“The Urban Cowboy...”

[enezdez]

D850
f/2.8
ISO 500
1/100 Sec.
24 - 70 mm - f/2.8G
32 mm

(Natural Light)

(Processed In LR & Color Efex Pro 4)

Thanks For Looking Any Comments/Criticism Will Be Appreciated.

Enezdez

 

[Jeff15]

I like this.....

 

[waday]

I like the processing and almost everything about it.

The one thing is that it seems a bit heavy on the negative space to the point where it seems off balance to me. I’d personally tighten it up quite a bit.

 

[Derrel]

I like the processing and almost everything about it.

The one thing is that it seems a bit heavy on the negative space to the point where it seems off balance to me. I’d personally tighten it up quite a bit.

I agree, it is off-balance. Crop a slight bit off of the left hand margin, and some off the bottom, and the balance will be much,much better. I would most likely crop to just inside the door knob on the left, then crop up on the bottom to achieve a good overall balance with the amount of top space above the head and hat.

 

[smoke665]

Derrel's comments on the crop will help. Just a feel, but something about the hat just doesn't fit with the window and the title.

 

[DanOstergren]

I think this would be much better if he were wearing a white tee shirt instead of a black one. His entire figure, and essentially his presence in the photograph disappear into the negative space.

 

[enezdez]

I like this.....

I like the processing and almost everything about it.

The one thing is that it seems a bit heavy on the negative space to the point where it seems off balance to me. I’d personally tighten it up quite a bit.

I like the processing and almost everything about it.

The one thing is that it seems a bit heavy on the negative space to the point where it seems off balance to me. I’d personally tighten it up quite a bit.

I agree, it is off-balance. Crop a slight bit off of the left hand margin, and some off the bottom, and the balance will be much,much better. I would most likely crop to just inside the door knob on the left, then crop up on the bottom to achieve a good overall balance with the amount of top space above the head and hat.

Derrel's comments on the crop will help. Just a feel, but something about the hat just doesn't fit with the window and the title.

Thank you all for your inputs & pointers...I agree it's off balance. I slightly reprocessed, I think the composition of image is improved.

I think this would be much better if he were wearing a white tee shirt instead of a black one. His entire figure, and essentially his presence in the photograph disappear into the negative space.

@DanOstergren I really like the idea of the white tee-shirt, next time I will definitely have him in a white T - thanks!

Thanks,

Enezdez

 

[Derrel]

Congratulations on these two cropped versions. You have made two good pictures by cropping and thus changing the emphasis of the photos through careful re-positioning of the subject within the dark, negative space.

 

[enezdez]

Congratulations on these two cropped versions. You have made two good pictures by cropping and thus changing the emphasis of the photos through careful re-positioning of the subject within the dark, negative space.

@Derrel Thank you very much!