Does this do anything for you?

kjt

Howdy folks,
I took a picture last week that I thought would look good when taking it. Now I'm not sure if I like it or not. If you have a spare second let me know what you think.



Thanks for looking!

bren2002

Can't quite put my finger on it but it's not doing it for me. I don't like the background noise and I think that it would have een better if all of the background movement was blurred or the car left out completely.

Calina

I'd prefer it shot from a lower angle to be honest.

phog

Lower angle, lose the dude in the orange jacket and have some view of the side wall of the bridge - need someone to watch you back as you will be closer to the traffic coming from behind you.

Dades

I like it, if that's any use!

The saturation levels are cool.

kjt

Thanks for the quick replies folks. Yea a lower angle would have made it better, good point Calina. Thanks for the comment Phog but the main focal point of this picture is the guy in the orange. In my opinion, there would be no picture without him. Cheers Bren & Dades!

DadaKopf

I think it's a good photo. It's descriptive. The car on the right give the sense of energy happening around, presumably, the tourist lost and looking for directions. The central placement, sense of context in the down, the symbolism of being on a bridge, and the bridge on the left leading the eye all point towards describing the situation very well, I think. The strong orange jacket focuses the attention, and the colours are very Irish/English. Also, the standing eye-level vantage point gives the scene a sense of authenticity.

I'm not sure how deliberate any of this was, or whether I'm interpreting what's happening in the scene, but I could see this photo accompanying a travel article, for example.

GristlyEnd

I think it would work better if the people in the background where blurred as well (like the car). There also seems to be something funny going on with the sky.

In saying that, I like the shot.

shepthedog

i like it, I cant put my finger on why but I do.. Its nicely processed and as guys say perfect for magazine travel section. Its a keeper anyway!

kjt

Cheers Darren, I think your right about the other people. Maybe a slight blur on them would have been good.

Thanks for the long post DadaKopf. Your pretty bang on with your synopsis. The shot is a friend of mine as we're deciding to run the river below. Like a tourist lost, we're some lost paddlers deciding what is the right line to run the falls below.


This is the river we're looking at:





EDIT: Thanks Shep!

sheesh

what about desaturating everything except the guy in the orange jacket
and then a vignette withe the center of it focused on his head

sheesh

sheesh wrote: »

what about desaturating everything except the guy in the orange jacket
and then a vignette withe the cent of it focused on his head

sorry don't like that either




edit: Actually that was a bit mean. there is something in the photo but I don't know what it is. it is either the placing of the guy in the orange coat, the whole framing it sort of catches your eye and then... meh. So I think its probably framed perfectly and the (your) vignette focuses your eye on the subject.

Ricky91t

I think it would be better if you were near the persin with the book crouched down and have traffic in the back ground blurry(like it allready is)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

If the car had been sharp, it would have balanced the edge of the bridge on the other side of the guy. Keep the guy, toe out all the colour around him so that everything's grey apart from the orange in his jacket.

humberklog

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

If the car had been sharp, it would have balanced the edge of the bridge on the other side of the guy. Keep the guy, toe out all the colour around him so that everything's grey apart from the orange in his jacket.

And the double yellow lines.

AnimalRights

Picture would be nothing without the guy in the orange jacket!