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Grumpy Old Men
Grumpy Old Men
tyd


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Something Old (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 775
Location: seattle, wa
Date: Aug 3, 2002
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2002

1st street

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Place: 143 out of 180
Avg (all users): 4.6830
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
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Avg (non-participants): 4.8203
Views since voting: 830
Votes: 265
Comments: 35
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08/11/2002 09:34:00 PM
I like the perspective, and I intentionally added the blue tint. I thought it was interesting... and that's all that really matters to me.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/11/2002 07:08:00 PM
There is WAY too much space. I think it needs to be cropped on the buttom and left side big time. Or at least the buttom. I realize you need to have the proper persective and still have your pic conform to the size rules, so this could be difficult to do without distortation. But I say try cropping more next time.
08/11/2002 01:49:00 PM
Meets the challenge! The overall tonality has too much blue.
08/11/2002 10:38:00 AM
This picture is taken too far away to know if the men are grumpy
08/10/2002 02:02:00 PM
Should this really be that purple? It looks very odd.
08/09/2002 05:56:00 AM
How much room did you have to crop this vertically around the two guys, eliminating the left part of the photo?
08/08/2002 12:37:00 PM
I like the the composition of this shot. If the blue is intentional, it doesn't work for me, but if you like it, rock on. karmat
08/08/2002 10:43:00 AM
not sure what the focus is on. is it the guy in the foreground that's old? the one in the background? the building?
08/08/2002 10:20:00 AM
I like the colour cast--nice composition Andrewm
08/07/2002 11:26:00 PM
yep, them's old all right. was the bluish tinge intentional? was the almost 100% reflection of a nearby partment building intentional? nice use of the diagonal and the two poses.
08/07/2002 03:10:00 PM
Photo appears purple to me (esp. the cement). I would have preferred a closer crop to your subjects. (the big door isn't interesting, nor do I think it offers enough blankness to be negative space). 6 Swash
08/07/2002 09:35:00 AM
Blue cast drowns the intricacy of the photo.
08/07/2002 08:06:00 AM
You got that right..great characture shot and color
08/07/2002 07:43:00 AM
This is a great photo, I love the placement of the old men.
08/07/2002 06:53:00 AM
Too much open space and the colour tint take so much from a really good idea (in my view). It seems to take away the central theme. Sorry (4)
08/07/2002 05:42:00 AM
This has sort of a strange purple cast...white balance setting? I'd have liked to see the men more closely...
08/07/2002 05:14:00 AM
I love your composition here! The colouring is a little strange to me, but I still really enjoy this photo. There's something... eccentric about the way those men are standing there, part of the streetscape, frowning at the world going by.
08/06/2002 05:07:00 PM
Great street shot. I would like it even more if it were cropped or zoomed in so as to bring these two in closer.
08/06/2002 12:54:00 PM
Not sure about the lighting but good subjects.
08/06/2002 12:46:00 PM
This doesn't immediately say "old" to me without the title to nudge me along. lhall
08/06/2002 10:06:00 AM
A decent artistic street shot, would be made more interesting as a grayscale, then tinted. Try an all-blue image and see how it looks.
08/06/2002 08:12:00 AM
well done. i like the lines in this photo and the purple tint gives it a unique look
08/05/2002 07:51:00 PM
the subject is a bit small in this shot....perhaps some zooming or cropping
08/05/2002 06:26:00 PM
I Thik this is cute. I liekt he angle of the shot - one thing sort of bothers be just a little - the color - purple/blue - was it done that way on purpose...still is a good photo 8
Ruthann
08/05/2002 04:56:00 PM
The color seems a bit bluish. The composition could have worked better with a close up IMO. Nice title.
08/05/2002 01:56:00 PM
White balance seems off.
08/05/2002 10:36:00 AM
Too much blue!
08/05/2002 08:42:00 AM
I love the composition, and title......the photo seems to have a weird bluish hue which is distracting to me.
08/05/2002 07:59:00 AM
Lots of negative space and in this case Im not sure it adds much to the picture. The subjects are good - suitably old style of dress. I especially like th flat caps. There seems to be a blue tint to the picture, though.
08/05/2002 07:55:00 AM
great shot...I wish it were a little closer in so I could see thier expressions better! classic! 7 Lisa
08/05/2002 06:05:00 AM
This is a good idea, but I think I would have liked less of the garage door and more of the old men.
08/05/2002 06:04:00 AM
they look grumpy
08/05/2002 06:00:00 AM
A closer shot of them would have made for more emotion
08/05/2002 04:53:00 AM
interesting choice of subjects :) Since the 'men' are the subjects, i think bringing them in as a little larger part of the image would have been nicer. The photo also has a 'blue' tint that may have been correctable with a white balance setting... the sidewalk carries a blue/purple cast that looks a little strange... - jmsetzler
08/04/2002 11:39:00 PM
heheh it looks from the angle like you have taken this discretly.. or did you go up to the men and say "Hi, I'm taking photos for a topic named Something Old, and I was just wondering if you could pose for me"


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