isolated
by lobrin

Comment by insteps:
Very nice! Courage comes to mind.

Loser..
by lobrin

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Yowch! Having a faceful of funky clothespegs doesn't look like much fun...but whatever works for you...:-)

This shot is a little puzzling as the viewer doesn't know which comes first, the clothespegs or the hand L. Are you a loser because you have a faceful of clothespegs or vice versa? You refer to a poker party but I don't see a tie-in to the shot. The lighting is quite harsh, looks like the flash was placed very close and without a diffuser, nor angled enough at the reflector for it to do its job adequately. A higher ISO or larger aperture may have helped as you probably would have started to blur past 1/30. Overall impression is a shoehorn shot at the last minute.

But the creativity is there, the concept needs a little work and the execution definitely needs some fine tuning. Do keep shooting and trying things out and keep entering.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by Abra:
Fantastic street photography. Great use of shallow dof.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by CNovack:
I leave the safety of the curb
to venture across the street.
It is as in life,
there are those who choose
to stand apart from the crowd.

Great eye to spot this symbolic moment. Isolated - there are two perceptions that can be read here. Is she isolated because the crowd has banished/excluded? Or is she a risk taker? Is she one who has chosen to stand apart from the crowd to achieve success by venturing to the other side of the road?

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by jagar:
Intrepid, a great catch.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by Paul:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: HA! like a pantomime, I want to shout "They're behind you!!!". Truly marvellous composition - perfect in high contrast black and white. I also like how your DOF has isolated her; as her position to the crowd has done so physically.

Critical stuff: Being picky, but I think you could have shaved a little off the left side and the tiniest bit off the right - this would have given us this marvellous image a little bigger on our screen :-)

Overall: Excellent moment, fantastically well presented.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by ruridk80:
I like all of this photograph.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by ubique:
So weird, these tight clusters of people, as if they are involved in some wacky Japanese TV game show. Perhaps the nonconformist is about to get bonked on the head by a giant polystyrene cupcake. Or perhaps not, and I'm just foolishly toying with your excellent & interesting picture. It's fun either way. Thank you. 7.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by bob350:
Makes me pause and consider the full range of possible narratives. Also like the repeating lines, arrows pointing to the separaed subject, and separation of one from many.

isolated
by lobrin

Comment by bmartuch:
Good slice of life street shot.