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Negative Space = Income Gap
Negative Space = Income Gap
VitaminB


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Negative Space III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
Location: Mississauga ON
Date: Jun 16, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Emotive, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 16, 2007

Inspired by some of the photos in the why? challenge to put more social action into my photos. Here is an attempt at that. These are my friends Justin, and David, with David in the suit. Im trying to show how negative the space is between the rich and poor.

Post Challenge:
This was almost a personal best for me (my score dropped 0.14 on rollover due to people scoring me high voting on less than 20%).

But, I will still treat it as a personal best because of the comments that I have received. I am truly flattered by the comments, and thank the commenters very much. Especially shannylee13, and JPR, both of them are previous ribbon winners, and their comments were particularly flattering to me.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 374
Avg (all users): 6.1538
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.9500
Avg (non-participants): 6.3137
Views since voting: 895
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 182
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/16/2010 06:45:56 PM
This is such a wonderful shot!
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07/31/2008 12:46:59 PM
This is an awesome shot for a lot of different reasons. I do have to echo one of the sentiments voiced below and say that the title detracts from the viewers perception of the image, but only because that concept is communicated so well visually. I also can't believe this doesn't have any faves, so allow me to be your first.
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06/27/2007 07:44:24 AM
Excellent composition and use of ns. (Agree could use more contrast/definition, and title was overdone, but the strength of the combined elements kind of overwhelms these niggles). Postures of your models dead on.
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06/26/2007 08:07:40 PM
ahh man i'm sorry to see that a bunch of water droplet on flower pictures scored higher than this. this should've been on the front page! i posted it as one of my favorites from the challenge on this thread . well done, my friend!

Message edited by author 2007-06-27 02:38:18.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 07:15:50 PM
Awesome. What a great capture.
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06/26/2007 06:18:05 PM
Nice. I like the meaning added to this shot. The gap in the negative space (the window) really adds to the effect too.
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06/26/2007 03:06:59 PM
negative space is a subtle but important part of the composition. It's like you have three canvasses, each with its own use of negative space.
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06/26/2007 12:25:09 PM
nice idea well illustrated
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06/25/2007 06:58:20 PM
You know - this is funny. I cannot believe I am about to write the following because I cringed when someone did it to me. But now I actually understand. I would have just gone with a simple title and let the viewer decide what kinds of gaps could be created here. Before I read your title, I saw the visual gap between the men and then I looked at the two men. My first thought was actually about job status. Like the working man on the right and what - a student or homeless person on the left? A very cool photo with lots to look at. Nice!
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06/24/2007 12:22:13 PM
b&w works well for this shot!!
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06/23/2007 06:57:15 AM
very nice!!!! I like this photograph, this shows a negative space!!!
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06/22/2007 05:41:54 PM
Top shot in the challenge. Hope to see this ribbon.
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06/22/2007 01:31:03 PM
this is very well seen, and well composed. interesting split composition. original.
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06/22/2007 12:06:11 PM
I love this interpretation, the negative space between the objects in both a physcial and economic sense.
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06/21/2007 07:30:38 PM
I like this shot.

Was it on a hill? Something doesn't line up. I see that the horizon's dead on, but there's something telling my eyes it's off. Maybe it's the shadow in the center bottom.

Nice job.
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06/20/2007 02:19:06 PM
Terrific juxtaposition on several levels. I wonder if upping the contrast a bit would have even made it better?
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