This was a fun shot! I set my camera up to shoot monochrome with the sharpness and contrast bumped all the way up. Then walked the streets until I found this guy tagging some graffiti. The only editing I did to this was a PhotoShop then a .
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YaY!!! Thanks Frank! My first ever Critique Club visit! Great insights :D This was a great challenge I learned a lot from and your critique adds to the education. Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations on the image - there are not many in this challenge who have managed to get such a rich b/w and really pump the contrasts like this - it is really gripping.
Technically: There is really nothing to say here, even with 20/20 hindsight I cannot find something that I would change.
Artistically: More of a grey area (no pun intended!). The balance is great, the positioning of your (unintentional?) model looks spot on to me, but the slightly tilted looking perspective just seems a little forced. Can't quite put my finger on it. The top of the image is also a little cramped - I like the stairs there to frame it, but perhaps pulling back a little so that more of them appears? Or shooting from the bottom so that they go right to the bottom left? This wall could be a rich seam of shots to mine!
I do wonder what HCB would make of the wealth of graffiti these days. I like the energy of the angle and the excellent contrast here - nice work in camera with that.
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