I think my daughter was afraid I would wreck as I drove down the freeway holding up my camera and snapping.
Gotta give props to my buddy and workmate Otis, i had originally titled this "rearview" and he said "looks like a hollywood movie, like she got kidnapped"
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well once again the challenge ends and i ask myself what i learned in this one. i think the lesson is that there is no room for "blown" areas even if you feel it adds to the mood or feel of the shot....apparently. personally this is one of my favs so far, just didnt connect with the viewers i guess
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Staging a shot that doesn't look staged is an accomplishment in of itself (something I've yet to see gyaban accomplish) but more than that, it's just a hell of a photo.
Just a thought... Isn't this soemwhat like your other photo Day 16 (In and Out)? Is the girl looking at the road or is her back is to the road? and this shot appears to be taken thru the rear view mirror.
man .. a sucky score for an excellent photograph .. i think it was a bit too out there for most ppl .. dont let it get you down i personally really really like it .. of course my taste appears to be in my butt in dpc .. :)
I like "rearview" better, because it doesn't limit my interpretation of the scene, and the scene begs for a lot of interpretations. "Kidnapped" just forces my thoughts on one direction, and I'm not sure I agree with that here, similar to many other commentators. Why couldn't this be a scene from Wim Wenders' movie, say, "Paris, Texas", but it must be a Hollywood one? As for the photo, a good one.
Taken by the passenger in the front seat, at least I hope the driver was concentrating on driving. Getting the focus was good, but given the scenario you set up with the title the person wouldn't be sitting up in the back seat.
goes with the nightmare image...the stroller left in the road..
cool processing & scary thought here. the juxtaposition of her face in the mirror within the rest of the frame is great-love the PP!!
Eh, this could have been better, but I feel you missed your mark on this. The blown out windshield detracts from the main subject. There isn't a feeling of being kidnapped either. I think a reshoot could really sell this. Maybe lowering the camera a bit. Some duct tape? 5.
MAN - that's a scary thought. Great idea though. I think that it would work better without the frame and some of the ultra white cropped off of the top and bottom. Maybe it's just me - I've really gotten into panoramic crops these days. Still, I like the title and the image - gutsy choice.
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