I love this shot! Wow! I've read the comments and agree with the majority, this works! (Okay, except for the skinny gray triangle in the lower left...but that's fixable.) So, what can I tell you? I suppose I can only express why it works so well for me.
The Impact is immediate. I know exactly who I am as a viewer...inside on a dreary day separated from the group outdoors...alone. I feel distanced from the brave or foolish souls in the street.
The focus on the water drops pulls me inside more. Creative in interpretation of the scene! I feel as if I've stared at the droplets on the window for hours waiting for the world to mutely pass by without care if it does or not.
The composition is superb! The three figures, a group but separate individuals, passing from light toward gray. The diagonal leads them along through the frame. The parked cars top and bottom define the scene. The square crop suggests an abstract piece composed by a view camera rather than a 35mm snapshot. Classic in the realm of photography rather than landscape painting.
I love the grain and the timelessness it conveys. This could have been almost any day of the past century. I don't miss the lack of perfect focus on the droplets...that would have put the emphasis too far in that one direction.
Yes. DPC needs more of these images. The world needs more of them! Whatever the motivation, this is a great reaction to the world and a wonderful conveyance of a personal vision. Moody. Lovely. Graphic. Wow!
I just love the abstract, timeless nature of this shot. The lack of detail in the figures and their setting really gives a dream like quality. And the rain, of course, just gives a nice context for their wet-weather walk.
Great perspective through glass - really contributes to the "atmosphere" of the shot. I might have cropped a little sliver off the left side, to take out that bit of grey that peeks into the frame in the bottom corner.
This is definitely my favorite so far. I would have never thought to take a picture like this, but I will definitely have to give it a try! Thanks for the idea!
Your image makes me think I should look outside and grab my umbrella. :-) Has kind of a somber, lonely feel to it too. Like someone looking out and yearning to be part of their group.
I think I see what you are going for here, but something didn't quite work. I'm sorry I can't be more specific, but I think some more experimentation with this concept will pay off.
Marmite picture....In that people are either going to love it or hate it.
I fall into the former camp but I hope that you realise that your score in this challenge is unlikely to represent the true worth of this shot. Brave clever and unique
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