Critique #30 *StreetPhotography*-5 Participants

[nico]

Ted:
it's a nice shot, I like the the way you saw colours (the shirt and the hat of the man blend with the colour of the wall) in this shot. I also like the moment and the expression you caught because is not so easy to tell what he's thinking, is he annoyed or just curious? Don't know ... but I like it.
The background is not distracting me but maybe I'd like to have a different composition: cropped on my left and more too see on my right because his left arm drives my eye so i'd like to see the whole table and the empty chair. 🙂

Joe:
it's a nice shot, I like it, I think it's not easy (I tried to do a couple of hip-shots and made shi(p)t-shots instead!!) but this one works well for me.
I like the light and the contrast among the subjects and the background. I also like the composition and the way you cropped.
The only suggestion I may have is that I'd rather have a little bit less b/w contrast (his shirt is "very" white!😉).
🙂

Ray,
A busy man on the cell, a big car and a bored girl in it. There's enough to have a good story.... what to say more? ...bravo!
It took me some time to understand it, but I think it's a very good street photo. We may even discuss about light and and contrast but, in my opinion, this one is good for the subjects and the composition (i.e. the story).
I agree with Joe, wouldn't change anything here. 🙂

Remrf,
I don't know if you are still in the thread ... let us know 🙂. Bye Nico

 

[nico]

....At the end of this critique I really hope to hear your report on how and why you created this photo...
🙂

Thanks everybody for the kind comments and the useful suggestions.

About how I got the shot it happened while I was waiting for my girlfriend at the train station with the camera in my hands; this unknonwn gent seats by my side and let me take I this shot without speaking a word each other (I think I got the beginner's dumb luck!).

The reason why I took this shot is in his face and his clothes, he looked like he was coming right from the sixties, and then he was sitting there right next to me making me wonder who he was waiting for ... in some way he fascinated me (I remeber I was happy to have the camera already setted so I had only to focus). Sometimes happens to have a brief friendly talk with people I photograph but I regret it didn't happen that time.

Thanks again
Bye
Nico