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From Vinay S
Says John
Judging by the marigold wreaths, I’m going to guess this image came from India. The photographer in this case has done a little “post processing” work in photoshop where they have turned it into a black and white then allowed color back into selective areas. This a somewhat popular technique and a very easy one to do. In this case I think it was done quite nicely, and this was a very appropriate image to do it to.
It works, in my opinion, as there are lots of colors in the lower left foreground but then slowly sprinkles out in a “S” shape into the background. There is a nice flow to the colors which matches the flow of the people. This nicely tells the story of how many sellers and how many marigolds are in this market.
This takes a bit more work, with the post processing and all, but it was well worth the time as a beautiful image is the result.
From ThiagoJ
Says John
Love those colors! This is my favorite time of day - twilight. Good thing you stuck around till after sunset, or maybe you got up very early and got it before sunrise, if so extra credit for you. I’m not sure where this is, but the glass windows of the conservatory are a great subject with the gradation in colors.
Our eyes are often attracted to the brightest subject, and in many cases the bright light off to the right might be a distraction but in this case it’s not overly bright and the color is perfectly matched to the tone of this photo so I don’t find it a problem at all. Nice job!
From Kwek
Says John
This photo is missing just one thing - a subject. There appears to be something way down the road, but it’s impossible to make out. I’m thinking the Ironman in Hawaii and I want to see a cyclist or runner dripping with sweat right there in the foreground. With out a compelling subject the viewer will quickly move on.
From Pampossum
Says John
Nice idea and you're almost there. First off, why is the top of the window frame out of frame? Is this intentional, is it an inaccurate viewfinder or just a plain accident? With the black border around the window that little snipping off of the top becomes very apparent and distracting. Most cameras viewfinders have around 95% accuracy where you end up with an extra 5% around the border. (It would have been nice in this case.) Pro cameras often have 100% accuracy and you need to be very careful with them as you don’t have any margin for error.
It appears that you either shot this with a point and shoot, which has lots of depth-of-field, or with an SLR set to a small aperture (i.e. f/22) to maintain sharpness from foreground to background. For this photo, I'd prefer not to see the background (cemetery/lawn) and I think a shallow depth-of-field with a background tastefully out-of-focus would have been nice to see. In this case, providing less information to the viewer would make this a cleaner, simpler and more bold image.
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