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08/08/2007 11:13:08 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
I really like this shot! It reminds me of a night, quite late, some years ago when I heard a terrible gushing sound outside in the quiet suburban neighborhood where I lived. Going out to investigate rivers of water flowed down two streets toward the street drain in front of my home...the hydrants had been opened for blocks around. I went in and got my husband. We danced barefoot in the unexpected stream. Then wandered up the street to ask the workers what they were doing. "Flushing the hydrants." A stoic and unsatisfactory answer. We sloshed back dancing down the street kicking water. So...I love this shot!
The technicals are all there...great contrast, sharpness, focus, texture, light... I feel a little cheated by the cropping on the left--I'd prefer to see a bit more of the end of the stream of water there. I like the starbursts on the lights. I like the choice of B&W that eliminates the red of the cross-walk light and graffiti.
What more can I tell you? It evokes a memory. It's fun because it's unusual. It's full of textures and light and shadow. It got voted down because some people can't get beyond a general suggestion that "street photography" is only often about people and not always...but you knew that going in....
Well done! Do more! I've always liked your work. |
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08/05/2007 01:22:42 PM |
| Nice effect and good composition. |
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08/02/2007 07:11:32 AM |
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background very good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: nice lighting
Appeal: an appealing pic that tells a story
Total Averaged Rating 7. |
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08/02/2007 12:52:22 AM |
| a photo after my own interest.nice recovery of shadow detail, to fill flash or not to fill flash always the question. |
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07/30/2007 10:32:09 PM |
| Nice capture - Like the feel to this - Just wish there was a little more interest in the foreground |
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07/29/2007 09:06:49 PM |
| This is street, alright, but the challenge called for situations with people involved in it. |
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