The Woman in Red

[Rebel]

Spotted this smartly dressed woman walking through a rough part of town




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[Sergio M.]

Nice shot, Matt. I do like the way she contrasts with her surroundings, and I must say I'm also partial to the shadow she's casting. Makes me wonder what she's doing there.

Sergio

[Rebel]

Thanks Sergio, this is the route everyone has to walk from the train station into the city centre

the area is getting a lot better, 5 art galleries have opened recently and they are getting university art students to use the buildings as their canvas


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[Donald]

A wonderful street portrait. Looks like you were in pretty close with a wide-angle lens. She was obviously well aware that you were there.

I think the image has so much energy in it. A super picture.

[Rebel]

A wonderful street portrait. Looks like you were in pretty close with a wide-angle lens. She was obviously well aware that you were there.

I think the image has so much energy in it. A super picture.

Thanks Donald,

I've got over the fear of it now and I just take photos straight in front of people - I've found that people don't get angry - they just think I'm weird, which isn't far off the truth!

I noticed you said you were reading Perspectives On Place in another thread - I'm halfway through it myself... what a great book - very open minded and doesn't force anything on you, but explains all practices and lets you decide for yourself!

I've learnt so much from it!

Also I've recently bought a book by Fay Godwin called Our Forbidden Land, I think you'd like it!


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[Donald]

Also I've recently bought a book by Fay Godwin called Our Forbidden Land, I think you'd like it!

Yep. Read it. It's great.

[davidedric]

She looks like one heck of a person. Makes me want to know more about her.

Great photo, too!

Dave

[Rebel]

She looks like one heck of a person. Makes me want to know more about her.

Great photo, too!

Dave

She does look like a very confident and determined woman, not to be messed with !


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[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[FootLoose]

She looks a bit distorted from the WA but I like the affect. I think it adds to the impression I gain of her from her stride and composure.

[Rebel]

She looks a bit distorted from the WA but I like the affect. I think it adds to the impression I gain of her from her stride and composure.

Probably Greg, I processed this on my phone which doesn't have any lens correction as my macbook is out of action at the moment

[IzzieK]

First it is Simon (Ionian) who processed his images in his iPad, now you on your iphone. Both your computers are out of action. Portable mediums seems to be trying to catch up...not up to par yet with black points as the shadows appears to be purplish looking but OK...good strong StreetP.

[Rebel]

First it is Simon (Ionian) who processed his images in his iPad, now you on your iphone. Both your computers are out of action. Portable mediums seems to be trying to catch up...not up to par yet with black points as the shadows appears to be purplish looking but OK...good strong StreetP.

That's probably the processing - not a massive concern for me if I'm honest.

[Ndukes]

Nicely done, Matt. Works well.

[rpcrowe]

Good capture... The power of your subject reminded me of this image of mine from Shanghai that portrays another strong woman...
https://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Other/Ch...ghai/i-ck6KPdb
I think that these women seem powerful because they are both walking with their bodies straight, their shoulders back, and heads high.

[Shanghai Steve]

Brave shot. You got right in there and just about got away with it. I find using shorter lenses a bit too intrusive personally and shots like this often result in a problematic background. I took a very similar shot last summer with a similarly unsatisfactory background; I think your is nicer. Something about a red dress does catch the eye. This lady is squinting from the sun, but it looks like she is annoyed at the photographer, so I relegated it to a momento. She did give me a lovely smile just after I took this shot.



The only shot of this type that I can remember taking to my own satisfaction is this one and that is partly due to luck, having caught the subject in mid-air and partly due to the pipe going into the background.

[IzzieK]

Nice Street, Steve...I like red -- and orange too. Being Asian, red is a lucky colour like 8 (for infinity)...as if you do not know...

[Shanghai Steve]

Thanks Izzie
I am a bit of a fan of....er don't know the pinyin...Pixo, or Pisho....one of the sons of the dragon...the little exuberant puppy grabbing a coin in his mouth. I love the fact that the dragon is the personification of chi, instead of a symbol of evil as it mostly is in The West. I'm sure Christianity had something to do with that. As a Vajrayana Practitioner, I am very disappointed by the lack of good quality Buddhist statues on the East Coast....and the prices they try to charge! A thousand kwai in the Tibetan Quarter of Chengdu gets you a museum quality work of art- in Suzhou it gets you a statue of a half-melted drunken tramp!
However, I was both astonished and delighted to find an excellent staue of Green Tara in Jing An Temple the other day at a reasonable price. It was definitely Tara, but in Chinese style, which is most unusual. I will have to buy it.
I've not seen enough of your work to know...do you do Street?

[marlunn]

nice Matt, she dont look happy with you, if you visit a few other cities -forgive me our friends across the pond, in USA, she looks like you may get a barrel up the nose to say 'dont do that'
Shanghai Steve the 2nd image the B&W is brilliant for composition and timing

[Rebel]

nice Matt, she dont look happy with you, if you visit a few other cities -forgive me our friends across the pond, in USA, she looks like you may get a barrel up the nose to say 'dont do that'
Shanghai Steve the 2nd image the B&W is brilliant for composition and timing

She was fine


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