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alef said:
It's an OK picture. The composition of having the edge of her face as a horizontal in the centre isn't to my taste. With using such a shallow depth of field you need to have the focus bang on her eye (or eye lashes). Having just a bit of her mouth also bugs me, my first thought is to include it or crop it all out. Although on second thoughts, what makes this photo a bit distinctive is the odd crop on the mouth.

The mood captured is rather tranquil, though perhaps a bit more since there's a hint of a smile. It doesn't say "free" to me, but I suppose sleeping/resting is a sort of freedom.
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Thanks for the comments ;)
I dont think its a brilliant picture either actually. I took a few of her like that and that was the nicest one. She was spending lots of time smiling with her eyes shut so I reckoned she must have been off somewhere nice in her thoughts, hence fitting the theme.
As for composition, I always try to break the rules a little and I also find the mouth crop unsettling but thats also partly what i like about it.
Anyway, she's just finished with me so she's free as a bird now. :)
 
alef said:
It's an OK picture. The composition of having the edge of her face as a horizontal in the centre isn't to my taste. With using such a shallow depth of field you need to have the focus bang on her eye (or eye lashes). Having just a bit of her mouth also bugs me, my first thought is to include it or crop it all out. Although on second thoughts, what makes this photo a bit distinctive is the odd crop on the mouth.

The mood captured is rather tranquil, though perhaps a bit more since there's a hint of a smile. It doesn't say "free" to me, but I suppose sleeping/resting is a sort of freedom.
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thats criticism isnt it?
I welcome it, whatever you call it
 
djbombscare said:
Dya know I'm actually finding this fooking difficult.
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i was then inspration hit me and today i aim to go take no 2 think out of the box, and firkey nice images mate wellcome back.. i think your post is this comp dead has inspired some movement on this..;)
 
stowpirate said:
Is he looking at the paper or the women? Did they not notice they were being photographed? Anyway a great photo.
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The paper I think and I am quite sly with a camera and a 50mm lens. You have to be quick!

Not an entry:

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alef said:
As ever, you're a master of b+w. Lovely textured sky, odd architecture, fence and figures behind add to it. Kids running does capture freedom, though that's not what first strikes me about the shot. You're even pulling off a square crop, which is a bit unusual.
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Thank you alef, that is really kind. I felt the sqaure crop help the composition a bit with this one, in that I think it helped create more of a sense of movement - the lines work better. Here is an uncropped version from a few seconds before...it just feels a little unbalanced...

not an entry

Thanks again alef...
 
sovietpop said:
After the Trial

This woman helped destroy a US military plan at Shannon Airport in 2003. The first two trials against her collapsed, and finally in 2006 a jury found her and her fellow activists not-guilty. This is a picture taken just as she left the court, finally free.

edited to add: its been grayscaled
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Absolutely stunning photo, especially with the title and description. By far my favourite entry so far this month. (Maybe the composition isn't quite right, but who cares, the expression and lighting are just fantastic.)
 
Entry number three, taken in Paris:

Non!

eta: levels changed a bit, looking at it I may have made it a bit too dark. Just goes to show that my instinctive avoidance of photoshop is usually the right way to go :rolleyes:
 
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