3 Indonesia Photos for C&C

[iCareMuch]

Actually, four.

My white balance, contrast, etc. might be off as I have nothing but an old laptop screen while traveling.


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3)

4)

Thanks

 

[Trever1t]

#3 would have been fantastic...if you shot it in portrait orientation. I enjoy travel photos very much, where in Indonesia are these taken?

 

[The_Traveler]

#1 should be great when you get the original back to work on it. When shooting dark skin, against the light, wearing light clothes, over expose a bit. The children's face's will need some work separately to get them well-visible.

#2 - no face - need face

#3 - no context - could be your daughter in your back yard
#4 no context.

 

[iCareMuch]

#3 would have been fantastic...if you shot it in portrait orientation. I enjoy travel photos very much, where in Indonesia are these taken?

Thanks for the reply, the first two were taken in Jakarta, last two were taken in a outskirt city nearby called Bekasi

#1 should be great when you get the original back to work on it. When shooting dark skin, against the light, wearing light clothes, over expose a bit. The children's face's will need some work separately to get them well-visible.

#2 - no face - need face

#3 - no context - could be your daughter in your back yard
#4 no context.

1) Thanks, good advice, I can see how that helps.
2) She never looked up the entire time I passed, are you saying I should discard this as a good photo because of that?
3) I'm not sure what to tell you here, do you desire some background information on me? Should I give the photo a caption? "Girl in Bekasi" -- I think photos are supposed to tell stories on their own, if you think this is my daughter in my backyard I guess I've failed my purpose
4) Same here - Caption: "Cat in Bekasi" - does that make the photo better?

 

[The_Traveler]

1) Thanks, good advice, I can see how that helps.
2) She never looked up the entire time I passed, are you saying I should discard this as a good photo because of that?
3) I'm not sure what to tell you here, do you desire some background information on me? Should I give the photo a caption? "Girl in Bekasi" -- I think photos are supposed to tell stories on their own, if you think this is my daughter in my backyard I guess I've failed my purpose
4) Same here - Caption: "Cat in Bekasi" - does that make the photo better?

2) yes, it has pretty much no impact
3) While she has lovely eyes, that's not enough to make a picture. She's off to one side and that implies I should look at the other but there is nothing there to see. Her face, what can be seen of it, has no special impact. There is no story in this picture.
4) No, it's a cat, not sitting somewhere exotic that we can see, it's just a cat. As a cat picture, it's fine. As a cat in Indonesia, it's just a cat.

 

[iCareMuch]

2) I honestly don't understand. I clicked on your gallery and you have plenty of pictures of people with no eyes in the shot.
3) You speak truth, I should have centered it-
4) I think you set the standards too high for the shot
It's just a cat picture

 

[The_Traveler]

re 2) I'm not trying to be difficult I just don't see what you are seeing and expect us to see.
Shots have to capture something that engages the viewer. The subject is doing something with a plastic bag, the colors are not eye-catching and so are irrelevant and we can't see her face to gauge anything about her. What is it in your mind that should interest or engage the viewer in the shot?

 

[iCareMuch]

Should I bump up the saturation? Or perhaps B+W?

I think it was interesting to see a lady on the side of the road collecting rubbish road sand in a bag, I've never seen this before in the US. My intention was to show the poverty

 

[The_Traveler]

No, I just don't think the picture works. There's no emotion, drama or interest - it's the back of someone's head who's crouched by the road doing something with a plastic bag. It doesn't make a point. IMO, it's a miss, a throway.

 

[iCareMuch]

No, I just don't think the picture works. There's no emotion, drama or interest - it's the back of someone's head who's crouched by the road doing something with a plastic bag. It doesn't make a point. IMO, it's a miss, a throway.

Ah, okay. Thanks for the replies-