Bonjour from Paris

[nathanlegiehn]

Here are a couple shots I have taken while attending a photography school here in Paris. I have never really done any landscape work before but I think it turned out alright for the most part. Let me know what you think!

Thanks!!!

 

[skieur]

The first pic is considerably over-exposed and the washed out background destroys the shot. The second includes the speed effect through panning but more of the face is absolutely necessary for any people-type shot. The third seems slightly over-exposed as well and the moon should either not be there or not be over-exposed. The question in the viewer's mind for this shot is; "What is the centre of interest?" The last one is most visually interesting, but some postprocessing would be helpful in the foreground.

skieur

 

[AverageJoe]

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with skieur, I think the first shot is my favorite. I read your headline and that first image struck my as a very Parisian image. Throw conventional photography out the window and shoot the images you want regardless of exposure levels.

The only shot I'm not into is the mo-ped shot, it just doesn't do much for me.

And as a final note, the last shot would have been a great opportunity to try a HDR capture.

 

[JMLPictures]

I too disagree with skieur. I think the first shot works really well... only thing i would say would be to try and get a little more lens flare... but that is by far my fav of the series you posted. Nice work!

Josh

 

[gwenwon]

I acturally love the first one. The light loves the biker.