Outdoor Market...

[Jack'll do]

in Halifax Nova Scotia.
C&C greatly appreciated

1. Four Women
http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2897cr7/675420077_HMTeX-XL.jpg

2. Borinnng
http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2900cr2/674997672_ZEY9e-XL.jpg

3. Negotiations
http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2897cr3orig/681892453_LWD5C-XL.jpg

[thoth]

I love how the boy is postured like an adult salesman in the second shot, Jack. I wish it weren't tilted so much, though, as that is confusing my brain (which isn't hard to do, I've found :D). The colors, while nice, are also fairly distracting for me. I'd love to see a B&W version if you have one.

[Flyinggina]

I particularly like the second one.

The first one gives me a bit of vertigo too. It is interesting, because I feel movement, which fits with the crowd scene. The lady with the blue jacket just right of center seems to be distorted or something - maybe it is just because she is moving out.

And the young woman pointing her finger looks the same in #1 and #3, almost as though the two pictures were part of the same picture wide angle shot. :scratch

What kind of lens were you using and how were you holding your camera?

Virginia

[rutt]

Nice use of that ultra wide lens. It's hard to organize complex compositions with that field of view. And you have to get SO close to make it work.

1 and 3 really work. For 2, I think you needed to get the camera lower, closer to eye level with your subject.

Great color.

[bdcolen]

Nice use of that ultra wide lens. It's hard to organize complex compositions with that field of view. And you have to get SO close to make it work.

1 and 3 really work. For 2, I think you needed to get the camera lower, closer to eye level with your subject.

Great color.

Good call, Rutt. #2 is 'nice.' But #s1 and 3 are really interesting - #1 especially. You've done a good job of using the distortion to your advantage. But - maybe it's my eyes this a.m. - it strikes me as, what, over saturated?

[rutt]

it strikes me as, what, over saturated?

That's because it's in color.

[Patti]

I like all three of the Keith's Brewery market. I think the distortion of the woman in blue in #1 works. It gives me the feeling of the commotion of the market which I know well (I found myself checking to see if I knew anyone in the crowd LOL). I think I'd like #2 more if you were right down at the boy's eye level.

[Jack'll do]

I love how the boy is postured like an adult salesman in the second shot, Jack. I wish it weren't tilted so much, though, as that is confusing my brain (which isn't hard to do, I've found :D). The colors, while nice, are also fairly distracting for me. I'd love to see a B&W version if you have one.

Thanks Travis

I preferred the colors to the B&W as I felt that in #1 color showed the dressier, more coordinated attire of the elderly woman as compared to the younger one better than B&W.

In #2 I liked the boys complexion in color better than B&W

In #3 In B&W it is easy to overlooked the woman in the background pilfering a strawberry and staring at it as though seeing half a worm :D

I'll post the B$W below.

[Jack'll do]

I particularly like the second one.

The first one gives me a bit of vertigo too. It is interesting, because I feel movement, which fits with the crowd scene. The lady with the blue jacket just right of center seems to be distorted or something - maybe it is just because she is moving out.

She was moving pretty quickly towards my direction.

And the young woman pointing her finger looks the same in #1 and #3, almost as though the two pictures were part of the same picture wide angle shot. :scratch

They were.

What kind of lens were you using and how were you holding your camera?

Virginia

Nikkor 14-24 at 14mm, Nikon D700 landscape

[Jack'll do]

Nice use of that ultra wide lens. It's hard to organize complex compositions with that field of view. And you have to get SO close to make it work.

1 and 3 really work. For 2, I think you needed to get the camera lower, closer to eye level with your subject.

Great color.

Thanks rutt. I really appreciate your evaluation and I see what you mean about #2.

[Flyinggina]

Thanks for your responses to my queries.

Boy do I envy you your lens.

Virginia

[Jack'll do]

Good call, Rutt. #2 is 'nice.' But #s1 and 3 are really interesting - #1 especially. You've done a good job of using the distortion to your advantage. But - maybe it's my eyes this a.m. - it strikes me as, what, over saturated?

Thanks for taking the time to comment bd. I have been hoping to get your impressions of my work. Your words are encouraging me to continue posting here. As for the color, I do tend to like slightly over saturated colors.

I'd like your impressions on the B&W versions posted below in light of the following:

I preferred the colors to the B&W as I felt that in #1 color showed the dressier, more coordinated attire of the elderly woman as compared to the younger ones better than B&W.

In #2 I liked the boys complexion in color better than B&W

In #3 In B&W it is easy to overlook the woman in the background pilfering a strawberry and staring at it as though seeing half a worm .

[Jack'll do]

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2897cr7BW/675420177_9TDVh-XL.jpg

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2900cr2BW/674997737_4ddJ9-XL.jpg

http://jackganson.smugmug.com/Travel/Nova-Scotia-Jun-2009/DSC2897cr3BW3/681892308_adWRq-XL.jpg

[thoth]

The B&W are much easier for me to look at, on all accounts. Indeed it even brings out qualities in one and three in such a way that I find more interest in them. Maybe it's B.D.'s fault but the color really just does them in for me. :rofl

[rutt]

The B&W are much easier for me to look at, on all accounts. Indeed it even brings out qualities in one and three in such a way that I find more interest in them. Maybe it's B.D.'s fault but the color really just does them in for me. :rofl

B.D. disease is inevitable. Time is the only known cure. A significant percentage of the afflicted never recover.

Color better captures the complexity of this scene. B&W helps to organize that complexity by eliminating a big element. The question is whether if focuses attention where you want it. In this case, I agree with the photographer and vote for color.

[thoth]

B.D. disease is inevitable. Time is the only known cure. A significant percentage of the afflicted never recover.
:rofl

Color better captures the complexity of this scene. B&W helps to organize that complexity by eliminating a big element.
That is a very insightful statement, Rutt, and I think I see what you mean. I can't say that it helps me like the color versions any more but it does help to explain why I find the B&W more appealing. This is a statement that I'll likely carry with me a while. Thank you. :thumb

[Tina Manley]

:rofl


That is a very insightful statement, Rutt, and I think I see what you mean. I can't say that it helps me like the color versions any more but it does help to explain why I find the B&W more appealing. This is a statement that I'll likely carry with me a while. Thank you. :thumb

I like the B&W best. The first things you see are the peoples' faces. With color, I just see the chaos. The wide-angle distortion is a little disturbing to me with the people at the edges but it does work as a special effect.

Tina
www.tinamanley.com

[michswiss]

I know it's liable to be a jumble, but I'd like to see the original full-frame shot that many of the segments have been pulled from. Either a colour study or a B&W version, or both. I love crowds.