The View from Yesterday
by liebe

Comment by Count:
I like the black and white, and I like the contrast though I find it a bit to dark in the foreground. Top 40.

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by liebe:
This was completely candid. My friend was looking at our tour guide.

Thanks for the comments. I do suppose that part of having a good candid includes having it look candid.

Message edited by author 2006-04-19 15:46:15.

Boating on By
by liebe

Comment by moniepenny:
Hello from the Critique Club!

Well I really like this photo. It's kind of trippy, and I am immediately drawn into the subject.

I would like to see some more details on the people though, just have them nice and crisp with the rest remained blurred towards them.

This kind of experiment is great, I love when people try out techniques different from most of the others.

Good job.

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by Tim:
looks a bit posed for a true candid (even though all the best candids are very posed) but is still a great image

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by olbol:
Indeed. Feels utterly posed, though.

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by espy2:
I'm not much for receiving or giving comments, but since Candids are
near and dear to my heart, I have decided to give comment on every entry
in this challenge.

Well, this challenge was really about capturing a candid, and not about power and beauty and how they equate to each other. Glasses and hats are a nightmare to the candid photographer. They mask emotion in many cases, and this photo is a prime example. I see little emotion or anything that shouts at me. Little interest, nothing extra ordinary, nothing out of the every day realm, or anything that even gives me a feeling for what she is thinking or any story. To me this is a 3 for a candid challenge. I would like to also have seen more focus in play for this shot.

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by MPRPRO:
Obviously the beauty doesn't really do much manual labor since she has a shinny sparkling new hard hat. OK I guess but it really doesn't seem candid at all. It might be but it doesn't really look it.

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by Jutilda:
Oh I like the circle of her earring against the linear sense of the rest of the shot. I like her placement in the shot as well. The blue hat pulls you to her. Good one. 8

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by hotpasta:
shame about the focus on this...she's quite blurry

beauty meets power
by liebe

Comment by Nald:
Like the contrast between the industrial background and the lovely model. Well done.