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Always rushing
Always rushing
Simpa


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Challenge: Street Photography (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Ottawa ON
Date: Feb 18, 2007
Aperture: f11.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Urban, Candid
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2007

Rush in the city, rush everywhere is what we all are doing all day long....

Change to B/W from unsaturated...

Statistics
Place: 109 out of 288
Avg (all users): 5.7284
Avg (commenters): 6.9286
Avg (participants): 5.5398
Avg (non-participants): 5.9076
Views since voting: 1052
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 232
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0


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03/03/2007 05:31:18 PM
That's a nice point of view and you have included just the right amount of sidewalk and person to make this complete. By far one of the better ones in this challenge.
03/01/2007 03:06:34 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

It's great that you are trying a different angle for your shot, but being different is not enough. I don't think you quite achieved the effect you were looking for. I don't get a sense of rushing from this. The legs look oddly static. I'm not sure why, but I have some guesses. For one, there's a comfortable space between camera and pedestrians, a comfortable stretch of ground. A little uncomfortable closeness could create a disoriented sense of being rushed, or of people rushing past. Another possibility is to slow the shutter speed down so we get some motion blur. And then there's always the method of taking hundreds of photos until you find one with enough people who are taking long strides, who seem to be leaning precariously forward on their way.

I notice some complained about the tilt. I think it's my reading-left-to-right bias, but if this were tilted down to the right instead of down to the left, it would convey rushing to me. Also, most of the motion here seems to be going "up" instead of down. If you're going to tilt, most of the motion should be going down.

Be advised, I'm not telling you how to score higher. I'm telling you how to achieve the effect you desired. The latter is what it's all about. If you want to score higher, find a pretty woman, put a lot of makeup on her, shine a strong light on her face (with a reflector to get rid of shadows), put her on the thirds and blur the background.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/25/2007 11:48:39 PM
Wish it were not tilted.
02/22/2007 11:24:28 PM
Titled pic
02/22/2007 07:24:13 PM
I ilke the perspective
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02/22/2007 04:22:08 PM
interesting, and nice creativity.......7
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02/22/2007 02:22:49 AM
Not a face in the crowd, but there's still a story here. Nice composition.
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02/20/2007 04:18:42 PM
interesting perspective
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02/20/2007 01:16:59 PM
great details and sharpness, very interesting angle
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02/20/2007 08:45:04 AM
Nice job. I like the shot from this perspective.
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02/20/2007 03:28:56 AM
I don’t have much knowledge on street photography but my thoughts on you shot are as follows: This is a very different photo as it shows the hustle and bustle of a faces crowd - something about it attracts me to look at it. 10
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02/19/2007 10:40:31 PM
would have loved this more with maybe a long exposure to emphasis the rushing part, it wouldn't have to be very long, just enough to catch motion like the foot on the left.

Nice tones and subject, angle is a little bothersome but not too bad.
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02/19/2007 04:42:18 PM
Really Good Angle
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02/19/2007 04:15:14 PM
Very unique, 9 for originalty
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02/19/2007 03:57:44 PM
Great angle on your shot. Really like your idea, very difficult capture with all the movement. Also really like your composition here. Nice work.
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02/19/2007 12:40:01 PM
Including their heads would've completed this challenge perfectly.
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02/19/2007 12:07:30 PM
Different, interesting! 10
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02/19/2007 11:21:29 AM
NICE SHOT!! WELL DONE!
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02/19/2007 11:08:08 AM
i love this perspective
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02/19/2007 12:53:39 AM
LOVE the POV on this shot!
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