semrich Posted June 1, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Many have commented on one of these 2 shots titled "Through a Glass Wetly" already and I'm interested to hear from them again as well as any others who would like to join in. Â Which of the 2 is perceived as the better one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Hi semrich, Take a look here A Critique for 2 photos Please.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest Holy Moly Posted June 1, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted June 1, 2011 mmmhhh Richard, not so easy, but with the second view, No. 1 looks better for me, because the empty space in the middle leads the eye very nice. It's like a small river bending to the (not existing) horizon...... Would like to see it in the muted colours! Â Here my bus shots in Istanbul last December, I like the town and the colours out of my E-P2: Â Small business - made in China | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Â It was real fun to sit in the warm bus but later on there was no time to mess around by feet, missing portraits in the wet.... Â The Pen helped me to shoot street in colour....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted June 1, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Richard, Â No1 ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted June 1, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted June 1, 2011 IMHO its the first because it has a focal point - the man looking into the bus. The second has nothing to fasten on to and so is the more 'confusing' image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted June 1, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted June 1, 2011 I like #1 much more. The geometry of street (ground) cutting up the middle, and less "clutter" around the bus. . . . and that lady with her hood up . . .much nice composition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted June 1, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted June 1, 2011 For me #2 it is tighter at the top which stops my eye exiting the frame the two groups add to the openness of the lead-in taking my eye into the picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted June 1, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) #1 for the reasons already stated. The second has less to hold the eye. Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 1, 2011 Share #8 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Richard - Â 1 works better for me since we see more of faces and there's a bit less congestion on the left. Both are appealing for the rain-caused distrotion, while still having proper tones and contrast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted June 1, 2011 Share #9 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Number 1. Better distribution of space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsv Posted June 1, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted June 1, 2011 #1 for the reasons already stated above and because it shows most people facing you, thus providing me a more interesting view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share #11 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks everyone for your input, I selected #1 to post, it appealed to me more though i wasn't sure why. You've helped by confirming my instinct about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun Posted June 1, 2011 Share #12 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Richard, If I am to be perfectly honest, I don't think either quite pull it off. The second, as others have said, lacks a focal point and the eye wanders; but the first I think has almost the same problem in that the focal point isn't quite strong enough. The idea and the situation is good, but I think both are near misses rather than hits -- and I find in my own editing that this is often the hardest thing to acknowledge... Â Of course, this is just a personal view... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted June 1, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted June 1, 2011 The first as we are drawn to the single individual waiting to board the bus. The second image is more cluttered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted June 1, 2011 Share #14 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Hi Richard, another vote for the first one. Â Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloSm6 Posted June 1, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted June 1, 2011 Agree with Azzo, #1 for sure! The added overpass structure adds to the composition IMO. Paulo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted June 2, 2011 Share #16 Â Posted June 2, 2011 #1 for all the above reasons...plus, the road is more open for the eye to follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmldds Posted June 2, 2011 Share #17 Â Posted June 2, 2011 +1, in my opinion, has just the right sense of movement yet frozen in time at the same time. I love that figure walking in front of the person with the umbrella! Â Tri:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TshawM8 Posted June 2, 2011 Share #18 Â Posted June 2, 2011 #1, the composition makes the photo significantly better for me! Great shots, by the way. Â Cheers, Â Thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share #19 Â Posted June 2, 2011 Again, thanks to all for giving their impressions, and it just hit me as I was looking at it again, it's the elevated roadway at the top of the frame that opens space from the top of the buses and that adds more context and completes the image in addition to the open section of the road curving it's way toward it. I kept looking back and forth between them and that's what came to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted June 3, 2011 Share #20 Â Posted June 3, 2011 #1 where we see more faces in the first plan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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