Shopper in winter

[Tlee05]

http://album6.snapandshare.com/24066/32116/534585.jpg
this for some reason reminds me of a post card, what you think. :D
P.S took this through a window in a car while i was going past.
I think its all the lines in the picture what i like about it compressing this image it dont look sharp at all what is a shame.

[Pekka]

I think the photo has good compositional lines, direction of movement is saying "away" or "leave" which makes the mood sad. That is why the title is not IMHO very good for this photo, I would have given something like "homeless" or "suburb"....

[condyk]

I think the photo has good compositional lines, direction of movement is saying "away" or "leave" which makes the mood sad. That is why the title is not IMHO very good for this photo, I would have given something like "homeless" or "suburb"....

He's not homeless tho', he shops at Morrisons! Looks cold and in a rush ... like he's done his food shopping and is now heading home for a nice cuppa. Shopper in winter sounds about right.

[PetKal]

Good work m'lad ! The best thing about it is the placement of the man "exiting' the photo frame....that way you have created a sense of unease in the image viewers which, by the way, the responses you have got so far exemplify. The colouring accentuates that unease.

The general lack of sharpness in the image is irrelevant. You have succeeded in creating that certain mood, perhaps unwittingly ?
Overall, this is a fine example of "stimmung" photography.

Lastly, you owe me $12.45 for the above review, such as it is;) .

[BottomBracket]

I think it is a good picture - in addition to what was said, the demarcation of light and dark is good symbolism here. The light area where the building is, presumably where he shopped harbors good things. The light bag is an extension of this - things were purchased there. And the dark, trash strewn street where he trudges, brings him back to reality as it is where we all go after shopping in such a sanitary, pristine establishment.

Maybe I am seeing too much into the picture, which I always do when the gears whir and click in my head. My review would be a shade lower than Petkal's at $9.97. I would like the repeat business :)

[PetKal]

I think it is a good picture - in addition to what was said, the demarcation of light and dark is good symbolism here. The light area where the building is, presumably where he shopped harbors good things. The light bag is an extension of this - things were purchased there. And the dark, trash strewn street where he trudges, brings him back to reality as it is where we all go after shopping in such a sanitary, pristine establishment.

Maybe I am seeing too much into the picture, which I always do when the gears whir and click in my head. My review would be a shade lower than Petkal's at $9.97. I would like the repeat business :)


Hey, that ain't fair !

[DwightMcCann]

Sepia tone on platinum with a well-known name (not Mapplethorpe, but that ilk) and this would be priceless. I agree with Pekka ... you need to retitle! Sometimes we are simply unable to bring to bear all our technical expertise on a subject or visual that moves us otherwise. I wouldn't hang it on my wall, but it certainly evokes emotions that I have not felt since I lived in a big city.

[Maureen Souza]

I'm not mod of this forum but if you click on your post and hit the Edit button in the right corner, you can delete it yourself.

[Tlee05]

awww Thanks guys i will pay for the cheaper review from bottom bracket ;) sorry petkal there, no problem soupdragon its not a great picture like you said (no hard feelings it did make me cry for a bit in the corner :D) but i just like the set out, like Dwight McCann said it makes emotion come out but its not one to hang on the wall, pekka and the rest of you who agreed with him about the title im now thinking about the title change its going to be erm, Food for yourself? im not great with titles as you may of seen before.