Like Father, Like Son
by deapee

Comment by cools98:
Nice conversion to b/w. The photo makes us of all available tones in the spectrum. I like the idea of the photo, father and son out enjoying themselves. Excellent work.

Like Father, Like Son
by deapee

Comment by LadeeM:
What an awesome capture! I really love it! Not only the tone and feel of the two "boys", but the gradient sky is awesome, along with the boats and water in the background. Great capture! :)

fordtruck.jpg
by deapee

Comment by NathanWert:
Okay, I'll give you my thoughts (There aren't a lot of them)...

First the bad news...It's slightly crooked and the "Ford" could use some light on it. I don't care for the background either.

The nuetral news...I would have loved to have seen a yellow turn signal light on with keeping the rest of the picture B&W.

The good news...It's a nice and clear picture. I'm not sure if it's actually noise or just the texture of the truck showing through, but I like it.

Overall, there isn't anything to really draw the eye. I've looked at your portfolio and I know you can take some great pictures, just this one leaves me wanting something more.

But what do I know. I've only entered five challenges since I joined in February and I'm just an amature photographer wannabe. Take whatever I say with a couple grains of salt, as I don't really know what I'm talking about most of the time.

fordtruck.jpg
by deapee

Comment by joezl:
Personally, the subject matter is not something that generates a lot of interest but that is just a personal bias and others will feel differently about it. But as a photo I think it has nice graphic lines and creates impact. I like the greyscale effect you have achieved and the lighting is very appealing. I suggest it needs rotating CCW slightly and maybe cropping a bit more top and bottom to create clean graphic lines. I would also select the background to the right and convert it to pure black to remove the distracting background and create a high impact contrast.

fordtruck.jpg
by deapee

Comment by L1:
David,

I typically enjoy viewing your work, but to be honest, this particular image doesn't do anything for me. It seems to have no real point of emphasis to it. I hope you don't think of me as being rude, but I just want to be honest. The shot appears to be tilted to the right a bit, and the image seems to be cut in two by the line of the truck. I'm not quite sure what the focal point is...should I be looking at the emblem or the light or what? The dark patches in the background on the lower portion of the fence/barrier/whatever it is are distracting as well, pulling the eye further away from the part of the image that is in focus.

I do, however, like the duotone you used, and think it will be quite useful for other images in the future.

Like I said, I hope you don't take this as being rude, because I just want to let you know my thoughts since you asked. :)

Never Too Old
by deapee

Comment by tjbel05:
WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO!!! I CANT BELIEVE THE AVG. ON THIS WAS ONLY 6.59?MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

me1.jpg
by deapee

Comment by nova:
From your thread it doesn't sound as if you are really serious about this one, but just for what it's worth... I think you should crop away most of the window from your left side, then reverse the image so that the signs read correctly. If it's sharp enough and you can increase the saturation a bit, I think it's a keeper.

Predominance
by deapee

Comment by nico_blue:
wow, this should have finished higher that it did!

i gave it a 9 and thought it was a really powerful, evokative shot.

Predominance
by deapee

Comment by deapee:
Thanks for the comments all -- a fun little shoot I did.

Special prize for colyla for recognizing me!!!

hahaha

Predominance
by deapee

Comment by puma:
Don't shoot, I give you a 7, no an 8, no a 9