Rear View

[ashish]

C&C welcome

[thetraveler]

Ashish,

It is not clear to me what is interesting or unusual or beautiful that you are trying to show here.

Lew

[ashish]

Ashish,

It is not clear to me what is interesting or unusual or beautiful that you are trying to show here.

Lew

Thanks for commenting Lew.

I saw the broken reflection of the person on the bike. The back side of the bike is reflected in the rear view mirror while the front side with the rider is reflected in the car window while the body of the car reflects to a lesser extent the lower body of the person and the whole bike.

It's just an observation i tried to capture on the spur of the moment.

Cheers,
Ashish

[thetraveler]

First let me say that this only my opinion and I'm no-one.

When I look at any picture I try to understand what the photographer saw and what he/she wants me to see.
With conventional genres, that's easy. Here's a person, here's a horse, here's a river, here's a bug.

Street photography is quite a bit different.

What the street photographer does is see something interesting, unusual, beautiful, noteworthy and catches it, isolates from the distractions and shows it to us. (Unstated in this is that there has to be some technical skill)

There are three potential pitfalls in doing this; the meaning that the photographer sees in this frame is so personal that it can't be appreciated by anyone else who is not him, he/she does a bad job at capture and thus viewers can't relate, or what he/she has captured has such a minimal impact that its not clear why he/she took it.

Compare this to your 'paradox' picture. That image had everything embedded in it. Even someone who didn't know who Aaaahnold was could enjoy the contrasts. It would be a portfolio picture for anyone.

In contrast this one doesn't have much if anything for the viewer. Even when I knew what to look for I didn't understand what you thought was interesting, unusual, beautiful or noteworthy.

I understand big pictures and little pictures. I've taken a lot of little pictures and only a few big ones.

Paradox has set a high standard for your work. It is not that every shot can possbily be that good, it's that you have shown that you can do great work and so, for me as a viewer, my expectations for your work are higher than for the average guy - even for little pictures.

Best wishes,

Lew

[Shadowman]

Hi Ashish,

Too much of one thing and not enough of the other, basically just a shot of the car door as that is the only portion in sharpness. The only way this type of shot would work is if the biker were sharp or moving. Nice effort.

[ashish]

First let me say that this only my opinion and I'm no-one.

When I look at any picture I try to understand what the photographer saw and what he/she wants me to see.
With conventional genres, that's easy. Here's a person, here's a horse, here's a river, here's a bug.

Street photography is quite a bit different.

What the street photographer does is see something interesting, unusual, beautiful, noteworthy and catches it, isolates from the distractions and shows it to us. (Unstated in this is that there has to be some technical skill)

There are three potential pitfalls in doing this; the meaning that the photographer sees in this frame is so personal that it can't be appreciated by anyone else who is not him, he/she does a bad job at capture and thus viewers can't relate, or what he/she has captured has such a minimal impact that its not clear why he/she took it.

Compare this to your 'paradox' picture. That image had everything embedded in it. Even someone who didn't know who Aaaahnold was could enjoy the contrasts. It would be a portfolio picture for anyone.

In contrast this one doesn't have much if anything for the viewer. Even when I knew what to look for I didn't understand what you thought was interesting, unusual, beautiful or noteworthy.

I understand big pictures and little pictures. I've taken a lot of little pictures and only a few big ones.

Paradox has set a high standard for your work. It is not that every shot can possbily be that good, it's that you have shown that you can do great work and so, for me as a viewer, my expectations for your work are higher than for the average guy - even for little pictures.

Best wishes,

Lew

Thank you for penning your thoughts Lew. I appreciate your views and I believe that the only way to keep improving is to take feedback from those kind enough to give it.

This image has been a mixed bag and i have received critique and appreciation in equal measure. I saw the reflections and took the shot on the spur of the moment as the car was beginning to move. I felt that the reflection of the reflection was an intriguing moment but i guess it is as you mentioned not very evident to the viewer.

Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking time out to comment.

[ashish]

Hi Ashish,

Too much of one thing and not enough of the other, basically just a shot of the car door as that is the only portion in sharpness. The only way this type of shot would work is if the biker were sharp or moving. Nice effort.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts John.