NYC

[scotteisenphotography]

Went to NYC with the girl over the weekend. Didn't spend a whole lot of time shooting, but i'd like some C&C on a few.

1.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2276197298_e29a29de3b.jpg?v=0

2. (i think i need to crop it a bit tighter)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2275403869_1e9023c2fd.jpg?v=0

3.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2276200684_0774f9373f.jpg?v=0

4. (notice the frozen people..which is what iw as going for..)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2275475631_580e81196c.jpg?v=0

[cosworth]

I really like #1. The vignetting works well and the colours are perfect.

[scotteisenphotography]

I really like #1. The vignetting works well and the colours are perfect.

Thanks cosworth. As soon as i saw it on the LCD on teh back of my camera ..i knew it was good. And i agree with the vignetting, which is obviously why i did it =]

[phylet]

1 and 2 work, 3 less so. Cosworth has it down.

[OdiN1701]

#1 - Excellent shot and excellent post processing - no changes needed.

The others I don't care for as much - busy a bit...the 3rd one has a persons back in lots of the frame. Last one I think would have been better in landscape orientation.

[scotteisenphotography]

#1 - Excellent shot and excellent post processing - no changes needed.

The others I don't care for as much - busy a bit...the 3rd one has a persons back in lots of the frame. Last one I think would have been better in landscape orientation.

Thank you, thank you

[m33p33]

Awsome pp on these.
I like all 4 for different reasons. 3 is more journalistic than artisitc as compared to the others.

2 is tilting to the right a little & 4 is tilting to the left alot. (if that guy lets go of the stroller it looks like it will roll away!)

[kevindar]

huh. I guess I have a very different view point
1 is a technically nice image, but for me its not nyc, nor does it tell a story. If you could see more of the city sky line, even blurred, it would work much better for me.
2.your main subject is a little to small, and I am lost in it.
3.I really really like it. I do wish the girl on the right was not blocking the view a little, so it was composed a little better. never the less the expressions are price less.
4. It is nice. I think it would have worked better in the landscape orientation. If you have not told me about the people frozen in the middle, I would not have seen it.

[sugarzebra]

The first is my favourite, but I like them all. I think the second & fourth shots need leveling though, especially the last one.

[DVS_WiNdz]

First one is my favorite too. Great shots.

[cosworth]

#1 is very NYC. Give me money, see the sights. Want more? Pay more money. Seems half the bodies on the street are either tourists or people visiting on business.

#1 doesn't need to tell a story. It is the story. Sightseeing at a price.

[kevindar]

#1 is very NYC. Give me money, see the sights. Want more? Pay more money. Seems half the bodies on the street are either tourists or people visiting on business.

#1 doesn't need to tell a story. It is the story. Sightseeing at a price.

May be so Cos. But as someone who lived in NYC for 6 years, it is not NYC for me. I like the urban picture much better. Also as I mentioned, if you could see a real city skyline behind the paid telescope, it would work much better.
I also did not quite get the sight seeing at a price from that image. that very well may have been the artist's intentions.

[scotteisenphotography]

#1 is very NYC. Give me money, see the sights. Want more? Pay more money. Seems half the bodies on the street are either tourists or people visiting on business.

#1 doesn't need to tell a story. It is the story. Sightseeing at a price.

Yes thank you

May be so Cos. But as someone who lived in NYC for 6 years, it is not NYC for me. I like the urban picture much better. Also as I mentioned, if you could see a real city skyline behind the paid telescope, it would work much better.
I also did not quite get the sight seeing at a price from that image. that very well may have been the artist's intentions.

City behind it is Brooklyn

[cosworth]

City behind it is Brooklyn

Exactly. :rolleyes:

I think what's lost in this discussion is if it's a good shot. Yes. I think it's exceptional. If we want to pull apart the merits of it fitting the thread title then that doesn't work in the photography world. It's a set of images under a forum title. The title espouses the location at which they are shot. I think we can relax regular photographic titling adherents when posting stuff online.

In a competition, a gallery etc this shot may not be titled NYC. It could be something else.

So lets gets past the title restriction and get back to the shots.

[scotteisenphotography]

Exactly. :rolleyes:

I think what's lost in this discussion is if it's a good shot. Yes. I think it's exceptional. If we want to pull apart the merits of it fitting the thread title then that doesn't work in the photography world. It's a set of images under a forum title. The title espouses the location at which they are shot. I think we can relax regular photographic titling adherents when posting stuff online.

In a competition, a gallery etc this shot may not be titled NYC. It could be something else.

So lets gets past the title restriction and get back to the shots.


Aye, someone who finally understands things. =]

[Kamrie]

i love #1

But i am definitely drawn to #3, i think that it shows how we are, always in a rush. I like that the man and woman with the baby are "frozen". Very interesting =D

[scotteisenphotography]

Hah i think you mean #4...but yeah! Thank you!

[kevindar]

Originally Posted by cosworth http://photography-on-the.net/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4948114#post4948114)
Exactly. :rolleyes:

I think what's lost in this discussion is if it's a good shot. Yes. I think it's exceptional. If we want to pull apart the merits of it fitting the thread title then that doesn't work in the photography world. It's a set of images under a forum title. The title espouses the location at which they are shot. I think we can relax regular photographic titling adherents when posting stuff online.

In a competition, a gallery etc this shot may not be titled NYC. It could be something else.

So lets gets past the title restriction and get back to the shots.

Aye, someone who finally understands things. =] __________________. =]
As I said, I think the first image is a nice image, but for ME it does not say New York. Does not take away from the quality or beauty of the image. I am also not "pulling apart the merit of any title to the thread". The photojournalistic message in image 1, which was apparent to Cosworth, and probably a group of other observers was just not apparent to me. Thats as compared to image 3 and 4, which I find more powerful, even though 1 may be aesthetically more appealing.
Its not a matter of "title restrictions" or "some one who finally understand things", but a matter of impact of an image ON ME, vs technical and aesthetic appeal of it.

[Kamrie]

har har.... i can count yes #4