Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm
I saw this cute dog in Half Moon Bay. He was impatiently waiting outside for his owner while making pathetic whining and whimpering noises, which of course, drew my attention.
I post these pictures because I was pleased with the images and impressed (I know, again) by the performance of my 9 year old Nikon D100 and Tamron zoom lens. And I can't resist a good looking pooch :).
I made these images extra large (1500 pixels wide) so that you can see the quality for yourself when you click to see the original file.
At this time, I want to ask all our contributors to do our semi-regular check-in. Let us know that you're still out there, at least looking at and enjoying the pictures even if you're not actively contributing at the moment. What have you been up to? Are you interested in starting up our "Project of the Month" again?
Please let me know if you no longer plan to contribute to our blog and I will remove you from the contributors list. You can still be subscribed to our notification system via Google group email if you just want to keep up with viewing our progress (and not contribute images).
I'm looking for a few new contributors to our blog. If you know of anyone who might be interested in our private photoblog concept, please tell them about us, and hook us up.
Lastly, I want to thank all of you who are still active here. I really appreciate that you spend the time to participate. Our photoblog started out as an experiment 7.5 years (!!!) ago, and it somehow managed to survive all these years. I hope that it continues to be a viable and enjoyable place for us to share our photographic passion.
Well, that's it for now. I'll have more thoughts to share with everyone in the near future. I look forward to hearing from everyone.
--Warren
Labels: D100, Dogs, Half Moon Bay, Street
6 Comments:
Kash, my picks
I like #3 because you want to know want is attracting their attention
#5, because he is pondering something while the dog is looking at you
#6, because the shadow on the half profile adds character
Dan
First of all, Keshav, what are their names? :)
My comments on this series:
#1 The man's face is mostly obscured by his hat and the harsh shadow. Not much going on the background.
#2 Much better from the lower camera position. The dog looks handsome. The man's face is still partially obscured, but the effect is not as bad as #1, because overall, his pose and head position draws attention to his dog. The dog is the main subject of this shot. This shot shows the man's feeling towards his dog. The lower camera angle also shows the trees in the background which happens to balance out the dark shadow on the left.
#3 Something or someone draws both their attention to the right, but the effect is a bit disconcerting because the portrait orientation does not really support the poses of the subjects. Even so, the composition is balanced.
#4 This one has a little whimsy and humor because it looks like his dog is staring at the man's shadow, but the disparate elements are not harmonious.
#5 I like the fact that the dog is looking straight at the camera here, and the man is in an interesting, contemplative pose, but again, taken as a whole, the composition does not flow well because of the relative positions of the subjects (not a flattering pose for either subject).
#6 I like the man's facial position. You can see his whole face. Perhaps you can lighten up the shadow on his face a bit in post-processing. You can see his whole face including a bit of his forehead for the first time in this series. I would crop off some of the left side to emphasize the man and the tree behind him. The tree would emphasize the man's strong character and cropping out some of the left would balance the man's gave to the right (his left). Instead of cropping, you could have composed this differently.
#7 This should have been a vertical composition. I don't think the background warrants a horizontal (landscape) orientation. You could have moved closer too, or you could have maintained this orientation and included something else in the background, like the road or more of the environment.
My picks are: #2, #3, and #6
Thanks for posting these here, and giving us some practice with critiques.
I would be also be interested to know which were your first 3 choices before you heard from us, and why.
--Warren
Thanks Dan and Warren. I haven't picked three yet and I posted them here because I want to learn from what you guys use as parameters to judge their work.
P.S. I see what you did their Warren.
Though, I must add that I found drawn to #5 because of the awkward composition and the thoughtfulness that came through on the man's face.
Ilike #3 and #4 pictures because can see his face and emotion. Nice light on his face, excellent shot !
Lena.
I would say 1, 5, and then 6 or 7 cropped a bit to get a little closer to him.
I think that combination shows their relationship and different poses. And your title suggests the man is more the main character of the story, so having a solo portrait of him is nice.
Post a Comment