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A Thousand Miles Away

Postby daniel_r on Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:23 pm

I've been thinking about different styles lately, particularly photojournalism/photodocumentary.

This is a bit of change from my usual material.

A Thousand Miles Away
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Postby Bindii on Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:32 am

Wooo... I likes that... :)

The vertical line in the galss is distracting though.. but I think the shapes of the people are great!
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Postby Geoff on Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:42 am

Top shot - Getty would like this I'm sure.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:19 am

Gorgeous Danielr, love this one it really speaks to me.
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Postby outtram on Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:21 am

i really like it, bw suits this photo to a tee
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Postby Steffen on Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:00 am

Wow, geometry FTW! I really like this one! Straight lines, abstract patterns combined with human shapes. And those bright markings on the tarmac leading to the airplane give it a dreamy dimension. I for one think that vertical line is a crucial element in the composition.

Well done, is all I can say!

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Postby bumthology on Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:58 am

I like the window lines, it creates another crop/frame
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Postby gstark on Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:29 am

Daniel,

Great image and concept, and the mono treatment suits it well.

I'd like to suggest an alternate crop however. Stay with me ... :)

At the top, there are some dark blocks. I'm not sure what they are, but kill most of 'em. Keep just the first row, immediately above the window's top. That's part one. :)

Next, crop the counter from the right. Do this carefully, removing the whole of the distracting elements that are there on the right edge, but no further: you need to keep the plane in the background that is bisected by the split in the window.

Finally, crop the left side of the image, removing the lady, and all of the rest. Use the counter support as the LH edge for this.

Optionally (see how it works) crop the foreground as needed, to perhaps just below the base of the gentleman's stool.

I'd be truly interested to see this version of this image.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:35 am

Daniel

Well done - great execution on this one. And the treatment works exceptionally well.
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Postby Alex on Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:23 pm

Love the idea and treatment. Very nice!

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Postby daniel_r on Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:47 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone! Good to cast it out there to see if I'm on the right track :)


I think I'm finally happy with the image result after much umm-ing and argh-ing :D It took over a week of re-PPing (I'm seriously indecisive sometimes!), but I think it's there.

Alpha_7 wrote:... love this one it really speaks to me.


Too much time in airport lounges as well? :D

Gary - thanks for the crop suggestion, here's the crop:
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Postby gstark on Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:10 am

Daniel,

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