Levels

[jaapv]

I am really very interested to hear opinions on this series. Don't spare my feelings ; I can take it! M8 - Summicron 35 asph - ISO 640.

Levels 1



Levels 2



Levels 3



Levels 4

[stuny]

Jaap -

I like them a great deal for their less-than-usual angle, their full tonal range, their depth, their crispness (a matter of details and contrast), and the mix of geometrical patterns and lines, small to large.

[johnwolf]

Hi Japp,

All excellent technically, and a good concept of people and forms.

I like 3 and 4 best for their simplicity and the prominence of the people in them. In 4, I would try a version minus the rack and handrail at the very bottom -- just to simplify even more.

1 would have been superb if you had captured a person on each level.

Overall, I like the artistic possibilities here. A good study and possible long-term project, particularly as temperatures plummet each winter.

John

[jaapv]

Thanks folks. I agree with your ideas, John. However it is not to be. The photo's were taken in the largest bookstore of Rotterdam, and they are definitely not photographer-friendly. I was asked to stop taking photographs within ten minutes of starting,being as soon as they could get senior sales-staff to me....

[johnwolf]

Yes, that's a problem more and more these day. Last time I went street shooting someone called the police, who stopped me on the way home, wanting to know if I had pictures of children in my camera. It's enough to turn you into a nature photographer.

John