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Tiro Leander
{K:19060} 6/7/2003
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Looked at your portfolio.. this got to me... it's good to look at - thanks
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 5/22/2003
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Unfortunately, the newer version was saved over the older one... sigh!
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 5/20/2003
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Could you show us the original version, with the Coke? I suppose the can kills some of the romance, but I'd still like to see what it looked like originally.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 5/15/2003
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Hey hey, Matej ! So you noticed for his hand ! He was holding a can of Coke. In an earlier version, I had cropped his hand altogether but it felt awkward. So I had to erase the can of Coke, recompose the building behind and redraw part of the hand. And I'm not really good at that...
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 5/15/2003
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Well, it doesn't immediately strike me as obvious that the girl is looking at the camera. I'd say it doesn't really matter either way, because
1) if she weren't looking, it would still be a well-captured candid, considering the smile, and
2) the fact that she's looking straight at us makes the photo that much more personal and emotionally appealing.
The softness of the buildings in the background adds perspective, and, as Kate pointed out, guides our concentration to where it should be, i.e. on the couple, and helps keep it there.
The only thing I see as a possible weak point is that the man's hand, resting on the railing, doesn't really look like a hand. I don't mind the shoes resting on the edge, probably because my eyes keep getting drawn back the girl's face all the time.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 5/13/2003
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Thank you Kate for your comments. I kind of like how she takes a foothold on the lower frame, I feel it adds to her impish look.
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Kate Mocak
{K:817} 5/12/2003
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I've gone through the other comments and I actually like that background buildings are softer and lighter - this way the couple is more emphasized. I don't think it's so obvious that she's looking at the camera; if you hadn't said it I would have thought she didn't. I like the picture very much. (I also have a problem to photograph people, though I would like to very much.) I think the only tiny flaw is that her feet are cut off. But it doesn't make the picture any less attractive.
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ARMINDO LOPES
{K:2436} 4/28/2003
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As mentioned in another site, this is a very good pic with very nice tones. The couple fits well on the soft background. Um abraço.
PS: há aí umas fotos que não abrem.
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 4/27/2003
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I know exactly what you mean about taking pictures of people. I feel the same way. This one is very good, although I wouldn't have cropped her feet so they look like they are resting on the bottom of the frame. I sugest you either cut them off completely or let them dangle as they were in real life. I like the background as is, but would lighten it if anything to enhance the atmospheric haze and increase the sense of depth.
I take it this is the lookout on Mount Royal? What a great place for people pictures.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 4/25/2003
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Thanks for your comments. I don't take picture of poeple easily, actually this is the only of my posts with that theme. I'm not good at it, not that I don't like poeple, on the contrary, but I feel it is somehow intrusive. After reading a bio of Doisneau, I thought I'd try something. This was taken with almost the maximum telephoto (35 mm equiv of 285 mm) of my lens. And I decided to post it BECAUSE she is looking at the camera. I noticed it right before pressing the shutter, I stood back looking at her, she kept smiling and I took that as a way of accepting being photographed. Flower macros and sunsets don't carry that kind of ethical dilemna.
The image is cropped quite a bit, so it is close to a 50 % magnitude - this, plus the telephoto, could explain part of the softness. As for the background, I've had comments that it was helpful to have it slightly blurred and dimmed. Guess it's an open issue.
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Audrey Reid
{K:5872} 4/25/2003
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Christian, I missed this image yesterday.
I'm surprised not more people have looked at this image. I really like this composition very much.
A couple of 'picks' - one of which you can do nothing about:
1)I might try a bit of burning-in of the buildings. The result may help sharpen a bit and give a little left to the image.
2)Something you can't change (PITY) is the girl - though she has the most brilliant smile, she's looking at the camera!
I'd be interested to learn your thoughts?
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 4/24/2003
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Great seperation from the background. Lovely smile on the girl. Whatever he is doing is making her happy. Great Picture. Don.
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