candid composition

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    • #120889
      Adrienne Siebert
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        @bugadrienne
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        I was going for lining up the chairs, service windows, and pattern of nearly uniform human positions.

        taken with a samsung galaxy 3 smartphone.

        waiting room

        Exposure0.033 sec (1/30)
        Aperturef/2.6
        Focal Length3.7 mm
        ISO Speed125
        Exposure Bias0 EV
        FlashNo Flash

      • #120904
        Lenny Wollitz
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          @el-dub
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          I like the idea but I’m having a hard time finding a subject to focus on. Strange how 3 of the 4 people have those divider walls coming out of the top of their heads.

        • #120908
          Shane
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            @shaneh
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            You didn’t upload the nose miner?

          • #120913
            Adrienne Siebert
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              @bugadrienne
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              @el-dub:

              Not to debate too much but I believe that thise dividers help my composition and make a statement. If you would like to look outside the box and past the rules, you may notice a comformity in the people who are not in their own boxes with #s being names in this case.

              The unique young woman who doesn’t comform is instantly noticed by me with her eyes almost making contact, and her childlike, daydreaming look.
              She seems to be awake, and unique in a way that the others aren’t. She is THE #4 when the others remain nameless.

              Sorry @shaneh,
              I feel that this photo has a stronger composition and a better candidate for the Shark Tank. Even if people might like the other more. lol!

              If you click this photo, doesn’t it take you to Flickr?

              That being said, anyone who has an interest in a candid that includes digitonasal exploration, may see it on the flickr page. However, I will put it to be viewable to only friends soon. I feel a bit weird about sharing it too much. (My personal problem.)

            • #120922
              VALERY
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                @valeryp
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                Hi!
                I like your cats’ images

              • #120932
                Lenny Wollitz
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                  @el-dub
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                  Your right, everyone is in there own box except for the gal with the big hair in the back and I really like her expression. I didn’t mean strange as in bad strange but that you were fortunate to get the shot with everything lined up like that.

                • #120934
                  Adrienne Siebert
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                    @bugadrienne
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                    @el-dub:
                    Oh, then thanks for that. A critique is what I signed up for by posting. BTW: I love strange, in a photo, in a strange way. 😉


                    @valeryp
                    :
                    Thank you very much! They give me somethihing to love and something to practice my photography on when I can’t otherwise leave the house. Cats are the most entertaining creatures I have ever had, especially when they are young. I laugh at at least 1 every day. <3

                  • #120946
                    Lenny Wollitz
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                      @el-dub
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                      I like strange too. The same sunset or pier in the ocean photos get a bit old.

                    • #120970
                      Ian Kahler
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                        @justian
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                        I like this… candid. The thing about street photography, or photojournalism… whatever you want to call it… is that you have to think quickly and decisively. There is no rule of thirds… no perfect lighting, no balanced composition. In this case you have inadvertently or purposefully created a uniformity with the inclusion of a break from that uniformity with the young lady at the back, whose expression, and position is, in essence, the focal point of this photograph. I KNOW this is not negative critique, but in this case, with this genre, the only negative quality is something that is over or underexposed, or totally out of focus. These slices of life are so subjective in terms of composition, and some stand out more than others, as it is in this example where you have conformity with the break from same, as the focal point. THIS is the kind of candid street photography I really enjoy studying!

                      • #120981
                        Adrienne Siebert
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                          @bugadrienne
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                          @justian:
                          I wanted that composition for the patterns and human uniformity, but that young woman took the image and made a sort of contrast that I found helped the image tell more of a statement. It was taken the other day and is becoming one of my favorites ever. Too bad it is a phone photo. However I would have never been comfortable, or got the shot with an obvious camera.
                          I am printing it as large as possible on my printer to see if it is good enough for the wall.

                          Thank you very much sir!

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