Thanks for the comments, Igor. It looks like fill flash but that was a fortuitous reflection off a nearby building.
As for the rest, he was moving so I had a chance for one shot (a set of three bracketed, actually) so moving around to get the best angle really wasn't an option. Not a perfect photo, but I'm pleased enough with it. ;-) Thanks to Dan and Bruce for commenting and to all who looked. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> Sent: January 13, 2013 1/13/13 To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Still Smiling (bike messenger content) Hi Frank, Sorry, I can't help sharing: my reaction to "still smiling" is the association with two old children's jokes: 1. Teacher, telling students about safety: when you are at the construction site, you are supposed to wear a hard hat. When a brick fell on Nick who was wearing a hard hat, he just smiled. A student: "Yeah, he is still smiling". 2. -- Our neighbor's daughter is always smiling. -- That's because they pull her pigtails really tight. Back to the photo: It's a nice smile well captured. It looks like you used fill-in flash (?), which is done well, providing well lit face without any shadows. 1. I would straighten the shot a bit by rotating it slightly CW. (right now the walls on the right are vertical, but the vertical structures behind the guy (are leaning toward the left). This provide slightly more natural position/angle for the guy (including that for his left leg [on the right for us]). I am not sure, but I might consider doing lens correction for the lens distortion, so that the poles are not leaning outward as much. At ~21mm focal length, there is noticeable wide-angle lens effect. 2. Additionaly, I'd think about two improvements in the composition: a) The empty right half of the frame in this case doesn't quite work for me. (It could've if he was facing that way.) b) The clutter of the detail behind his shoulder and head is a bit distracting (there is not enough separation, so those things are growing out of his shoulder and head). The two poles to the side are less of a problem (and they create ambience, but they are also not separated enough. I would've made a step to the left so that it is the pedestrian walk that is behind the guy (being careful not to have "Little Anthony's" growing out of his ear[s]), and would also consider opening up the aperture to blur the background a bit. (Although, f/4 that you used might be the largest opening for your lens, - I don't know what you were using.) I hope you don't mind these suggestions. Cheers, Igor Sun Jan 13 12:57:05 EST 2013 knarftheriault wrote: > I showed a photo of Scottie about a month ago. He was smiling in that photo. > He's still smiling: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/01/still-smiling.html?m=1 > > He's pretty much always smiling. ;-) > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > frank -- 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. -- 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.
