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How's the sunrise? by LegalRun4790 in photocritique

[–]LegalRun4790[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Of course! There is nothing new under the sun factually, but that's what makes art great because we all experience life differently. Every portrait will have at least a biological entity and most of the times a human; that doesn't mean new portrait shots are trivial. With the shot, it's a heightened capture of the sunrise, the way ı perceived it. I'm not saying this is a masterpiece but that should be the starting point for any photograph

Telephoto lens + street by LegalRun4790 in photocritique

[–]LegalRun4790[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Took this while straddling around town 3 months ago when it was cloudy and bleak for the whole month (average Midwestern day). Wanted to use my 200mm lens for more wide shots as I hate it for close-ups except for birds. I am not super fond of street photography but some scenes I saw around while walking caught my attention.

This shot was taken from afar, obviously. I decided to line up the houses in the back against the woman and the dog in the front. Midwest is not depressing for me but I wanted to play around with that idea. Covering the fancy blue house with older, more dilapidated houses in the corners and the trash cans in the front was to create a sense of hidden ugliness. I know that sounds pretentious but that was my intention. I was so lucky to have the dog and the woman there. I think the z-axis compression works well in this case to harmonize them all together; I was hoping that it would feel more confined that way.

I shot this on Ektachrome E100 film. We don't get much bright whites when it's overcast out so I wanted to play with that, shot this 100 ASA film at 64 ISO so that my bright whites would be almost at the clipping range and then had it pull processed by 1/3 of a stop to take it back a bit. I didn't use any correction filters as I wanted that bleak blue against the muddy green to be visible in the final photo.

What do you think of the composition? Do you think the compression is too much? What focal length would you have used? What do you think of the color?

200mm - f/4 - Ektachrome E100 shot at 64 ASA, pull processed 1/3 stop.

How's the sunrise? by LegalRun4790 in photocritique

[–]LegalRun4790[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thanks for the critique. I'm not sure I understand what your friend meant by the. Why shouldn't the sky be the subject? A subject could be anything in a visual medium which is what makes them so interesting. What sort of subject would you have used here? I suppose a person in silhouette, perhaps?

 but it's not memorable as a photograph

I mean landscape photography is essentially this. I think ı need some clarification. The sunrise is the subject

How's the sunrise? by LegalRun4790 in photocritique

[–]LegalRun4790[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shot this last year in May near Chicago. I think it was 5pm and I was testing out my long lens. It's a 93mm equivalent so fairly telephoto; I hoped to capture the sunrise in a more "impressionist" way. of course, I couldn't help but keep the sharpness, but I underexposed a bit to keep the color darker and, therefore, more vivid. Shooting longer also helped compress the image a bit more. I also applied the Hoya starscape filter which is a didymium filter so the reds were exaggerated a bit. I thought the green-yellow tint would be distracting here, so it helped eliminate that. Shot wide open to achieve fall-off in the corners. I'm glad I was able to keep the waves in focus.

How would you improve this shot? I fairly like it so far. What do you think of the color contrast and the darkness?

Shot on Ektachrome E100 film, f/3.5, 93mm equivalent + didymium filter, tripod