Senator Russ Feingold campaigning at Hudson Wisconsin...............
Quite a difficult picture in that it is a candid of the Senator's feet taken while he was giving a speech. I had no control of where he was standing on the stage, and he was pacing around quite a bit.... I knew I wanted him to step into the arched lighted area and when he finally did I was able to take the shot. The arch was created by light streaming onto the floor through an arched window at the rear of the bandshell, the structure where the Senator was speaking.
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DateTime : 2004:08:08 17:35:39
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Place: 52 out of 134 Avg (all users): 5.4599 Avg (commenters): 6.7273 Avg (participants): 5.1139 Avg (non-participants): 5.7130 Views since voting: 1018 Views during voting: 284 Votes: 187 Comments: 12 Favorites: 1 (view)
This shot seems like it should leave an unanswered question, but although it's an interesting composition it doesn't really hold my attention apart from trying to find a reason for it. The shadows are good but there's really too little else to appeal.
A very good and interesting b/w light and shadow study. The oval, the spoke like shadows adds increduble weightt with the standing figure. Such an image opens up the creative urge. First i would have eliminated any debri, clone it out. Second, I would wonder if there would be any value in experimenting by adjusting slightly the model's feet to match the angle of the spokes and standing on edge of shoe to make the foot shadow slimmer. It is very easy for anyone to add such suggestions to something that has already been conceived. Bumping from 5 to 6.
One of the best in this challenge, maybe it would be even better if the model would face in the opposite direction. But anyhow, I think this is going to score high, but I don't think it will win though.
The shadow play is interesting. The placement of the feet takes my eye out of the picture before it can get in - I have to deliberately push my vision past the legs to see the rest of the picture.
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