A quirky slice of life in Lisbon, Portugal

michael9000000 · May 22, 2012

C&C is welcome and appreciated!

EllaElla · May 23, 2012

Cool photo! LOL!! Lisbon is a great place for photos! I'm on USS Enterprise...we stopped there last year. Lisbon is actually where I first thought about getting into photography. I must have shot a thousand photos with my pocket camera and they all looked terrible. That's when I decided to get into it. Have fun! ....what ship are you on? I see your location so I assume you're in the navy...

michael9000000 · May 23, 2012

EllaElla said:
Cool photo! LOL!! Lisbon is a great place for photos! I'm on USS Enterprise...we stopped there last year. Lisbon is actually where I first thought about getting into photography. I must have shot a thousand photos with my pocket camera and they all looked terrible. That's when I decided to get into it. Have fun! ....what ship are you on? I see your location so I assume you're in the navy...

I was on the USS Enterprise last year, on that same awful deployment! It's a small Navy, isn't it? I'm at Naval Station Norfolk now. By any chance, are you a member of the Chief's Mess?

EllaElla · May 23, 2012

Whoaa! Small navy for sure! No, I'm not a Chief. Maybe a few more years. I'm a LS2. Where on the ship did you work?

michael9000000 · May 23, 2012

EllaElla said:
Whoaa! Small navy for sure! No, I'm not a Chief. Maybe a few more years. I'm a LS2. Where on the ship did you work?

I'm not a Chief either... I'm a CS1... I asked about the Chief's Mess because I was the LPO down there, running the galley operation... We were in the same department... Weird... We've probably met, or at least heard of each other...

The_Traveler · May 23, 2012

The window frame being clipped hurts this picture.

michael9000000 · May 23, 2012

The_Traveler said:
The window frame being clipped hurts this picture.

Here the original photo SOOC... I intentionally framed the bra in the center to provide maximum cropping possibilities... I'd like to see what you do with it...

The_Traveler · May 23, 2012

Perhaps a little more dramatic?

sleist · May 23, 2012

The_Traveler said:
Perhaps a little more dramatic?

Funny ...

I played with it too and also came up with a square crop. I think I like yours better though.
I went to the other side of the window the get the drain pipe in the shot.

HughGuessWho · May 23, 2012

michael9000000 said:
C&C is welcome and appreciated!

I think the exposure is clipped at both ends and there is not nearly enough contrast.
I like what you were going for, but as is, is kinda boring.

HughGuessWho · May 23, 2012

sleist said:
The_Traveler said:

Perhaps a little more dramatic?

Click to expand...

Funny ...

I played with it too and also came up with a square crop. I think I like yours better though.
I went to the other side of the window the get the drain pipe in the shot.

Much nicer. More color and contrast. Window not cut off at the bottom. The red bra (I assume the subject) stands out much better.

michael9000000 · May 23, 2012

HughGuessWho said:
Much nicer. More color and contrast. Window not cut off at the bottom. The red bra (I assume the subject) stands out much better.

I like the edit... It's a totally different tone... I do prefer my original post, but that probably has to do with the fact that I was there and took the photo... I wasn't feeling any drama at all that day... In fact, I remember feeling very carefree... The red bra kinda struck my mood... Plus, I was fond of the ivy creeping up the pipe.

Thanks for the feedback!