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[Tejal]

Your C & C are welcome .

IMG_5831 as Smart Object-1 by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

[gregj1763]

I love this sort of street photography. I wouldn't change this image in any way.
One of your best photo's Tejal

[Tejal]

I love this sort of street photography. I wouldn't change this image in any way.
One of your best photo's Tejal

Thanks Greg .

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Tejal]

Very nice.

thnx John

[Manfred M]

Another very nice piece of work, Tejal.

A few minor quibbles. First of all, I find the overall image rather flat looking and find it needs a bit more "punch". The usual black point and white point adjustments and sharpening I do to all of my images fixes that.

I also find your crop a bit tight. I suspect you have cropped out extraneous material, but what I find is that the white lid on the left really draws our eyes to the man, and he is ever so close to the left edge of your image. A bit more space there would probably help. If it were my image, I might also look at the crop of the bicycle wheels; I'm not sure but that might need a bit of a tweak too. Both are cut off and showing contact with the road might (or might not) strengthen the composition a bit.

Here is what the changes in sharpening, black point and white point do (the difference is quite subtle).

[Tejal]

Another very nice piece of work, Tejal.

A few minor quibbles. First of all, I find the overall image rather flat looking and find it needs a bit more "punch". The usual black point and white point adjustments and sharpening I do to all of my images fixes that.

I also find your crop a bit tight. I suspect you have cropped out extraneous material, but what I find is that the white lid on the left really draws our eyes to the man, and he is ever so close to the left edge of your image. A bit more space there would probably help. If it were my image, I might also look at the crop of the bicycle wheels; I'm not sure but that might need a bit of a tweak too. Both are cut off and showing contact with the road might (or might not) strengthen the composition a bit.

Here is what the changes in sharpening, black point and white point do (the difference is quite subtle).

.... I was expecting something like this, as I was also not happy with the very little space on left and as I have not taken complete bicycle in the frame. I realized this mistake when i saw this pic on PC screen.

Though, here, it is creating nice triangle and all three faces are in different directions, which made me to post this pic. About processing, I have not done much in original. I will revised it as per your suggestion. Your version is looking quite catchy.

Thank you very much .

[JamesScott86]

That is beautiful! Excellent Shot!!!

[Tejal]

That is beautiful! Excellent Shot!!!

Thank you !!

[Ndukes]

Very nice atmospheric image Tejal. My only suggestion is that a slightly lower viewpoint would have included the entire wheels on the bicycle without altering the top and sides of the framing. Very difficult to see this kind of detail when framing for the shot. Otherwise, I love the composition.

[Tejal]

Very nice atmospheric image Tejal. My only suggestion is that a slightly lower viewpoint would have included the entire wheels on the bicycle without altering the top and sides of the framing. Very difficult to see this kind of detail when framing for the shot. Otherwise, I love the composition.

Thanks for your valuable feedback. Actually the image is little tilted so, in making it straight, I lost space on left side and also the bottom of the cycle got cut. I have some more shots too of this place, I will post them very shortly. I will post the whole series of this place.

[IzzieK]

I like this...as Greg says do not change anything at all. And I agree with him...

[Manfred M]

.... I was expecting something like this.

I think that probably means you are starting to understand how I look at images. When I shoot, I try to leave a bit of room all around the image (more on the long side, so that I can crop for a print). It is always a lot easier to crop than to try to rebuild pieces that are missing in an image.

I took three advanced photography courses since January and all three professors (who are / were full-time commercial photographers) had the same "mantra". Get the correct black point and white point settings (assuming that the image has a black point and white point) and then correct the exposure. Also sharpen the image globally (always at 100% size) to compensate for any softening by the digital capture process. A number of books refer to this as "input" or "capture" sharpening and is over and above any in-process or output sharpening.

[Geoff F]

Strange how different people look at a photograph in different ways.

My first thought was that this image isn't working for me due to various issues but chiefly because the bicycle has been placed 'centre stage' but part of the wheels are missing.

Then I read other people praising the scene and I thought 'Are my eyes wrong?'

But after that, Manfred expressed an opinion which was exactly what I was thinking.

To me, it is still a reasonable shot but it could have been a little bit better with a slightly different composition.

[Tejal]

I like this...as Greg says do not change anything at all. And I agree with him...

Thanks Izzie !!

[Tejal]

I think that probably means you are starting to understand how I look at images. When I shoot, I try to leave a bit of room all around the image (more on the long side, so that I can crop for a print). It is always a lot easier to crop than to try to rebuild pieces that are missing in an image.

I took three advanced photography courses since January and all three professors (who are / were full-time commercial photographers) had the same "mantra". Get the correct black point and white point settings (assuming that the image has a black point and white point) and then correct the exposure. Also sharpen the image globally (always at 100% size) to compensate for any softening by the digital capture process. A number of books refer to this as "input" or "capture" sharpening and is over and above any in-process or output sharpening.

Thanks Manfred. About breathing area, I fully agree with you. I know also and understand also, but sometimes, while clicking somehow i miss it . I will be very careful on this. I will train myself for that.

About sharpening the image - very good thought you share, that it is always good to do it at 100% size so that we can have idea whether we are doing or over or under. This point has just stroke my head. I will follow these points for sure.

[Tejal]

Strange how different people look at a photograph in different ways.

My first thought was that this image isn't working for me due to various issues but chiefly because the bicycle has been placed 'centre stage' but part of the wheels are missing.

Then I read other people praising the scene and I thought 'Are my eyes wrong?'

But after that, Manfred expressed an opinion which was exactly what I was thinking.

To me, it is still a reasonable shot but it could have been a little bit better with a slightly different composition.

. Thanks for your feedback. Yes, this is what happen when we find different prospective for one shot. It is a great learning. .

[bnnrcn]

Very nice image Tejal

[Tejal]

Very nice image Tejal

Thank you Binnur

[MrB]

Tejal, I like your photo but these comments from Geoff state what I thought about both the image and this thread:

Strange how different people look at a photograph in different ways.
My first thought was that this image isn't working for me due to various issues but chiefly because the bicycle has been placed 'centre stage' but part of the wheels are missing.
Then I read other people praising the scene and I thought 'Are my eyes wrong?'
But after that, Manfred expressed an opinion which was exactly what I was thinking.
To me, it is still a reasonable shot but it could have been a little bit better with a slightly different composition.

I also think that Neville is exactly right with this post:

...My only suggestion is that a slightly lower viewpoint would have included the entire wheels on the bicycle without altering the top and sides of the framing. Very difficult to see this kind of detail when framing for the shot. Otherwise, I love the composition.

He is re-stating a valuable lesson that I too often forget - changing my position, sometimes by only a few centimetres, can turn an OK shot into a better one. When time permits, I must always remember to look through the viewfinder more carefully.

Cheers.
Philip