Hip shot
by krafty1

Comment by DrAchoo:
The technicals: Perhaps one of the limiting factors of this shot is that you were shooting in bright sunlight toward the sun (well, not directly toward, you can see the sun is on the left). This darkens all three of our subjects which hurts the shot. Focus is good. Sharpness is a bit soft, but not a big deal.

The feel: OK, so this is my take on street photography. (My opinion only.) Street photography should do one of a few things: 1) capture the human condition either through an interesting scene or through the facial expressions captured in an everyday occurance. 2) capture nostalgia 3) capture an interesting geometric pattern (meaning the photo has abstract qualitites) which rises above the photo as a whole. Your shot is an attempt at 1. We have faces in the shot which is a good start, but the shadowing which I mentioned before along with their relatively small size keeps us from really "feeling" any of them.

The game: There is a point where the 640 pixel size of the canvas actually changes how you would compose a shot. Because of our limited canvas, I may have tried to crop closer to allow the faces to be physically larger. This may not be necessary at all in an 8x10 print. I think ultimately it was the dark subjects which hurt you the most.

Do you see the rabbit?
by krafty1

Comment by bubeltrubel:
no, I haven't found.... but a nice shot!

Do you see the rabbit?
by krafty1

Comment by manish:
nice composition

Me and Elvis on break
by krafty1

Comment by pineapple:
Worth it just for that ludicrous comment from Posthumous down below. I do like this one though.

Me and Elvis on break
by krafty1

Comment by posthumous:
I think this is *much* better than the one you entered, which means it would have scored lower. Good choice!

Guitar snugglin
by krafty1

Comment by Melethia:
This one is OK (and the guitar itself is fascinating!) but the other two are better for this particular challenge, I think.

Me and Elvis on break
by krafty1

Comment by Melethia:
I like your challenge entry but this is a pretty cool catch. Very good B&W and has a good interest factor.

Do you see the rabbit?
by krafty1

Comment by Melethia:
Nope, can't see the rabbit, but it's an excellent idea to get comments. :-) Nice tree, good sky to go with it.

Hip shot
by krafty1

Comment by noraneko:
I really like the expression on the faces. I think it would be even stronger if the faces were dodged a little so they stood out more.

Hip shot
by krafty1

Comment by muur88:
damn your hip sure knows how to frame a shot, you should let him take the shots more often...just kidding :) Actually, i would have thought walking around town using this technique might have yielded a bit more interesting angles. this almost looks like you took it normally, perhaps that's a good trait to have in your "hip shots"