viramati Posted September 28, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Q Spitafields, London CK by Viramati, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Hi viramati, Take a look here CK . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted September 28, 2015 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2015 A fine picture with the near-far composition, the great tones and the near by sharpness. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 28, 2015 Share #3 Posted September 28, 2015 Lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted September 29, 2015 Thanks Paul and Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted September 30, 2015 Share #5 Posted September 30, 2015 Dont mean to be harsh, but I am missing the point of this photo, and its intended utility to the public at large. No elements of interest for me that distinguishes it from the millions of other randomly framed bokeh porn posted on the web every day. With such an expensive camera, my view is that you either suck it up go for the gold, and then only show the gold (or at least the bronze), or dont go at all as it is really a waste of time. Less is more. Please take my criticism constructively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted October 1, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 1, 2015 I really like the composition just as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted October 1, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dont mean to be harsh, but I am missing the point of this photo, and its intended utility to the public at large. No elements of interest for me that distinguishes it from the millions of other randomly framed bokeh porn posted on the web every day. With such an expensive camera, my view is that you either suck it up go for the gold, and then only show the gold (or at least the bronze), or dont go at all as it is really a waste of time. Less is more. Please take my criticism constructively. Indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted October 1, 2015 I really like the composition just as it is. Well thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted October 1, 2015 Share #9 Posted October 1, 2015 Indeed I just want to clarify that in my comment I wasn't talking about wasting MY time; heaven forbid I would say that. I was referring to YOUR time. And I only said this b/c, as I have noted to you before, you have a few photos from your Q that have some real elements of interest. So I know what you are capable of. I assume that you are not a wasteful person in general and that you paid your hard earned money for the Q in hopes of eventually building an interesting collection of photographs that have broad public interest. That color photo on your Flickr stream of the African lady with the big African flag earrings and the red dress is what I am talking about. Years from now that will be a very interesting photo to look at. I would encourage you to use your tool to continue to get in close and capture those interesting people and moments that fly by you every second in London! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted October 1, 2015 I just want to clarify that in my comment I wasn't talking about wasting MY time; heaven forbid I would say that. I was referring to YOUR time. And I only said this b/c, as I have noted to you before, you have a few photos from your Q that have some real elements of interest. So I know what you are capable of. I assume that you are not a wasteful person in general and that you paid your hard earned money for the Q in hopes of eventually building an interesting collection of photographs that have broad public interest. That color photo on your Flickr stream of the African lady with the big African flag earrings and the red dress is what I am talking about. Years from now that will be a very interesting photo to look at. I would encourage you to use your tool to continue to get in close and capture those interesting people and moments that fly by you every second in London! Indeed http://www.studio320.co.uk/new-exhibition-portraits-2nd-31st-october-2015/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton C Posted October 2, 2015 Share #11 Posted October 2, 2015 Funny. Initially I heard the constructive criticism offered one way (as a bit harsh), then I noticed it was Adam, and instantly heard it totally different in my mind's ear--which is with no harshness at all. And that was before seeing the follow up comment that confirmed my second thought. Funny how you start to get very definite ideas about what people are like after a few interactions and, I suppose, reading quite a few more. I find I struggle with Adam's good advice to get in there. I try to do it, in the pursuit of a strong subject, but in the moment often find myself pulling back, staying back, taking in too much . . . "context" ? Maybe that's the unconscious impulse driving me to destruction. I'm not saying that was the OP's "mistske." Just my association to my own demon associated with Adam's thought on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted October 2, 2015 Sometimes I feel like the one on the right Tea time in Wetzlar by Viramati, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted October 2, 2015 Share #13 Posted October 2, 2015 The perfect answer.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted October 2, 2015 Share #14 Posted October 2, 2015 Sometimes I feel like the one on the right Tea time in Wetzlar by Viramati, on Flickr that's interesting! you didn't have to get in close and you took in a whole scene and captured a funny moment that can mean different things to different people. Much along the lines of the execution with your nice camera that I would expect to see made public. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted October 2, 2015 Share #15 Posted October 2, 2015 Funny. Initially I heard the constructive criticism offered one way (as a bit harsh), then I noticed it was Adam, and instantly heard it totally different in my mind's ear--which is with no harshness at all. And that was before seeing the follow up comment that confirmed my second thought. Funny how you start to get very definite ideas about what people are like after a few interactions and, I suppose, reading quite a few more. I find I struggle with Adam's good advice to get in there. I try to do it, in the pursuit of a strong subject, but in the moment often find myself pulling back, staying back, taking in too much . . . "context" ? Maybe that's the unconscious impulse driving me to destruction. I'm not saying that was the OP's "mistske." Just my association to my own demon associated with Adam's thought on this. Hi Brenton - Thanks for chiming in. I want to make clear that I am not pushing the idea of being a "chutzpan" as the only way of making an interesting photograph. I am starting to see a lot of photos on this forum, particularly with the new Q, that ARE indeed up close however they are shot from the hip (or are so hastily executed on) and thus have no sense of deliberateness or framing and thus have very little if any elements of broad public interest. I have to think that, when said photographers finally come to their senses and realize that millions of these photos show up on the web every hour, they will realize that they are really not advancing their cause and will consider altering their approach in order to advance their cause, which is to make photographs that are broadly considereddistinguishable and interesting. I think that constructive criticism is something that is really missing on this forum and there is too much gratuitous commentary, much of which is with the hopes of receiving the same for their photos. Sure, silence is often deafening, and that goes on here, too. But once in a while I think that a little affirmative truth-telling is appropriate, assuming that it is done respectfully and constructively. Viramati -I don't know if this would do anything positive for your second image but you might consider cropping the foreground out (where the dead space is) and making it panoramic which would bring the people closer so that their expressions are more prominent. Just a suggestion that may or may not work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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