of the video camera, all fingers and thunbs!!!!!
I'm left wanting more of 'Worzel' though not much more. Pleasing interaction between viewer and obscured viewfinder but as Matt says, I find myself going round in circles with this one and not really finding a place to stop on.
I find myself going round in circles with this one and not really finding a place to stop on.
But in this image do you see that as a defect or a feature?
There is much to see and enjoy in this image, the same remark applies to an image with no 'eye food'
A feature for sure - currently I'm wondering if the angle her friend will be shooting from would get them 'holding' hands.
the scarecrow on the left, the photographer on the right and the posing woman create a bit of a triangle. The placement on scarecrow and photographer are important here framing the picture.
The variation in the hands of all three subjects keeps me interested as does the variation in textures of the stone wall and hedge as well as the lines of the columns and upper window.
Even the complexity of the stone wall, wooden fence and lines in the photographers jacket work well as a base to the picture.
I think the umbrella top right is distracting though, all this complexity of lines and textures and then it is quite plain.
Dynamic and "fun". The loop mentioned is definitely a feature for me. The happy expression of the subject woman sets the tone. A bit more of the scarecrow might have been nice, but then again maybe too obvious -- as it is -- a delightful discovery.
I was a bit horrified when I saw how cropped 'Worzel' (or Scarecrow transported from Oz on the South Bank) had ended up and agree that just a little bit more would help.
I took matt's comment as positive until Akikana interpreted it differently!
Yes, Whittard were aggressively promoting tea during the day with young women accosting people outside their shops in different parts of London and handing out leaflets
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Nice B&W conversion too.
Reading from right to left one sees a standard shot of a tourist taking a picture of a friend which then suddenly and joyously leaps into life.
Time for a cuppa, don't you think.
But in this image do you see that as a defect or a feature?
There is much to see and enjoy in this image, the same remark applies to an image with no 'eye food'
The variation in the hands of all three subjects keeps me interested as does the variation in textures of the stone wall and hedge as well as the lines of the columns and upper window.
Even the complexity of the stone wall, wooden fence and lines in the photographers jacket work well as a base to the picture.
I think the umbrella top right is distracting though, all this complexity of lines and textures and then it is quite plain.
I took matt's comment as positive until Akikana interpreted it differently!
Yes, Whittard were aggressively promoting tea during the day with young women accosting people outside their shops in different parts of London and handing out leaflets