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07/09/2005 03:29:06 PM · #1 |
| can i please get some comments on this photo |
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07/09/2005 03:31:53 PM · #2 |
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07/09/2005 03:38:01 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Added a comment. |
ditto
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07/09/2005 04:11:16 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by arsenal:
can i please get some comments on this photo |
I apologize if this comes across as harsh, but I left this comment on your picture...
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Nice solid black background. Good use of the rule of thirds and framing is fine. In general, the exposure looks OK. Black and white is a good choice.
The weakness of this image is not so much in technical quality as it is in composition and content. Your image will fail to make a connection with most viewers. The reason is that it lacks a clear and visible meaning. Every photograph must make a connection to the viewer.
There is nothing wrong with the viewer having to figure out what an image means. The greatest photographs ever taken make people think. But it is the duty of the photographer to provide enough reasons for them to care. Yours does not.
From the image title you hint the main subject may be in a melancholy mood. But by looking at the picture the guitarist could just be having a good time jamming as far as we can tell. If you included their face it would go a long way toward the viewer understanding what this image is supposed to mean. An anguished face would make a strong viewer connection.
The distant objects in the background are indiscernable. As such of most viewers will find them to be major distractions and only contribute to their confusion as to what this image is supposed to be about.
Practically every darkened image of a musician strumming a guitar is blurry. The first 100 or so times you see blurry muscians work, but after that if comes across as an old, overused technique unless captured in a new or unique way. If you are going to show motion blur then design or capture it in a dramatic way to show a clear and purposeful meaning to the motion. Otherwise, the viewer just assumes the photographer doesn't know how to take a clear picture.
In terms of photography it is not a bad picture technically, but it is a confusing one and that hurts.
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07/09/2005 04:40:20 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by arsenal:
can i please get some comments on this photo |
I apologize if this comes across as harsh, but I left this comment on your picture...
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Nice solid black background. Good use of the rule of thirds and framing is fine. In general, the exposure looks OK. Black and white is a good choice.
The weakness of this image is not so much in technical quality as it is in composition and content. Your image will fail to make a connection with most viewers. The reason is that it lacks a clear and visible meaning. Every photograph must make a connection to the viewer.
There is nothing wrong with the viewer having to figure out what an image means. The greatest photographs ever taken make people think. But it is the duty of the photographer to provide enough reasons for them to care. Yours does not.
From the image title you hint the main subject may be in a melancholy mood. But by looking at the picture the guitarist could just be having a good time jamming as far as we can tell. If you included their face it would go a long way toward the viewer understanding what this image is supposed to mean. An anguished face would make a strong viewer connection.
The distant objects in the background are indiscernable. As such of most viewers will find them to be major distractions and only contribute to their confusion as to what this image is supposed to be about.
Practically every darkened image of a musician strumming a guitar is blurry. The first 100 or so times you see blurry muscians work, but after that if comes across as an old, overused technique unless captured in a new or unique way. If you are going to show motion blur then design or capture it in a dramatic way to show a clear and purposeful meaning to the motion. Otherwise, the viewer just assumes the photographer doesn't know how to take a clear picture.
In terms of photography it is not a bad picture technically, but it is a confusing one and that hurts. |
What Davidson said, my thoughts exactly.
R.
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