The technicals: Sharp focus, good lighting, nice colors, nice DOF. This shot is not let down by the technicals.
The feel: Here is my opinion on street photography. 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 captures 1 quite well. Not only do we capture the innocence of youth, it is contrasted with the basic apathy and dejection of the man behind her.
The game: I gave this shot a 6. I think I would have scored much higher if you did not choose a selective desat approach. I do like selective desat, but I don't like it in this shot. I know what you were doing and what you were going for, but I just don't like it. Maybe it's some preconceived bias that street photography should be B&W (you did see that 9 of the Top 10 were B&W right?). After spending some time looking at this shot, I like it quite a bit.
EDIT: I do not read other comments before I leave mine, but after reading routerguy's comment, I can see what he was talking about with motion blur, primarily in her hair. I don't think it's a biggie, but I agree it's there.
Message edited by author 2007-03-01 12:57:38. |
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