another 'taking it in'

JonMikal · Jun 20, 2005

how do you feel about this one. at first, i couldn't tell if the guy was sleeping or thinking...i found out shortly after. he was studying a piece on the wall to my right and had held that pose forever it seemed...he was definately into art this day. i dropped low for this one to get a slightly different perspective.

shot with a D70 - existing light - rested camera on top of camera bag. i know that dang barrel look is present again, but i wanted to include as much art work as possible to get a feel of the room.

clarinetJWD · Jun 20, 2005

The low angle works so well here, and the conversion is swoon worthy as usual. I know you're an in camera cropper, but that little bit of painting that is cut off on the left and creeping in on the right bothers me a little.

JonMikal · Jun 20, 2005

so crop equally on both sides or just crop the right pic frame out? i wanted to keep the sitter centered.

clarinetJWD · Jun 20, 2005

You could do either, though if you did equally, I think it would make the picture on the left sem a bit more natural. Either way, I'm having more and more trouble looking away from that man.

DramaDork626 · Jun 21, 2005

I like the composition. And it catches my interest. It makes me feel like I actually in the room.

Nikon Fan · Jun 21, 2005

I would agree about the crop, but say just do the right side. Otherwise I really like this image...there seems to be some distortion you are getting and I'm not sure why but it makes it kind of cool looking

The conversion is perfect and I think you really captured something nice here Jon

ThatCameraThingy · Jun 21, 2005

Nice pic

just loose the little bit of frame on the right.

don't know how you feel about PS - I would have just cloned it out.

Hanno

kilifila66 · Jun 21, 2005

I have to agree with those above, but specifically with ThatCameraThingy. If you have ps, clone out that right frame. Otherwise don't touch this one. I like the "barrel" look and I also really enjoy the subject. It reminds me somewhat of Ferris Buellers Day Off when they look at Sunday on la grande jatte by Suerat.

bogleric · Jun 21, 2005

the angle and composition is done quite well. As for the right frame, I do find it a little annoying, however the trim on the wall adds to the character of the room significantly. I am not a big fan of using PS to clone out things in images (takes out some of the art of shooting), however in this case I might make an exception if it were me.

JonMikal · Jun 21, 2005

thanks all. here's the edited version. seems with the little bit of frame missing it looks unbalanced.

clarinetJWD · Jun 21, 2005

Perfect, now my attention is firmly on the subject.

bogleric · Jun 22, 2005

this does feel a little off balance now. My eyes also seem to be drawn away from the subject now and towards the empty space. Then again that could be caused by the fact I know what was changed.

mad_malteaser · Jun 22, 2005

The second version makes me feel like something is missing which has now taken my eyes away from the main subject and I find it more distracting than the little bit of frame that was there before.

Love the low angle of this - creates a really intimate feel. I would have said the original was spot on, no alterations needed.

©AnderGraph · Jun 22, 2005

jon, first and foremost, sweet capture!

i think the first image is far more balanced than the edited version - it doesn't bother me one bit because it happens in our own eyes all day long (try it now, the lamp/bookcase/printer is ccut in half isnt it?), ive personally never had a problem with it.

unique perspective and a precious shot to work from/improve on, one improvement would be to kick the other person/sitter out of the room and get them off the bench (

).

where is this shot? it reminds me of the art gallery in the film "the thomas crown affair" with pierce brosnan.

over all a nice very image!

Miki · Jun 22, 2005

Lovely image, jon... the low angle with the conversion adds a great touch.

I think the original looks great... the frame is definitely not a problem if this is the best view you could get with your lens. My first impression was the man and the perfectly framed trimming above.
Best of all, it's a very evocative picture. nice one.