The Art Students League. What little I know about drawing and painting, I learned here.
post-challenge: a nice reaction. thank you!
I'm hardly surprised that some people didn't like the shadows. They are real. It was a bright day with dark shadows. I just brought them out with my b/w conversion, which I did via calculations as usual.
I took a lot of "from the hip" shots with my powershot while I was in the city. But this guy obviously wasn't looking at me so I dared to lift the camera to my eye and take the shot... though I didn't quite come to a full stop. I just can't get the hang of candids... ha!
anyway, when the shadows did show up, I loved them. I thought they add interesting shape and drama to the photo. They allow me to give a sense of a larger context while not introducing distracting details. They also give a sense of a great burden of some sort on the art... but anyway it's not like I even saw the shadows when I shot this. I just liked what I saw and did no cropping.
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I have to say..let this be a lesson to you..shooting from the hip is not worthwhile, because when you look up you find art...and yes I mean that, this is not something the hip knows, this is something the eye sees, that busy brain of yours captures..
I am immensely disappointed that you didn't achieve one of your profile goals with this shot..being mistaken for me..:)
and now I can't say it is good, or I would sound like an idiot...ok it is more like boysetsfire...
I like it!
In a themed challenge this would have scored a lot higher, I bet. No northern light, big cat or sky for free study - hey. That said - this is an awesome shot. Love the contrasts and the composition - very wonderful.
Regarding candids... I just shoot without shame and so far nobody has protested. The only time I was yelled at was when I took photos of a truck. So try it. Also, if you point your camera at people for a while, they lose interest and start going about their business - et voila! A candid!
Very nice. The shadows help form the light path to the subject. And the artist and subject of the painting seem to be echoes -- very similar positions. I like the height of the columns and the simplicity of the whole image. The more I explore it, the better I like it.
Don, you should be very pleased with this image! It is moody, interesting, and has a great tonal range. Makes me want to know more about the subject. Your work has been excellent recently.
It's because people decide what they want to/think they ought to see, and they don't look at what they're being shown. What is all this 'too much dark'? Are they mad? Tantamount to saying 'your photograph ought to be different' and that is, actually, quite offensive.
I think Nick and Sevil are good influences on you. :-) From out of the darkness... Can't find anything I don't like about this - the shadows, the lines, the angles, the textures. Very nice work indeed.
This type of photo resonates well with me. Unfortunately this crop really holds the shot back. The big blob of black doesn't add to the image, and really pulls the eye away from the subject. The subject and the detail behind it make this image, I would love to see the crop display them more prominently.
I'd really like to like this more, but it just doesn't work for me. the large rectangular areas above are just too dominating, the lines not strong enough except the too strong line dividing the middle
I don't like the blackness coming in from the left and the bottom right. It almost looks like your finger was over the lens, but it was probably just an intense shadow? Either way it's very distracting.
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