The Italian Woman

[Tuna]

 

[bribrius]

what am I supposed to be looking at her azz?

okay, seriously. Cool shot, but from a commercial type, going for "style statement" way I think she should have been centered in it and the only one in the photo, or at least less distracting people than the guy crossing through. Tighter crop maybe.

 

[Derrel]

It's an interesting shot, but the JPEG compression is simply dreadful...insufferably bad look on-screen.

 

[bribrius]

It's an interesting shot, but the JPEG compression is simply dreadful...insufferably bad look on-screen.

can you explain this please? I haven't quite understood this jpeg compression thing people keep talking about far as the visual aspect.

 

[manaheim]

Tuna, I LOVE your stuff and am always VERY excited to see a new one.

I'm not seeing it in this one. It's not a totally uninteresting scene, but if there's something that's supposed to hit me, I haven't found it yet.

 

[Derrel]

It's an interesting shot, but the JPEG compression is simply dreadful...insufferably bad look on-screen.

can you explain this please? I haven't quite understood this jpeg compression thing people keep talking about far as the visual aspect.

The image has a lot of jaggies, and only sort of a suggestion of image quality. The shot is 385KB in size and 800-something x 500-odd pixels in size. The visual aspect is that there isn't much image quality to look at.

 

[kundalini]

Diggin' the line work in this one Tuna. What is the shadow on the sunlit pavers?

The compression might not have been the best, but I imagine the original is full of detail because there is still quite a bit to see from the jpeg.

Don't be a stranger.

 

[D7K]

I take this as I see her looking at the store front window and the poster looking back at her... somewhat longing for / wanting something more... Shame the guy cut so far into the framing, a few seconds earlier you could have cropped him out..

 

[sleist]

There is some interesting framing here.
The blonde in one store front.
The man in another.
The advert face is framed as well but in a more subtle way.
I also like how all the heads line up with the stone pedestal and follow the line of the shadow.

I think it's a good shot that feels like a nice study on timing.

 

[keyseddie]

I like what sliest says. The shooter's a street guy. He saw the blonde standing there, I'm thinking texting? He quickly constructed the composition and waited for the guy to walk past the farmacia. Well done.

 

[keyseddie]

And then he sent the blonde over to Sicily for me to play with in color.

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