On Jan 12, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 12/1/13, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Hi! >> >> We paid a visit to one of the local museums where World Press Photo 2012 >> was on display... >> >> http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-04-from-world-press- >> photo-2012.html >> >> Galia suggested to turn this picture to B&W... And we talked a bit of >> the pictures that we saw... Almost no reason was found to smile or be >> happy in any way... >> >> Your honest and brutal comments will as usual be appreciated. > > If I was going to be brutal I would say that because of the angle and > the way the man is standing, I don't know if he is looking t a photo on > the wall to his front and left, or whether he is just in deep thought > staring at the floor apparently in front of him. That said, that could > be the attraction.
It didn't even occur to me that he was doing anything but thinking about a photograph that he had just looked at. The problem with the photo is that it isn't immediately obvious that the guy is the subject. It's a bit late to go back and reshoot it with the 50/1.2, wide open on him, for very shallow depth of field, and maybe a little bit of fill so he isn't in the dark while the photos are well lit, preferably with a more disturbing, thought provoking photo in the background. :-) On one hand, the ambivalence of the subject does help tell a story. I kind of like photos where at first you think it's a photograph of one thing (the photos on display), and then you realize that it's about something else (someone thinking about the photos). On the other hand, if it were my photo, I'd probably go in with the adjustment brush and make him a little brighter. I might also use the brush on the near wall of photos, (which seem like they might be what the camera focused on) and blur them out a bit, to fake a narrower depth of field. > > If I wasn't going to be brutal I would say good pic! Likewise, it is a very good picture as it is, but you wanted me to be brutal, and like a good sadist, I aim to please. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
