11Walkabout7938
by Pug-H

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Very nicely composed, and nice job keeping the detail in both the sunlight and shadows. The woman's face on the right really makes the shot for me.

11Walkabout7930
by Pug-H

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
I like the shadows on this one .. lack of distortion at the edges looks like you must have shot around 17mm. That's a handy little lens.

11Walkabout7911
by Pug-H

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
Did you get a fortune? Nice shot ... reminds me of some of the herb shots in Chinatown here in San Francisco. I like the use of DOF here. I'm guessing the fortune seekers don't mind having their picture taken, eh?

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by ccraft:
I would have changed perspectives on this and perhaps shot from the ground with the sleeping person as the main focus and then the feet walking around him. Unfortunately, he is also in the shade on a fairly contrasty day and is very hard to find in the picture. THe person looking his way is a nice touch... but overall.. my eye doesn't know where to go. Most shots (but not all) need some sort of anchor for a scene -- putting the sleeping person (or even a foot or any element int his scene) in the foreground would have created a more interesting image.

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by arati_halbe:
The subject is neither well lit nor compositionally at a strong point

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by NikonJeb:
Now that's relaxed! LOL!!

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by Jedusi:
I think the idea here is very good, and a fine example of the challenge title.

This is almost a picture of two halves - if you run a diagonal line from the top left corner to the bottom right. right hand side is bright and colourful with the sky, roofs, signs, etc which draws the eye towards it whilst the left hand side is darker and more muted in tone. Then in this darker area there is a person lying down in dark clothes visually disappearing from the picture.

Now in many ways this could be sen as a near perfect example of the challenge title - here is an individual who is very much alone in the crowd and they have further emphasised it by lying on the ground (not a bench or anything elevated) in dark clothes, (to help stay 'invisible) in the shadows. And they are so successful that only one man in the crowd is clearly looking at them.

So I have a gentle dilemma, on the one hand ideally it would be nice to have the individual more visible, easier to connect with - but on the other hand there is a level of subtlety here which makes you work harder to find the person and identify with them which I really like. Good shot.

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by nomad469:
Would have liked to seen more light on the subject ... be blends in too well

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by funpix:
Would have been better if the focus was on the sleeper. I would not have viewed him/her if it were not for the title.

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment by kelvinyam:
The subject is hidden from the dark shadow. You should have gone closer to the object and shoot from his level.