Souk :: 56k beware!

LARGE IMAGE, BEWARE

Part of my project on Ras Al Khaimah
Photojournalistic approach looking at people working
This guy was slowly clearing the path through, doing a good job
Dedication.

Very little editing
The lighting was perfect (in my opinion) at the moment i shot it
The other pictures, didnt turn out nearly as well lighting wise
decisive moment

Nice, but could it do with straightening up a touch?

I agree that it does look to be sloping away.

It also looks dark on my office monitor but will probably look lighter on my monitor at home.

good lighting, i'd suggest cropping the left side so the man is not so centered, take out the first two doors on the left.

Ive been thinking it all week
but I based the straightening against the fixed buildings rather than the poles that hold the souk roof up, I think they are sloped, as is the ground a tad.

Im not sure about the composition, because although its not in thirds, you get nice depth and diagonals at the moment, by cropping you kinda lose the effect of some of that




it just feels too tight to me

Now you have cropped it too tight, take it back one doorway, to just to the left of the lit pillar.

I liked it how you had it in the first post, the slight leaning somehow adds to the overall "ramshackle" feeling which I think gives the picture its appeal, also I prefer the dark space on the left to the close-cropped one. I'd like to see a version somewhere between the two (crop wise) like Gwyn suggests above.

I prefer this to your photo on your other thread which is unusual for me as I normally get drawn to colour photos rather than black and white...

I think this picture is better technically than it is aesthetically.

As you say, the light was right, and you have produced a gorgeous "print" with deep blacks, bright whites, and lots of detail in between. It's the sort of picture that film fans used to say couldn't be done with a digital camera.

But aesthetically, it doesn't quite cut it. The various rather complicated structures don't really add very much, and neither does the lad sweeping up. It's not a compelling composition. IMHO.

Which is a pity, because technically it's one to be proud of.

G

I know exactly what you mean George
But since its for my project, im really glad its good technically
Because although aesthetically, its boring, it works and fits with the themes of the project
And the technical side of the photo shows off my skill to the examiners.